About Peer Minds
Peer Minds is a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to creating mental health spaces where culture is valued, honored, and integrated into the healing process. Our mission is to support Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian (MENASA) youth and adults through peer mentorship, culturally responsive wellness programming, and community connection.
Many individuals in our communities navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, identity challenges, and generational pressures without spaces that fully understand their cultural experiences. Too often, people feel they must explain or justify who they are before receiving support. At Peer Minds, we believe support should begin with understanding—not explanation.
Through trusted peer spaces, community conversations, educational programming, mentorship initiatives, and leadership development opportunities, we foster belonging, healing, and personal growth. Beyond support, Peer Minds is committed to building a pipeline of future mentors, facilitators, advocates, and community leaders who can strengthen the well-being of their communities and help others navigate similar challenges.
The Opportunity
Peer Minds is entering an exciting stage of growth and organizational development. As a young nonprofit, we are seeking dedicated, thoughtful, and mission-driven individuals to join our Board of Directors and help shape the future of the organization.
This is an opportunity to contribute to a growing organization at a formative stage, where your expertise, perspective, and leadership can have a meaningful impact on how we grow, serve our communities, and build for long-term sustainability. We are looking for individuals who are excited not only by our mission, but by the opportunity to help strengthen an emerging organization and guide its next chapter.
Current Board Opportunities
As Peer Minds continues to grow, we are seeking individuals interested in serving in both general board member and executive board leadership capacities.
Potential leadership opportunities may include:
Board and officer assignments will be determined based on organizational needs, professional expertise, experience, and mutual interest.
Responsibilities
Board members are expected to:
Who We're Looking For
We are seeking individuals who bring a combination of professional expertise, lived experience, community leadership, and a genuine commitment to advancing culturally responsive mental health support.
As Peer Minds continues to build a thoughtful, engaged, and mission-aligned board, we are seeking individuals who are committed to actively contributing their expertise, leadership, and perspective to the organization's growth and sustainability.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas:
We also strongly value individuals who have meaningful connections to MENASA communities and understand the importance of culturally responsive approaches to wellness, belonging, and community care.
Previous board experience is welcomed but not required.
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