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22 people are interested
Become a Peer Educator! Educate your peers about sexual health and being safe.
ORGANIZATION: Planned Parenthood Mar Monte - Sacramento, CA
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22 people are interested
Join a team of teens and young adults promoting positive sexuality, sexual decision-making, and sexual health information.
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) invites youth to apply for our Sacramento Peer Education Program. Peer Educators will meet monthly to learn about healthy relationships, sexual health, human sexuality, youth rights, community resources, teen pregnancy prevention, STI prevention and healthy communication skills. Peer Educators will then take this information back to their schools and communities to find creative ways to help their peers live healthy, informed lives through presentations outreach and peer support.
VISION
Peer Educators empower themselves and others using accurate, unbiased sexual health education. Peers work to promote health, tolerance and positive healthy relationships. Peers also work to reduce misinformation, stereotypes and high risk behaviors among youth in their communities.
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A PEER EDUCATOR
- Be a 9 th-12 th grade high school student or first year college student under age 20
- Be enthusiastic about helping your peers and community to live healthy lives
- Be interested in providing accurate sexual health information to your peers
- Budget your time well and keep up with your academic work
- Be able to commit to monthly after-school meetings
- Have reliable transportation and ability to commit to a yearlong position
- Work well with other youth, as well as adults
- Feel comfortable making presentations about sexual health and conducting community outreach with training and support from your peers and facilitators
- Treat others with respect and be open to different beliefs, viewpoints and backgrounds
*We provide training and no one is expected to already know about sexual health and prevention issues.
BENEFITS
As a result of being a Peer Educator you can develop:
- Leadership Capacity
- Presentation Skills
- Communication Skills
- Expertise on issues related to sexual health, relationships and risk prevention issues
- A great experience to add to school and job applications!
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About Planned Parenthood Mar Monte - Sacramento, CA
Location:
201 29th Street, Suite A, Sacramento, CA 95816, US
Mission Statement
PPMM believes in the fundamental and private right of each individual to manage his or her fertility, that family health care is an extension of reproductive health care and that reproductive self determination and universal access to family health care will enhance the quality of life, strong family relationships and population stability. Based on these convictions, the mission of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte is to ensure the knowledge, opportunity and freedom to make every child a wanted child and every family a healthy family.
Description
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte works within three areas: education, advocacy and health care services. Through culturally sensitive, bilingual outreach, education and counseling programs, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte gives community members of all ages and backgrounds the information they need to make educated, responsible decisions about their health and sexuality. PPMM is also active as a public policy advocate at the local, state and national levels, raising public awareness on issues that affect access to reproductive and health care services. We have 34 clinics in 14 counties in California and Northern Nevada. Our health centers provide a wide range of low or no cost services to men and women including primary health care, prenatal and pediatric care, and reproductive health care such as birth control and STD testing and treatment.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
201 29th Street, Suite ASacramento, CA 95816
DATE POSTED
July 27, 2016
SKILLS
- Public Speaking
- Multi-Tasking
- People Skills
- Healthcare
- Youth Services
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 14
- Orientation or Training
- 10 hours per month, evenings and weekends