Calvin Moen

Calvin (he/him/his) was introduced to Intentional Peer Support in 2012 after being hired into his first peer support role at Pathways Vermont in its Housing First program. The IPS emphasis on centering relationship and sharing power resonated with the values and politics of mutual aid and community care that had been central to Calvin’s previous experiences of peer support as an organizer with the Icarus Project (which later became the Fireweed Collective) in NYC.

He went on to work for Vermont Psychiatric Survivors as a peer advocate on psychiatric units, later as VPS’s director of training, and more recently as the Franklin County community coordinator for the Wildflower Alliance. 

Since 2020, Calvin has been working with IPS Central to:

• Develop its virtual curriculum 
• Create the QIPS version of the Core training (aka Intentional Queer Support).