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Leaders Igniting a Generation of Healthy Teens (LIGHT) 

Leaders Igniting a Generation of Healthy Teens (LIGHT)

The LIGHT peer education program is designed to increase students’ knowledge, skills, and behaviors associated with avoiding unintended pregnancies, HIV, STDs, and other health issues. It also seeks to create a climate that supports healthy decision-making and advocacy skills among young people while building a pipeline to leadership. This group of students will be selected to be the LIGHTs within their schools and beacons of honest and accurate sexual health information. When their peers are afraid to speak to an adult, the LIGHTs will be able to provide resources.

The LIGHT peer education program is offered in Alachua, Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach County.

Why Be a Peer Educator?

  • You are interested in sexuality education
  • You want to help better your community
  • You want to earn a monthly stipend
  • Earn community service hours towards graduation
  • It’s a great experience (for work, college, life)!
  • You’ll develop leadership, advocacy and presentation skills
  • You want to help your friends and peers make healthy decisions
  • It's fun and you’ll earn volunteer hours!

Qualifications to be a Peer Educator:

  • Must be a high school student in the state of Florida*.
  • Must be self-motivated.
  • Must be able to communicate accurate, current information in a non-judgmental way to individuals and groups.
  • Must be able to respect confidentiality.
  • Must have reliable smartphone or personal computer/laptop, and internet access.
  • Must have access to a reliable transportation to and from meetings/events.

* If applying for Miami-Dade County, must live in Liberty City, Allapattah, or Brownville.

Responsibilities to be a Peer Educator:

  • Participate in all bi-weekly trainings on sexual health education, including topics such as birth control methods, HIV/STDs, LGBTQ issues, healthy relationships, negotiation and communication skills, and sexual decision making, amongst others.
  • Provide 125 students, peers, and those in the community with accurate information regarding sexual health issues.
  • Provide and assist in coordinating and facilitating 3 presentations on various sexual health topics at school and/or in the community per year.
  • Participate in 3 resource tabling and/or health fairs per year.
  • Participate in 1 advocacy training event with staff organizer from PPSENFL.
  • Refer 25 teens to Planned Parenthood’s Healthy Teens Medical Services Program per year.
  • Distribute 50 social media posts, pamphlets, educational materials, health center flyers, etc. per year.
  • Distribute 250 condoms per year.
  • Complete a monthly log report, highlighting activities and experiences in schools and in the community.

APPLY NOW OR NOMINATE:

Broward County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

Gainesville - Alachua County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

Jacksonville - Duval County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

Miami-Dade County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

Palm Beach County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

Tallahassee - Leon County

Contact the local LIGHT coordinator at [email protected].

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