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Start a Peer Advocate Crew Club

Join the movement to uproot abuse by launching a Peer Advocate Crew on campus or in your community!

Anyone can start a Peer Advocate Crew Club—regardless of experience.

Here’s how BLOOM365 prepares you for a peer-led movement:

1

Educate

First, you’ll complete our Peer Advocate Academy. This interactive, evidence-informed curriculum focuses on healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, help-seeking and safety, root causes, influences, communication, consent and coping, bystander intervention, and more!

2

Advocate

Then you’ll learn and practice how to help a peer who’s experiencing or witnessing interpersonal violence through our empathy-centered L.E.V.E.L.™ response training. And you’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed to listen, empathize, validate, encourage, and link peers to resources.

3

Activate & Amplify

Complete your Peer Advocate training with 2 immersive sessions on activating peers via awareness campaigns, and by amplifying your voice through public speaking to inspire positive change.

Are you…

Then you meet all the requirements! So, sign up for updates and opportunities to get involved with Peer Advocate Crew Clubs in your community.

“I choose to be a Lead Peer Advocate in order to activate and amplify the voices of my peers to create a future that supports relationships free of sexual violence.”

–Lead Peer Advocate
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Become a speaker with our Young Survivor Speakers’ Bureau

Get ready to speak up against abuse and violence! The BLOOM365 Young Survivor Speakers Bureau is where survivors between 16-24 share their stories, give voice to their experiences, and foster real change.

Join us to:

  • Help prevent abuse before it starts
  • Inform and inspire
  • Amplify your voice as a catalyst for change
  • Connect with other young survivors
  • Increase healing and well-being
  • Empower your peers
  • Become a more influential survivor speaker
  • participate in speaking engagements locally, nationally, and digitally.
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Request a Speaker

Planning an event? Tap a diverse range of people, stories, and experiences that inspire audiences of all ages via the BLOOM365 Young Survivor Speakers Bureau.

Please contact us at least 2-4 weeks before your event.

Additional Volunteer Opportunities

For all ages and skill levels.

Saanvi Tiwary, Regional Lead Peer Advocate Director-Southwest

Saanvi started a Peer Advocate Crew in 2019 and was promoted to a Southwest Regional Director in 2020. She attended BASIS Peoria High School and was also a City of Peoria Youth Advisory Board Member. She served on the National League of Cities Youth Planning Committee.

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Elephant in the Room Conversations

These peer conversations bring young people and members of their community together to talk about the gaps in interpersonal violence prevention and response, and come up with solutions and actions to fill those gaps.