SHU Peer Ed is an affiliate of the Bacchus Network, the leading resource for peer education in the country.  To learn more about the Bacchus Network, please click here www.bacchusgamma.org

The Bacchus Network's Mission Statement
The BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network is an international association of college and university based peer education programs focusing on alcohol abuse prevention and other related student health and safety issues. It is the mission of the association to actively promote peer education as a useful element of campus health education and wellness efforts. To do so, the professional and volunteer staff of the organization will devote the substantial portion of their activities to the following:

• To develop and maintain a thriving student network;
• To provide resources that promote and support peer education activities;
• To provide high quality training opportunities locally, regionally, and nationally;
• To promote a national forum on student alcohol abuse prevention, and other student health or safety concerns;
• To create, promote and disseminate new research on alcohol and other student health or safety issues.

To guide these efforts, the BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network operates on the philosophy that students can play a uniquely effective role, unmatched by professional educators, in encouraging their peers to consider, talk honestly about, and develop responsible habits, attitudes and lifestyles regarding alcohol and related issues.  Copyright, 2002 BACCHUS and GAMMA