As we reflect on our work since the start of the school year, we realize that:
HIP’s important work is even more critical today, as we see hate and vitriol spreading.
HIP focuses on creating a culture of empathy, compassion and understanding among all young people.
HIP creates school campuses where kids are healthy, safe and supported.
HIP is about giving back and showing up for others. As one peer educator said, HIP has made it "cool to be nice."
Join us as we continue to build a world of kind, tolerant, empathetic humans, starting with our youth.
HIP Highlights From Fall 2023:
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Began a new partnership with the Little Rock School District in Arkansas, in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
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Launched four program kick-off events in Florida, Arkansas, Minnesota and California, resulting in 99% of faculty and student participants sharing they felt invested in HIP and were ready to lead the program at their schools
- Invested in large-scale programmatic improvements, including migrating to a new online platform, resulting in high satisfaction from users and the ability to quickly support any challenges facing schools
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Trained 3,500 student peer educators to teach 65,000 9th graders during this school year
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Surpassed the $100k goal for Give Miami Day funds raised
With your generosity, we are confident we can bring HIP to more cities and school districts across the US in the coming year!
Thank you for always being a champion for our kids!
-Risa Berrin
Founder & CEO
