The Peer Leaders join Program Coordinator Ligaya Manalastas for a discussion about this month's theme: Lend a Hand. They discuss how lending a hand can make a difference across the Social Ecological Model.

Program Coordinator Ligaya Manalastas leads our Peer Leaders in another meaningful discussion about the theme of the month. For October, we focused on Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention.

This episode was Recorded from the Arizona Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Coalition meeting held on 9/28/23.

This informal podcast episode is brought to you by AAEC High School students who briefly interviewed each other about self care and mental health.

This informal podcast episode is brought to you by Tempe High students who briefly interviewed each other about suicide and mental health awareness.

Ligaya leads a discussion with the Peer Leaders about how the Social Determinants of Health relate to suicide prevention and how Gen-Z handles suicide.

Kristen Campbell joins us from The Urban Connection Project to discuss how culturally responsive teaching can benefit students, teachers and districts as a whole. Recorded from the Arizona Child Sexual Abuse Exploitation Prevention Coalition meeting held on 8/31/23.

Ligaya is joined by Peer Leaders Jaden and Vinyl for a discussion about self-advocacy for youth.

Elijah and M sit down to discuss stereotypes - what they are, how they function and why we focus on teaching the truth.

Works Cited:

Bouchard, Anthony. “The Science behind Why We Do Things We’re Told Not to Do.” Labroots, 12 Feb. 2017, www.labroots.com/trending/videos/10420/the-science-behind-why-we-do-things-we-re-told-not-to-do.

Johnson, Mark B. “Experimental Test of Social Norms Theory in a Real-World Drinking Environment.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Sept. 2012, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410953/.

Paul, Annie Murphy. “Where Bias Begins: The Truth about Stereotypes.” Psychology Today, 1 May 1998, www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/199805/where-bias-begins-the-truth-about-stereotypes.

Schwarz, N., Newman, E., & Leach, W. (2016). Making the truth stick

Program Coordinator Ligaya Manalastas leads an interview with Jaden Sanchez and Emely Fernandez from AAEC South Mountain High School to discuss their experiences as Peer Leaders and why Peer Solutions is meaningful to them.