Training, conferences, and networking events for Peer Support Professionals
N.A.P.S. members can submit events to the calendar.
Topic: Hold on Tight! Staying True to Values of Peer Support Description: In this training we’ll explore ways to translate peer values and history into action and practice. We’ll discuss tangible ways to protect the integrity of peer support from everyday practice to macro-level advocacy, and beyond. Trainer: Tim Saubers The purpose of this training...
Topic: Centering Peer Values with Intentional Peer Support Description: For this meeting we’ll hear from a leader who has worked on what is often considered the gold standard of peer...
In this session we’ll talk about the future we’d like to create and what it takes to get there. We’ll flip the script from naming the things we don’t want to naming the things we do, and identify how we can cultivate a future reflective of our values. Trainer: Yaffa AS Subject Matter Expert: KC...
Topic: Growing Together: Cultural and Narrative Humility in Peer Support Description: This training looks at how we peer supporters can move beyond cultural competence to practice cultural and narrative humility, which allow all individuals in the peer relationship to learn, reflect and grow together. Trainer: Murial King The purpose of this training series is to...
This session will focus on strategies to center the voices of people actively using drugs when talking about living experiences and ways to de-center and de-personalize abstinence when discussing substance use focused peer support. Trainer: Jamie Bailey Subject Matter Expert: Amey Dettmer About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series is to create the opportunity...
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 intersection of the peer movement with other struggles for human rights. Trainer: Behryn Hatcher Subject Matter Expert: Bianca Martinez About ECHO: The purpose of this...
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 designed as an alternative to abstinence-only self-help and mutual aid groups. HRW welcomes anyone curious about harm reduction—whether you’re new to the concept, maintaining abstinence,...
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 to provide peer support while honoring our movement’s values. Trainer: Christina Carney Subject Matter Expert: Bianca Martinez About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series...
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 networks. This workshop explores peer support's historical roots, its role in collective healing, and its potential to reimagine our future through mutual aid and shared...
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 adults. Across the nation, many peer advocates are supportive of the youth peer movement and their calls to action while some are curious or hesitant...