In this session of EyesOpenIowa’s “Lunch-N-Learn” Series, go beyond “no means no” and explore how power, identity, and equity shape consent education. Free and virtual!

In this session of EyesOpenIowa’s “Lunch-N-Learn” Series, go beyond “no means no” and explore how power, identity, and equity shape consent education. Free and virtual!

Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) are operating in communities across the country and presenting themselves as legitimate clinics, yet many of them are unlicensed, medically misleading, and driven by agendas rooted in shame and control. This training is designed for educators, counselors, healthcare providers, advocates, and anyone committed to reproductive justice. You’ll leave not only informed, but equipped to take action. (Cost: $75)

This interactive workshop invites Black women and femmes to explore sexual pleasure as a practice of healing, agency, and liberation. Grounded in pleasure activism, participants will reflect on embodied knowledge, communication, boundaries, and intimacy, unlearning sexual shame while envisioning pleasure as a collective praxis rooted in Black histories and futures.

Whether your kid asks out of the blue or you’re just ready to start the conversation, this session gives you age-appropriate, shame-free ways to talk about where babies come from. We’ll share language for kids ages 3 to 9, five sample scripts you can try at home, and tips for staying calm and confident. Free and virtual!

For educators who are looking to enhance their sex educator skills. Educator trainings consist of three, 90-minute training sessions that cover creating a safe learning environment, answering sensitive questions, sexual orientation and gender identity, and more. (Cost: $175)

This live closing session brings the month’s programming together through guided discussion and reflection. Participants will revisit themes from the prerecorded webinars, celebrate the Black-led businesses and organizations spotlighted throughout the month, and reflect on how to carry this work forward beyond February.

More than 70% of children who are sexually abused are abused by a peer. Informed adults can play a key role in prevention. Calling all early childhood educators, parents, social workers, teacher, foster-parents, grand-parents raising grand-children and ANYONE who works with or cares for children/youth. (Cost: $37.85)

We will explore the emerging concept of accessible health education (AHE), disability justice and ways that ableism can impact students. We will share key strategies you can use to support students with disabilities in your health education classroom, including some examples and resources. You will leave with tools for your “AHE toolbox”. Lunch is included.

Join colleagues from around the state to learn about the 2024 edition of Puberty Happens and the key components within a puberty education program. Participants will leave the training with new lessons and activities to implement in the classroom or to use one-on-one with young people (grades 4-6) navigating the many changes of puberty. (Cost: $40).

Sexual identities across the queer spectrum are often presented as worrisome, painful, and something people often experience hate as a result of. Instead, presenting queer identities as celebratory can positively shift how young people see themselves and their peers now and in the future. Faculty: Dr. Karen Rayne (Cost: $35)

Join us for a hands-on training on how to use our breakthrough script to move people from fear to support for teaching kids gender-inclusive sex ed! You'll get coaching, support, practice and community. Whether you're looking for better ways to break through with elected officials, want to do more effective phone banking or door knocking in your community, or just stop going around in circles with stakeholders, this training is for you. (FREE)

Join YES! for an interactive workshop on how to communicate with other adults in the room about values and expectations during youth sex ed. In this training, we will discuss difficult situations we have experienced and work together to brainstorm strategies for setting boundaries and communicating clearly about our goals and expectations for other adults. (Cost: $17.85)

This interactive full-day virtual training equips educators, school nurses, and youth-serving professionals with strategies to support pubescent youth through physical changes, emotional growth, and identity development. Using a social-emotional lens, participants will practice lessons on anatomy, menstruation, hygiene, empathy, and more. $195

This workshop builds a shared understanding of trauma and resilience through a trauma-informed instructional lens. Participants will examine Tier 1 classroom strategies that support student well-being, engagement, and regulation during instruction, including routines, relationships, and learning environments. The session will also highlight how individual instructional practices connect to and reinforce cohesive, schoolwide systems of support. Lunch is included.

