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Decoding Sexual & Reproductive Health: The Language of Policy

Decoding Sexual & Reproductive Health: The Language of Policy

Quick tips on how to navigate elections and make sure you vote in alignment with your valuesBy Lilith Breazeale By JB Rodriguez-AnelloOctober 22, 2024Since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, there have been numerous legislation changes related to sexual and...

Giving Menstrual Health More Airtime

Giving Menstrual Health More Airtime

We should all be working to combat the stigma and normalize talking about menstruation in an inclusive and affirming wayBy Caro Hernandez October 3, 2024For people who menstruate, this change can bring up all kinds of feelings, especially when you’re a young person!...

If You Really Want to Help Students Who Are Pregnant…

If You Really Want to Help Students Who Are Pregnant…

The Pregnant Students Rights Act stigmatizes, restricts, and shames people’s choices.By Patti FlowersBy Mackenzie FlynnSeptember 26, 2024We’ve been paying attention to The Pregnant Student Rights Act (H.R.6914/S.2974), which Congress is currently considering. When it...

Is There Such a Thing as “Good English”?

Is There Such a Thing as “Good English”?

Why plain language matters more than “perfect” English.By Patricia Natalie, MA September 9, 2024I often hear the praise—"Your English is so good!"—when people find out that I’m an immigrant who speaks English as a second language. Sometimes, they add, “You don’t have...

You Just Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?

You Just Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?

Our staff share insights on the importance of sex ed, access to services, and how to be an askable adult.August 8, 2024In a new article from HuffPost, Ellen Friedrichs—a health and sexuality educator—talks about how parents and caregivers can separate fact from...

I’m Just a Bill: The Untold Story

I’m Just a Bill: The Untold Story

I’m Just a Bill covers how a legislative bill makes its way to law. As a public policy advocacy practitioner for over 30 years, let me just say that how a bill becomes a law is more complicated than the short film conveys.  By Bob Reeg, MPA, CVA June 3, 2021The I’m...

May Is Sex Ed for All Month (2020)

May Is Sex Ed for All Month (2020)

This preamble and call to action were developed by partners at Advocates for Youth, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Power to Decide, SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, and URGE as part of the larger Sex Ed For All Month coalition. May 4, 2020 This May, sexual...

Some Thoughts on the P-Word

Some Thoughts on the P-Word

Let us show you how we are centering pleasure in adolescent sex ed with the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge. By Nicholas Sufrinko July 31, 2018 I have a thought. What if, despite the continued attacks from an administration hostile to providing adolescents with...

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