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Tennessee is facing a labor shortage due to a growing skills gap. Peer Power bridges this divide by providing certification opportunities and hands-on training through our workforce development program.

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MISSION

To provide youth with high-quality, life-enhancing tutoring and mentoring services that ensure personal, partner, and provider success.

VISION

A world where all children receive holistic, individualized academic support regardless of their zip code.

SERVICE

We currently have 114 Success Coaches providing tutoring and mentoring support in 57 classrooms across Memphis, TN.

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About Our Organization

Peer Power is a nonprofit organization that recruits and trains high-performing college students, called Success Coaches, to tutor in public school classrooms and mentor high school students to encourage active learning, valuing education, and being personally accountable for their futures.

Our History

A successful entrepreneur and dedicated philanthropist, Charles McVean had grown increasingly troubled by the poor performance of Memphis’ public schools and believed that the American free enterprise system held the remedy. Combining a performance-based compensation model with the powerful effects of peer groups, he launched his unique student-to-student tutoring concept at East High School. The program was successful and soon evolved into Peer Power.

Our History

A successful entrepreneur and dedicated philanthropist, Charles McVean had grown increasingly troubled by the poor performance of Memphis’ public schools and believed that the American free enterprise system held the remedy. Combining a performance-based compensation model with the powerful effects of peer groups, he launched his unique student-to-student tutoring concept at East High School. The program was successful and soon evolved into Peer Power.

 

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Peer Power Foundation
850 Ridge Lake Blvd Suite One, Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 734-4311

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