How can you help?

PEP volunteers help by investing their time and sharing their personal experiences and knowledge. Volunteers expose
in-custody students to substantive content that allows them to transform their lives. Each volunteer commits to one
90-minute session per week for seven weeks. Volunteers give presentations in groups in one of the following modules:
Academic Orientation, Life Skills, Enrichment.

 

• Academic Orientation Module: Introduction to College, GED/College Prep, Introductory Courses in Math, Writing, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Problems, Physics, Astronomy, STEM Fields.
  
  

• Life Skills Module: Career Development, Soft Skills, Financial Literacy, Forgiveness & Healing, Building Healthy Relationships.
  
  

• Enrichment Module: Creative Writing, Screenwriting, Shakespeare, Spoken Word, Yoga & Meditation, Modern Dance, Creative Expression, Mindfulness, Stand Up Comedy. PEP Art featured on NPR
  
  

• There are three 7-Week PEP semesters during the year: Fall, Spring, Summer. There is a mandatory orientation session for new volunteers at the beginning of each PEP semester. See PEP Course Outlines. The Spring 2021 registration is closed. Spring courses will be taught from February 15-April 2. Our Summer Session will be from June 1-July 9. All courses in the summer cyle will be taught virtually by PEP Veterans. Our mandatory Fall 2021 Orientation will be held virtually on Sunday, August 29 at 2:00 p.m. All courses during the Fall cyle will be taught virtually.
  
  

• PEP Student Volunteers are from: Cal Poly Pomona, Pitzer College, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Los Angeles, USC, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, La Verne, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Channel Islands, Sacramento State, Cal State Stanislaus, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, Pasadena City College, Cal Baptist, Azusa Pacific, the University of the Pacific, and San Diego State-Imperial Valley Campus.