New Peer Advocacy Council for Teens!

Rape Recovery Center is so excited to announce the creation of our Peer Advocacy Council or PAC! PAC is a group for teens of 7th-12th grade age in Salt Lake County. PAC teens and facilitators will work together and explore topics such as building healthy relationships, setting boundaries, responding when violence happens to us and those around us, and preventing violence from happening in the first place. PAC teens will learn about these and other topics and develop skills to improve their own lives and relationships. PAC also emphasizes teaching and empowering these youth to act as peer educators as they have these conversations, practice these skills, and educate their peers and others around them.

Part of Rape Recovery Center’s mission is to prevent sexual violence. One of the most effective ways of preventing violence (both sexual violence and other types of violence) is shifting the community’s attitudes and beliefs about violence and societal norms. It is crucial to have the people that are already in our community be the ones to educate and share with the people around them. Passionate young people are the most powerful asset we have in creating this change, and we know that PAC teens are an amazing investment in our community.

Any teens interested in joining PAC can sign up here and receive information about getting involved.