Training, conferences, and networking events for Peer Support Professionals
N.A.P.S. members can submit events to the calendar.
This session will look at ways to build peer-led spaces and services in partnership with the communities they’re meant to serve. This will include strategies to maintain accountability and integrity, and to build spaces that are by us for us. Trainer: Jose Martinez Subject Matter Expert: Lindsay Kocen About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO...
This session will focus on ways to translate peer support into activism within and beyond mental health and substance use. It will look at why this is important, and the...
Topic: Harm Reduction Works (HRW) Meetings w/ Guest Speaker Meghan Hetfield Description: Join Jenn Jones (she/they) and Meghan Hetfield (she/her) to explore Harm Reduction Works-HRW, an inclusive, harm reduction-based approach...
Topic: Influencing Peer Policy at the Federal Level Description: During this meeting we’ll hear from a leader in influencing federal policy around peer support. Learn about what it takes to...
In this session we’ll focus on translating peer values such as self-determination, multiple pathways, and de-centering ourselves, into action when providing peer support. This will include concrete examples of how...
Topic: Thriving Beyond Institutions: Peer Support as a Path to Liberation Description: Discover how peer support can transcend institutions and systems to thrive in daily conversations, grassroots movements, and community...
Topic: Engaging Youth Culture with Peer Advocacy Description: The peer movement continues to expand and embrace the lived and living experiences of people across all generations, including youth and young...
Topic: Developing a Peer Research Agenda Description: During this meeting we’ll be joined by a leader in lived experience and peer research to talk about what it takes to build...
Topic: Unionizing the Peer Workforce Description: This interactive workshop is designed for peer support workers who are interested in understanding more about unionizing within the peer support field. Peer support...
Topic: Peer Respites as a Non-Carceral Crisis Alternative Description: Peer support and crisis services landscapes are ever-changing, but community will always be our home. This session will be a presentation...
Topic: Reimagining the Peer Relationship to Substance Use Description: For this meeting we’ll be joined by a leader in harm reduction and liberatory drug use spaces to talk about what...
Topic: Empowering Black Male Peer Support Specialists: Building Resilience and Strength in Community Care Description: This transformative training is designed to address the unique challenges faced by Black men in...