PALLIANCE CENTER
for Peer Support
& Lived Expertise
An International Training, Practice
and Innovation Center
PALLIANCE CENTER
An international learning and resource hub for
practice, innovation and education in the art and science
of health supports that are driven by lived-experiences.
(Palliance Center now includes the Palliance Institute.)
Our Purpose is to join with people, communities and employers to reduce distress, isolation and despair, and to enhance mental health, recovery and well-being worldwide
by advancing the power of lived expertise and peer support.
Our Vision is a world in which everyone feels heard and cared for
during their struggles because people in every community provide meaningful support to their peers in the spirit of compassion.
PROGRAM & PROJECT INNOVATION
Palliance experts are international field leaders in the design and implementation of peer supports in both public, private and third sector
settings. In addition to custom program design, we provide planning and training for medium to entreprise-scale corporations, NGOs, states and provinces ,and cultural communities worldwide. Our innovations include unique skills development program, and technology innovations.
POLICY& ADVOCACY
PALLIANCE POLICY CENTER focuses on organizational and public policy to advance the implementation of humanizing peer supports as systems and social change. The goal of the developing Policy Center is to lead the US and elsewhere in progressive policy change that empowers communities to support themselves and each other for improved emotional well-being.
PALLIANCE INSTITUTE
RESEARCH & Community Learning
PALLIANCE is committed to its role as a hub for co-learning, information sharing and knowledge transfer that spans from community-defined evidence to Ivy League research. Our learning community include university-based researchers, evaluation experts, and thought leaders grounded in lived expertise values and practices worldwide.
LIVED EXPERTISE Consulting
In collaboration with our many community partners PALLIANCE provides consultation on initiatives to meaningfully and powerfully integrate the value of lived experience in research, public health and human services settings and the entire range of social initiatives to ground change in community expertise, cultural diversity, social justice and equity.
The Palliance Center is founded, informed and staffed by leaders in multiple fields with lived experience of mental
ill-health, addictions recovery, disability, suicide and trauma ––collaborating for a healthier future for all.
PEER ALLIES
Peer Mentors
Work Buddies
Support Groups
Specialists
Warm Lines
Peer Respite
Learn More about the power of peer support
at our Peer Practices page,
Collective Insight Dialogues
The Palliance Center for Peer Support and Lived Expertise is conducting a series of Collective Insight Dialogues. These Collective Insight Dialogues are designed to foster co-learning and innovation through conversations on crucial topics that integrate multiple modes of learning and knowledge, with a focus on developing and deepening lived expertise.
Session 1: Safety, Strength, & Connection: The Role of Peer Support in Crisis, Disaster, and Trauma.
Wednesday May 28, 2025
11am-12:30pm Pacific; 1-2:30pm Central; 2-3:30pm Eastern
Conducted via Zoom.
This Session is designed to bring leaders at the intersection of Peer Support, Disaster Services, Mental Health Crisis, Suicide, Substance Use recovery and Trauma from around the world into dialogue with participants to examine questions like the following:
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What is safety truly mean ?
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How is safety to be understood from the point of view of lived experience of disaster, suicidal intensity and trauma? How does personal safety relate to identity, culture, dignity and belonging
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REGISTRATION REQUIRED. https://shorturl.at/Gz6dN
