The CARE peer educators is a group of UNCW students whose goal is to reduce the risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the hopes of elimination. This goal is realized through interactive presentations, awareness campaigns and programs that reach out to University students, high school students and the Wilmington community. This group started as UNCW’s student-led Reach Out! program in 1999. Since then, it has continued to bring female and male students together who are dedicated to taking an active approach to ending violence against women and men.
Interested in Joining Us?
We welcome applications for membership as well as one-time volunteers. Each member completes an application, interviews with the student coordinators and undergoes training in both on sexual assault, relationship abuse & violence, harassment and stalking issues at the beginning of the fall semester. Additional training is required to be a program presenter.
You may contact us at 962.CARE for more information.
All new members fill out our Application.
MEET OUR PEER EDUCATORS!!
Jenny Biggers, CARE Peer Co-Coordinator
Year: Senior
Major: Elementary Education
Home Town: Apex, NC
Favorite Quote: "A human life is like a single letter of the alphabet. It can be meaningless. Or it can be part of a greater meaning."
Bethany Sullivan, CARE Peer Co-Coordinator
Year: Senior
Major: Early Childhood Education & Sociology Minor
Hometown: Hildebran,NC
Favorite Quote: "You may be only one person in the world but you may also be the world to one person."
I’m a CARE peer educator because I strongly support the cause that CARE stands for. I believe it is highly important to educate the UNCW campus about healthy relationships and what to do if they know a victim of violence. I enjoy helping plan campus programs and have actually learned a lot myself by participating in CARE. I look forward to what CARE will do next year and I am excited to take part in it!
Kelli Griggs
Year: Senior
Major: Communication Studies and Psychology
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Favorite Quote: "Salt water heals everything: Sweat, tears, or the sea"
I'm a CARE Peer Educator because the issues we deal with are extremely emotional and I am passionate about all of them. Peers are the best way to communicate with the college campus and hopefully the we do will enlighten others about things they were not aware of before.
Kiah McCoy
Year: Sophomore
Major: Creative Writing/Communications
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Favorite Quote: Impossible is Nothing
I'm a CARE Peer Educator because nothing is worth more than a person. I truly love helping those in need realize their self worth and just how valuable they are.
Sarita Shaw
Year: Senior
Major: Elementary Education
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Favorite quote: EVERYTHING happens for a reason....
I'm a CARE Peer Educator because I am passionate about education and people in need. Those who are abused and those who are mistreated in their relationships are in need. They, along with their peers, can be educated to know how we can all make a difference. I believe that programming and education about these things, which can save a life or a relationship, is well worth the time and effort.
Veronica Torres
Year: Senior
Major: Psychology and Nursing
Hometown: Fayetteville, NC
Favorite Quote: "If your lucky enough to be different you should be proud to be yourself."
I'm a CARE Peer Educator because UNCW has helped me grow as a person and I just want to give back to the campus.
Cedric Turner, CARE Grad Student Assistant
Year: 2nd Year Graduate Student
Program: Psychology with concentration in Substance Abuse Treatment
Hometown: Goldsboro, NC
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you want to see" - Gandhi
Emalee Weidemanm, CARE Grad Student Assistant
Year: 3rd Year Grad Student
Program: Psychology with concentration in Clinical/Substance Abuse Treatment
Hometown: Glenview, IL
Favorite Quote: "Whatever you are, be a good one" - Abraham Lincoln
