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Deon Haywood Receives 2019 Standing Strong Award

September 26, 2019

Healthy Teen Network is pleased to announce that Deon Haywood has been selected to receive the 2019 Standing Strong Award. (Learn more about our awards and past awardees on our conference website.) Deon Haywood is the Executive Director of Women With A Vision, Inc. (WWAV), a New Orleans-based community organization founded in 1989 to improve…

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Youth Rebuilding New Orleans Receives the 2019 Youth 360° Innovation Award

September 23, 2019

Healthy Teen Network is pleased to announce that the nonprofit volunteer organization Youth Rebuilding New Orleans has been selected to receive the 2019 Youth 360° Innovation Award. With the Youth 360° Innovation Award, Healthy Teen Network recognizes emerging innovations and achievements in adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion that integrate the social determinants of health.…

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Cole Williams Awarded 2019 Outstanding Former Teen Parent

September 12, 2019

Healthy Teen Network is pleased to announce that Colbert (Cole) Williams has been selected to receive the Healthy Teen Network 2019 Outstanding Former Teen Parent Award. The Outstanding Former Teen Parent Award is presented to a former teen parent who has overcome the challenges of early parenting to achieve extraordinary personal and/or professional success. Typically,…

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How Can I Be Gender-Inclusive with Students?

August 26, 2019

Guest Blog Post by Kim Westheimer While gender diversity is not a new thing, the way we talk and think about gender continues to rapidly evolve. If you teach puberty or other health education classes, you may have many questions about how best to be gender-inclusive with students:   “How should I talk about bodies…

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Doulas Are Helping Mothers Have Healthier Births

August 19, 2019

Ella Dorval Hall

By Ella Dorval Hall “A skilled doula empowers a woman to communicate her needs and perceptions and actualize her dream of a healthy, positive birth experience” (Gruber, Cupito, S., & Dobson, C., 2013). Research has shown that support from a doula has an array of positive benefits for the mother and baby. Studies found that…

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What Do You Really Think About Sex? Understand Your Sexological Worldview

August 14, 2019

Ella Dorval Hall

By Ella Dorval Hall We all have our own feelings, attitudes, values, and beliefs about sex and sexuality, formed over the course of our lifetimes. But how often do we get to reflect and examine what we really think about sex? A Sexual Attitude Reassessment, or SAR, is an opportunity to consider your sexological worldview…

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Core Skills in Sex Ed: Training to Put the Professional Learning Standards in Practice

August 8, 2019

Guest Blog Post by Jeff Gould The Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education were released earlier this year by the Sex Education Collaborative (SEC), a collaboration of 20 national, regional, and state-based organizations with extensive experience training educators to teach school-based sex education. The standards provide a comprehensive overview of core skills, attitudes, and content knowledge…

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The Church and State: What I Can Do Now to Promote Sex+

August 5, 2019

Get to know the #HealthyTeen19 Featured Speakers: For the closing session of the 2019 conference on Wednesday, October 30, facilitator Jennifer Driver, and panelists Tanya Bass, Brittany Broaddus-Smith, and Shawn Kelly will challenge you on how you can work together with groups who are consistently left out of the sex-positive discussion. Policymakers, schools, and faith communities are…

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Melanin Poppin’: Colorblind Politics Plaguing Sexuality Education

July 30, 2019

Get to know the #HealthyTeen19 Featured Speakers: On Tuesday, October 29th, keynote speaker Dr. Donna Oriowo will remind us that when it comes to sex ed, the one size fits all technique is about as old as a black and white television in a world where melanin is poppin’ and wants to be seen in its full color.…

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Sex-Positivity: It’s Super Simple

July 23, 2019

Get to know the #HealthyTeen19 Featured Speakers: Erin Basler and Kira Manser are kicking off the conference on Monday, October 28th at 4:00 PM with their session, “Sex-Positivity: It’s Super Simple.” This session will get us into the “sex-positive mindset” by building a group definition of sex-positivity that considers all identities and looks critically at our…

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