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Five Quick Tips to an Effective Poster that Tells Your Story
February 5, 2019
I want you to imagine walking in an over-air-conditioned, loud, congested room with horrible lighting filled up with side-by-side posters with intricate titles and crammed text where one is more jam-packed and confusing than the next. All of a sudden, you see a visually attractive, attention-grabbing poster that is calling you to get closer and…
Read moreLet’s Get Comfortable…the Sex Positive Revolution Is Here to Stay
December 13, 2018
This past conference, we launched the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge, which focused on how we can flip the script and start thinking—and talking—about pleasure, sexuality, and positive sexual experiences in sex ed (more on why we chose that in this previous post). In order to take the conversation further, we decided to make sex positivity the…
Read moreInnovative Solutions for How to Center Pleasure in Sex Ed: Wrapping Up the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge
November 15, 2018
How might we center pleasure in adolescent sex ed to foster authentic conversations about sexuality and promote positive sexual experiences? This was the question we sought to answer in the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge, held in October 2018 in San Diego, at our annual national conference. Against the backdrop of continued attacks on sex education, Healthy…
Read more#HealthyTeen18 #StandingStrong Social Media Highlights
November 1, 2018
Well, we made it back from San Diego, and we are still in awe of how much fun and learning we shared with our #HealthyTeen18 conference attendees! We pulled some highlights from the #HealthyTeen18 and #StandingStrong social media posts…but don’t take our word for it…you’ll definitely want to live vicariously through these posts to get…
Read moreMust Eats & Treats in San Diego
October 12, 2018
Hi-Di-Ho, Neighbors! Your resident Healthy Teen Network Foodie here. If you’re anything like me, when the host city for this year’s conference was announced, you instantly thought of the San Diego episode of “Diner, Drive-Ins, and Dives.” I’ve long been obsessed with this show: it highlights awesome regional establishments you need to add to your…
Read more“Kid Activist” Nelly Vianna Recognized with the Youth 360° Innovation Award
September 27, 2018
Healthy Teen Network is pleased to announce that young activist Nelly Vianna has been selected to receive the 2018 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. In current times especially,…
Read more2018 Spirit of Service Awarded to the Dream Team
September 21, 2018
Healthy Teen Network is honored to recognize the “Dream Team” with the 2018 Spirit of Service Award in recognition of their exceptionally strong commitment to community and youth. Despite obstacles that have arisen with the implementation of the California Healthy Youth Act in San Diego, this group of collaborators known as the “Dream Team”—which includes…
Read more2018 Spirit of Service Awarded to Assemblymember Shirley Nash Weber
Healthy Teen Network is honored to recognize Assemblymember Shirley Nash Weber with the 2018 Spirit of Service Award, in recognition of her exceptionally strong commitment to community and youth. In 2015, Assemblymember Weber sponsored and passed the California Healthy Youth Act which requires California school districts to ensure that all pupils in grades 7-12 receive…
Read moreMiki Rutledge: 2018 Outstanding Former Teen Parent Awardee
September 13, 2018
Healthy Teen Network is pleased to announce that Miki Rutledge has been selected to receive the Healthy Teen Network 2018 Outstanding Former Teen Parent Award. Miki has been the Maternity Group Home Specialist at Project Oz in Bloomington, Illinois, since 2015, serving 18-23 year-old mothers experiencing homelessness. Her role in the transitional housing program provides…
Read moreDo You Have What It Takes to Be a Professional Gamer?
August 23, 2018
Let’s do a little exercise together. Take a moment to think about different times you’ve learned things in your life. Think of a few things you’ve learned—skills, attitudes, information, whatever comes to mind. Some of these instances were probably kind of unpleasant—you learned something “the hard way” or a bad thing happened. Maybe some of…
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