Educate, Advocate & Activate

Introducing BLOOM365's PEER ADVOCATE CREW (PAC) ACADEMY

2019 Summer AcademyJuly 22, 23, 249 AM - 5 PM

Westward Ho Concho Room618 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004(July 24th will be held at the Sheraton Grand Phoenix

as part of the Teen Track at the NOVA Conference )

2019 Winter AcademyDecember 27, 28, 30Phoenix, AZ

L E A DLead fun, interactive and inspirational

peer-to-peer events and activities to promote healthy and safe relationships for all.

C O L L A B O R A T ECollaborate and connect with teens from

across the country.

L E A R NLearn leadership, advocacy, community building

and action planning skills to take back to your school or community to help prevent domestic/sexual/teen

dating violence at the root causes.

I N F O R M & I N S P I R EInform, inspire and involve your peers to promote

safe and healthy relationships through quarterly campaigns.

I M P A C TImpact the lives of teens across the U.S.

by working together to cultivate a positive school culture where empathy, respect, consent,

equality, equity, kindness and peace are promoted and valued as strengths.

Are you a Gen Z youth (age 13-18)?

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Join the BLOOM365 PAC!

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The BLOOM365 PAC is a year-long national program that begins with a Summer or Winter Gen Z Leadership Academy (July 22-24 or December 27, 28, 30) which prepares teens to lead Peer Advocate Crews (PACS) and peer to peer awareness campaigns throughout the school year.

Peer Advocate Crew training topics include the red flags of domestic

violence, sexual violence and teen dating violence, characteristics of

healthy relationships, organizing for safe and supportive schools/com-

munities, root cause prevention, dialogue and discourse, influence

mapping, trusted adult allies, storytelling, and peer to peer outreach.

To raise awareness of available resources for peers who are witnessing,

experiencing or causing victimization, the PACS work together at the

grassroots and national levels to plan and promote the following

BLOOM365 campaign activities:

•#GoPurple Day in October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

•#BloomItUp Day in February during Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

•#Co�eeNConsent Day in April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

•#equaLITyDay in June during PRIDE Month

To cultivate a positive school culture where empathy, respect, consent,

equality, equity, kindness and peace are promoted as strengths, PAC’s

facilitate quarterly peer to peer dialogue to action “study circles,” which

amplify and activate the ideas of teens to promote positive change.

More info bloom365.org/PAC

EMPATHY RESPECT CONSENTOUR BIG GOAL IS TO

ACTIVATE10% of GEN-Z

YOUTHAcross the U.S. to cultivate empathy, respect, consent, equality and kindness as social norms.

"I choose to be a Lead Peer Advocate in order to activate and amplify the voices of my peers to create a future that supports healthy masculinity, free of sexual violence."Avi, 18

Glendale, AZ

“Advocacy has changed the way I see people. It’s so easy to fall into the thinking that no one really cares about who is getting hurt anymore, but I no longer see it that way. There are people who care. It is that simple fact that keeps my hope of a better world alive and keeps me pushing for change.”

Faith, 18Queen Creek, AZ

“Other teens should get involved with bloom365 as it’s a safe space to learn about teen dating abuse and even how to help your friends if they are going through it.”

Lindsay, 15Phoenix, AZ

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EDUCATE(July 24 & December 27)

Activate your knowledge to

educate peers on how to cultivate

safe and healthy relationships.

MORNING SESSION:

Define It & Respond to It

• Spot the red flags of domestic/

sexual/teen dating violence

• Reframe victim blaming language

• Enhance coping skills

• Increase safety and support

networks for teens

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Prevent It

• Decode the root causes

of violence

• Cultivate positive self-esteem

and self-love among their peers

• Communicate and resolve

conflicts through “I Statements”

• Mobilize peers as upstanders

for social change

• Achieve the “Tipping Point” by

starting #blooming movement in

your school and/or community

ADVOCATE(July 22 & December 28)

Activate the peer advocate

within you!

MORNING SESSION:

Recognize, Respond, Refer

• Recognize: Understand the power

of control and the fundamentals of

empowerment

• Respond: Learn what to say and

what not to say when a friend or peer

discloses to you or posts something

concerning

• Refer: Know when it is time

to involve a trusted adult ally and

how to share resources with a

friend or peer

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Develop, Refine, Practice,

Share Peer to Peer Support

• Develop or refine skills to respond

to a peer who discloses victimization

• Practice providing digital advocacy

(text/chat/hotline help)

• Practice facilitating a peer guided

support group

• Share your ideas for outreach,

awareness, and resource sharing in

your school or community

*Full and sliding scale fee scholarships available

so ALL teens can be part of the PAC.

Email teens@bloom365.org or text 602.799.5398 to

request a scholarship application.

Lunch, materials and a t-shirt are included in the cost.

ACTIVATE(July 23 & December 30)

Activate the peer leader and

change agent within you!

MORNING SESSION:

Develop, Refine, Practice,

Share Leadership & Peer

Activism Skills

• Develop and refine your ability to

promote empathy, respect, kindness,

equality, equity, consent and peace as

strengths, not weaknesses

• Practice positive discourse (communica-

tion, conflict resolution, consensus

building)

• Share how you will inspire peers

and adult allies to join your prevention

movement

o Tell your story

o Pitch your idea

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Launch Your Movement

• Develop or refine your PAC (Peer

Advocate Crew) launch plan

• Practice facilitating Teen Activate Circles

• Share ideas for your PAC campaign

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PEER ADVOCATE CREW ACADEMYTeens who complete all three days, Educate, Advocate, Activate, will have the opportunity to apply as

a Lead Peer Advocate (paid position) and are eligible to apply to serve on the National Teen Advisory Board.

2019 SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION FEES:3-DAY ACADEMY COST= $105*

SINGLE DAY COST=$35*

NOVA Teen Track Day

ABOUT THE PAC ACADEMY

Teens from across the U.S. are coming together to develop, refine, practice and share ideas and solutions to prevent domestic violence, sexual violence and teen dating violence at the root causes.

You will leave this 3-Day Academy as an inspired, informed and trained BLOOM365 Peer Advocate ready to:

• Amplify your voice, experience, and influence to help #UprootAbuse.

• Educate, advocate and activate with your peers to prevent violence in your school and/or community.

• Partner with trusted adult allies to recognize and remove the help seeking barriers faced by friends and/or peers who are witnessing, experiencing or causing domestic violence, sexual violence, teen dating violence, and/or gender-based violence.

• Change the social norms that promote and normalize gender-based violence.

• Activate your peer to peer influence to #UprootAbuse in Gen-Z, Gen-Alpha and beyond!

“Having the opportunity to educate my friends through the 7-Doses has helped me form deeper connec-tions with my peers and made me more aware of the hidden issues plaguing teens.”

Isabella, 17Surprise, AZ

of teens

will tell a friend beforegoing to an adult

80%