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 mandatory PEP-CDCR orientation training for the Fall 2022 Semester will be held virtually on Sunday, August 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (PST). If you are interested in teaching a course with PEP in Fall 2022, complete our Interest Form.
  
  

• 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, UC Davis, San Diego State, and the University of Hawaii.