VOLUNTEERING: Be a Peer Educator at the Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center
Be a Peer Educator at the Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center!
Interested in community education?
Would you like to gain professional facilitation skills?
Want to help make Columbia University a safer community?
Motivated to help put an end to sexual violence?
Volunteer as a Peer Educator with the RC/AVSC. Peer educators help students, administrators and faculty learn about the dynamics and effects of sexual and relationship violence. They facilitate interactive workshops about a variety of issues, including: Consent, Sexual assault, Relationship violence, Intersecting oppressions, and How to help a friend.
Peer Educators receive extensive training on sexual and relationship violence, facilitation and education skills, and are a vital component of Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center’s work to create a safer and more aware community.
Peer Education Training begins the first weekend in March and applications are currently being accepted. Visit www.health.columbia.edu to download an application or email art2110@columbia.edu for more information.
The Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center is a program of SVPRP. Peer Counselors are available every night from 7-11pm, call 854-HELP. Peer Advocates are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call 854-WALK.
