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Coronavirus and the Lack of Access to Abortion

April 16, 2020

During the COVID-19 crisis, I have heard so many different things around what is essential or non-essential. This categorization spans from which employees should still go to work, what businesses can remain open, which daily activities are important enough for you to leave your house, and even which medical procedures people are allowed to have.… Read more

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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We shouldn’t even have to say this, but #stopthebans

May 21, 2019

When I started at Healthy Teen Network over 12 years ago, I learned about our organization’s history, how as NOAPP (or, the National Organization on Pregnancy and Parenting), we were founded to support professionals working with young people who are pregnant or parenting. We later added the third “P” for prevention (becoming NOAPPP), yet over…

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Pat Paluzzi Awarded the Healthy Teen Network #StandingStrong Award

November 8, 2018

Last month, Healthy Teen Network recognized our departing President and CEO, Pat Paluzzi, with the #StandingStrong award at our annual national conference in San Diego. Pat has served as the visionary leader for Healthy Teen Network since 2003, building momentum for inclusive, innovative, and integrated adolescent sexual and reproductive health care and services. Board Member…

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#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…

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Today, I choose to be hopeful.

September 28, 2018

Today, I choose to be hopeful. Maybe it’s naïve. Maybe it’s a protective mechanism. Maybe it’s because I just want to make an obscene gesture to white male privilege (I also chose to wear my “Nasty Woman” t-shirt today). But today, I choose to be hopeful. It’s certainly not easy to do. Our Supreme Court…

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Finding Common Ground: An Overview on Key Conservative Principles to Support Shared Goals for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

September 14, 2017

A shifted landscape of new or strengthened power players (particularly those who lean conservative) at all levels of government, combined with threats to public health investments that our nation’s youth are facing, necessitates a reinvigorated call to public policy action by individuals and organizations that support youth and their families. This issue brief is a…

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