Peer Training Program

The A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute Peer Training Program was founded in 1991 while working with students from Clara Burton High School following the riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Since 1991, over 7,000 young people have been trained as Peer Trainers, and the program is now operating throughout the United States and in 15 countries overseas.

As A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute Peer Trainers, young people assume leadership roles to create respectful and inclusive school environments. By learning about social justice issues, Peer Trainers learn how to respond effectively when they hear racial slurs, name-calling and putdowns in hallways, lunchrooms and classrooms of their schools.

This comprehensive, yearlong program provides Peer Trainers with the training and resources to design and lead interactive programs for their peers and other students that contribute to respectful and civil school environments.