The Peers Educating Peers Program (PEP) is a volunteer student group, sponsored by the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at New Jersey City University and funded by the Governer's Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the Jersey City Alliance to Combat Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

The mission of the Program is to provide outreach programming, to the University and Jersey City communities, which addresses a variety of issues such as: substance abuse, date/acquaintance rape, diversity, and AIDS. The premise of the Program is that people are more likely to hear and personalize a message and, consequently, change their attitudes and behavior, if they believe the messenger is similar to them in lifestyle and faces similar concerns and pressures.

Counseling and Psychological Services Center
New Jersey City University
54 College Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07305-1597
Telephone: 201-200-3165 Fax: 201-200-2558