Remembering Jay Mahler
PEERS commemorates the life and work of a pioneer in the Bay Area mental health and peer community By PEERS Staff... Continue Reading
A PEERS Journey: PEERS and the History of the Mental Health Consumer Movement
Since 2016, the Pool of Consumer Champions (POCC) has been spearheading a project to review, curate, and present materials relating to... Continue Reading
TAY at the POCC 50 Year History TAY Event
Yesterday, PEERS’ Transition Age Youth (TAY) program participated in the POCC 50 Year History Project’s TAY History meeting. This meeting focused... Continue Reading
Jay Mahler at LEVS
At today’s Lift Every Voice and Speak meeting, mental health consumer movement organizer Jay Mahler spoke about an upcoming collaboration between... Continue Reading
PEERS @ the POCC Picnic
Last Friday, PEERS joined in at the POCC picnic in San Leandro. With music, good food, and beautiful weather — an... Continue Reading
POCC “50-Year History of the Mental Health Consumer Movement” Event
Today PEERS’ Associate Director Lynn Rivas spoke at the POCC “50-Year History of the Mental Health Consumer Movement” event in Oakland. Attendees... Continue Reading
Two PEERS Staff Members Win Awards at POCC Annual Conference
Yesterday at the POCC’s 6th Annual Awards and Conference Program at the Oakland Hilton, two PEERS staff members won awards. Program... Continue Reading
Interview with Consumer Movement Organizer Jay Mahler
PEERS’ BestNow! Intern Steve Hayes recently interviewed Consumer Movement organizer Jay Mahler about his life, activism, and the history of the... Continue Reading
A Proposed Marriage Between Faith & Mental Wellbeing
On Saturday, January 7th, two PEERS Program Coordinators, Lyndsey Ellis and Kozi Arrington, attended the Mental Health-Friendly Communities congregational orientation at... Continue Reading
PEERS at POCC
For the last five years, the Pool of Consumer Champions hosts their annual conference. Every year PEERS closes their office to... Continue Reading
