San Francisco Peer Resources

The San Francisco Transit Riders has awarded the Rider First Award to Lowell Peer Resources for our Muni 29 Improvement Campaign, a Peers equity project since 2018. Please join us in celebrating these amazing youth leaders and our amazing Teacher Coordinator, Adee Horn.

Happy virtual Monday! Check out this community circle from MLK Peers program and swipe to see Aptos Peer Leaders list of virtual services! #middleschool #peerleaders #sfpeerresources #loveitplanitdoitchangeit

Shout out to Peer Leaders at June Jordan School for Equity for immediately jumping into supporting students. Thanks Teacher Coordinator, Gabe de la Cruz for your work to help young people lead!

Last week we had our very first REP SF Alumni Community Builder! Two years ago the very first cohort was launched to support SFUSD alumni of color who sought out direction and community to reach their goals in developing themselves as educators. Great times with amazing folx! #sfpeerresources #repsf #loveitplanitdoitchangeit

Accepting Applications for a Fall Cohort! The Rising Educator Pathway of San Francisco (REP SF) supports current San Francisco youth workers and SFUSD alumni of color in becoming educators of and for San Francisco. REP SF provides concrete resources to participants including: ... - A stipend - Professional development and skill-building in youth development and teaching practices - A community of youth workers with similar goal sets - 1-on-1 coaching to support you in creating a clear and attainable pathway to a career in Education. (optional) IDST 300: Social Justice Work Experience credit for CCSF REP SF participants will participate in ten professional development trainings. This sequence of trainings also includes the creation of an Individual Learning Plan to lay the pathway in actualizing participant's goals of becoming an educator. This Fall 2020 Rising Educator Pathway (REP SF) will be held virtually due to Covid-19. Applications due July 20th, 2020. Application here: https://sites.google.com/peerresources./repsf/about-rep-sf

Please support the campaign led by our friends at the San Francisco Youth Commission to give Voting Rights to 16 & 17 year olds in San Francisco. See more info below! Hello Vote16 supporters and hopeful supporters! COVID-19 has affected us all but especially has disproportionately impacted communities of color, so it’s important for us to leverage our power and continue our work advocating for an equitable and healthy San Francisco. Our hearts go out to all of the people wh...o have been impacted by the pandemic and all those who live with the constant fear of racist violence. Might we find a glimmer of hope in advocating for 16 & 17 year olds to have the right to vote to possibly leverage their voices to vote on measures and elected officials that would fight against police brutality, environmental racism, and gentrification, among many other injustices towards BIPOC? If you attended the youth led Mission protest on Wednesday, young people are already leading and calling for accountability! We are in the throes of the legislative process which means we are moving quickly and with not a lot of advanced notice. We have just been confirmed that the Vote16 legislation will be heard in the Rules Committee on Monday, June 15th. The meeting starts at 10am but all we know is that the legislation will not be heard right at that time. Our Call to Action is to speak up and speak out in public comment on Monday, June 15th!! In order to feel ready to do so, the Youth Commissioners are providing a public comment training on Thursday, June 11th from 4-5:30pm. Both youth and adults are invited!! We ask you to inform your community members about this upcoming training as well as for the Rules Committee Public Comment itself. If you have conncections in District 2, we are specifically looking to sway Supervisor Stefani who is on Rules Committee and has not publicly stated support for Vote16. A flier is attached and here's basic text you can use for social media and/or outreach (but feel free to add your own pizazz): Vote16 Public Comment Thursday, June 11th 4pm - Public Comment Training Monday, June 15th 10am - Give Public Comment Vote16 is a proposed charter amendment that will be heard in the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee. Tell San Francisco's elected officials why they should put Vote16 on the ballot! Give public comment on June 15th to voice your support for why 16 & 17 year olds should get the right to vote! To help you prepare, we are hosting a Vote16 Public Comment training on Thursday, June 11th from 4-5:30pm. Register for the Public Comment Training here: http://bit.ly/vote16training.

Congrats Ana! Thank you Community Boards San Francisco for being a partner in this work.

Hi Peer Resources Family! We fully recognize that our anti-racist and justice activist colleagues are likely both working through grief, exhaustion and continuing to organize and offer hope for a re-imagined community that values and celebrates black lives. We honor your work and believe that Peer Resources can continue to be an integral part of this justice journey. As we search for our next Executive Director, we invite members of the Peers Community -- past and present -- ...to join us. We've extended the application deadline to next Friday, June 12th, end of day. We invite members of the Peers Community -- specifically alumni, former staff, and those that have worked with Peer Resources as partners -- who are interested in the Executive Director role to submit their letters of interest, resume, and three references (see job description for details). Successful applicants will be very familiar with Peer Resources (past and present) and its institutional and community partners across the city. NOTE: Applications will be reviewed by the Board on a rolling basis starting immediately, and stop accepting applications at the end of the day next Friday, June 12th. Feel free to share this with your Peers colleagues and friends -- text! call! socially-distance visit! -- since our communication channels might not be able to reach everyone quickly. If you have questions or suggestions, please email our Advisory Board Chair, Hayin Kimner ([email protected]).

QuaranTeen Episode #3 Jordan (June) School For Equity San Francisco Peer Resources students have a roundtable discussion about the SFUSD School Board's most recent grading policy decision to give Credit/Non-Credit.

Peer Resources is excited to offer this opportunity for incoming 9th graders to connect with peers as well as get answers to questions they might have about the school they are attending in the Fall. The Virtual Panel will be next Wednesday May 13th at 4pm. Please fill out the google form if interested in joining! bit.ly/PRPanel #sfpeerresources #sfpeers #loveitplanitdoitchangeit

Building in the Storm Members of our Youth Council and the Interim Executive Direct were invited to partake in Walter & Elise Haas Fund’s Rapid Response Learning Lab to think and actively on ways to support youth as educators during the pandemic. Check out more info in the blog.

SPREAD THE WORD Student Voices with Betzabe Herrera, SFUSD Student Delegate hosted by Peer Resources This is for and by current SFUSD students ... Please join an online conversation with Betzabe Herrera, SFUSD Student Delegate to share feedback about the current decisions being made by the School Board. Betzabe will take the concerns and feedback directly to the next school board meeting. Zoom Meeting Monday, April 27th 430p to 630p Students can sign-up to receive an invite to the meeting by following this link: https://forms.gle/JnXsFLgmYYZnTXQP6 Stay Safe!

Just a little joy and happiness JRay, a particpant in our REP SF Program. https://sites.google.com/peerresources./repsf/about-rep-sf