SECS is designed for educators, youth-serving professionals, and individuals interested in sexuality education who are seeking a basic foundation of knowledge in sexuality and sexual health information that they can share with their populations. This 3-day PPLM training will be in-person in Boston, MA. (Cost: $450)

Explore how trauma, past or ongoing, shapes the classroom experience. This session offers practical, strengths-based strategies for trauma-informed teaching, including how to balance student safety with curriculum fidelity. (FREE)

Explore how trauma, past or ongoing, shapes the classroom experience. This session offers practical, strengths-based strategies for trauma-informed teaching, including how to balance student safety with curriculum fidelity. (FREE)

Through frameworks such as sexual multiepistemic literacy, auto-sexual-decolonization, and Osunality (or African eroticism), educators will explore how to center pleasure, relational accountability, embodied wisdom, and learner self-determination in sexuality education that promotes healing, dignity and liberation. (Cost: $18-34)

We’ve tried them all so you don’t have to! This session shares our favorite books, websites, social media accounts, and conversation tools that make talking about sex and relationships with kids a little easier, and a lot less awkward. (FREE)

The one-day speaker training prepares volunteer speakers to conduct interactive speaking engagements in schools, colleges, workplaces, faith communities, and more in the Greater Boston area & beyond. (Cost: $35-75)

This zoom training offers a grounded exploration of reproductive justice; what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters for the communities we serve. Through historical context and a multi-lens framework, you'll deepen your understanding of reproductive autonomy and leave equipped to apply a reproductive justice lens to your everyday work and advocacy.

This virtual training was developed in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, both in anticipation of increased questions from young people about abortion and in recognition of the need to include abortion in conversations about sexuality. Young people deserve accurate information and open, honest spaces to explore it. This training will equip educators with the skills to support youth in learning about abortion and understanding its role in sexual and reproductive healthcare. $195

This training equips participants with a clear understanding of the legal and policy landscape that impacts sex education. Participants will explore the statutes, regulations, and local policies that guide the development and implementation of sexual health programming, confidentiality requirements, parental involvement, and minors’ rights. By the end of the session, educators will be better prepared to navigate these frameworks confidently and responsibly, ensuring that the information they provide is both compliant and empowering for the youth they serve. (Cost: $55.19)

Join us to hear from Jaclyn Friedman of EducateUS about what’s really taught in school, what are the biggest myths, and why disinformation around sex ed is spreading. We’ll break down what age-appropriate education actually looks like, address common misconceptions, and equip you with guidance on how to talk about this issue with family and friends. Plus, we will have actions you can take to stand up for sex education in your schools.

May is Sex Ed For All Month and we believe that sex education belongs in schools AND at home. Join this bite-size professional development opportunity to learn more about how educators can empower parents and caregivers in their roles guiding young people through body changes, understanding consent, and so much more! (FREE)

May is Sex Ed For All Month and we believe that sex education belongs in schools AND at home. Join this bite-size professional development opportunity to learn more about how educators can empower parents and caregivers in their roles guiding young people through body changes, understanding consent, and so much more! (FREE)

This training is appropriate for educators who are looking to enhance their sexual educator skills. The training will take place over the course of three days with a 90 minute session each day. (Cost: $175)

During this session, dive deeper into the CHPE Framework practices to support curriculum development and student learning in health and PE classrooms. The goals of this session are to support practice-focused curriculum planning and explicit teaching of practices in HPE settings. Presented by Lighthouse Wellness and Health Education Consulting, Inc.

Most sex ed skips over pleasure, but it doesn't have to. In this half-day training, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts invites educators to explore how they can be pleasure-inclusive in their sex ed while still teaching students about health and safety. The workshop will focus on incorporating pleasure-inclusive content into lessons about consent, communication, and anatomy. (Cost: $150)

Not sure how to even start the conversation? We’ll explore how to create an open, trusting family environment where questions about sex, relationships, and bodies are always welcome. (FREE)

Join us for an interactive exploration of humanizing pedagogy in health and physical education. Educators at all levels are welcome to come and explore how humanizing approaches support student-centered, culturally responsive and sustaining, trauma-response and engaging instruction. You will leave with strategies you can use the next day in the classroom, as well as broader ideas and strategies to support ongoing reflection and growth.

This zoom training offers a grounded exploration of reproductive justice; what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters for the communities we serve. Through historical context and a multi-lens framework, you'll deepen your understanding of reproductive autonomy and leave equipped to apply a reproductive justice lens to your everyday work and advocacy.

Sexual health education is a tool for equity. Learn how to incorporate a justice lens into your lessons and promote liberation, not just information. (FREE)

Sexual health education is a tool for equity. Learn how to incorporate a justice lens into your lessons and promote liberation, not just information. (FREE)

Long summer days can bring mental health challenges to the surface. Learn signs of stress, depression, and anxiety in youth, and about how to support their emotional wellbeing over the summer months. (FREE)

Faculty: Penny Harvey

This lecture will explore paths to ‘figure out fertility’ and family building in contemporary social, legal, and technological contexts. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and practice, it will outline choices and access across diverse family forms, highlighting how inequality, policy, and cultural norms shape reproductive possibilities and pathways to making family today. (Cost: $35)