A PeerCommunity is a group of people who have had the same or similar adverse life experience or a peer group... people who are in the best possible position to hear and understand each other.
Examples of communities that can benefit from the Peer-Community Program:
Those whose lives have been disrupted by COVID-19
Communities upended by natural disasters
Those impacted by racism
People who have experienced sexual abuse
People who have experienced gender discrimination
Refugees
Survivors of domestic violence
Communities struggling with drugs and gang violence
Suicidal veterans
Civilians impacted by war
Victims of human trafficking
People who have experienced workplace abuse
High school students
People hurt by disruptive politics
Survivors of childhood abuse
First responders
Helping professionals who have experienced vicarious trauma
People who have experienced the criminal justice system
People who have escaped from cults
Victims of crime
Perpetrators of crime
Etc. etc. etc. ...the list is long, the possibilities are endless.
“We speak to each other in emotional shorthand.”