Calendar of Events
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All events noted in Eastern Time
Sex Ed For All Month
Join us at the MA state house on May 30th! bit.ly/HealthyYouth2023
A month focused on providing young people with the sexual health information and access to resources they need and deserve in order to make healthy decisions for themselves.
May Lunch-N-Learn: Talking with Teens About Sexting
As the online teenage landscape rapidly changes, the term “sexting” has become ambiguous and has come to mean different things to students and to educators. Join us as we define sexting and discuss prevention and intervention tactics.
Communicating in Unreasonable Times: Responding to Parent/Caregiver Concerns Regarding Sex Ed
Lauren Barineau
This two-day training will highlight key strategies to effectively respond to and communicate with parents/caregivers regarding sex education. This essential skills training will prioritize a transfer of content on day one and an opportunity to practice with low stakes virtual professional development software on day two. Practicing with the full support of a content expert will allow attendees the ability to practice the skills as they make progress on communicating in difficult times.
Let’s Talk About Sex…Education! Educator Peer Learning
Cardea Training Center
Join us to share your sexual health education successes lessons learned and to hear from your colleagues about what has worked well and what they have learned teaching sexual health education this year.
North Carolina Sexual Health Conference
Promoting interdisciplinary coordination among members of advocacy, clinical care, education, human/social services and research, to share innovative approaches, best practices and practical applications for the enhancement of sexual health across the lifespan in North Carolina.
NC SEXCON is targeted towards individuals working in and across the sexual health field, including clinical care, education, reproductive health and justice, HIV/ STDs, LGBTQ healthcare, advocacy, policy development, and overall sexuality from birth to death. $425
Contraception What’s New, What’s the Same, and How to Help People Decide What’s Best for Them
Evelyn Resh
Contraceptive methods fall into two categories: hormonal and non-hormonal. Sex educators who are fully informed about the mechanism of action for pregnancy prevention of all method are best poised to help people decide what would be best for them to use to prevent an unintended pregnancy. This course will up-date participants on all available methods and their side-effects profile.
Call for Proposals: NSEC 2023
National Sex Ed Conference
Please fill out the information below to submit a webinar or in-person workshop proposal for the 2023 National Sex Ed Conference. If you have any questions or for support in filling out the form, please contact [email protected].
Submissions are due by May 15, 2023.
AASECT Virtual Conference
Get the latest information relating to sex counseling, therapy, education, and more! Virtual and in-person portions of the program will maximize collaboration and new connections.
Training for Educators
Advocates for Youth - Brittany McBride
This training is appropriate for educators who are looking to enhance their sexual educator skills. $150
Educator trainings consist of three, 90-minute training sessions that cover the following topics:
Creating a safe learning environment
Answering sensitive questions
Boundaries & self-disclosure
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Experiential Learning Cycle
Connecting home: Communicating with caregivers
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics.
Stacking the Deck: Using Games in Sex Ed
Kelly Jean Gainor
Using games to teach sensitive content is nothing new, every sex educator has a few in their bag of tricks! But games can be used for so much more than just increasing participation, including developing rapport, increasing comfort, and decreasing stigma. Join us to learn more about the best (and most fun) ways to use games in your classroom. $30
National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
This day is a chance to thank the volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists working together to find a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. It is also a time to educate communities about the importance of preventive HIV vaccine research.
Pansexual & Panromantic Visibility Day
If you identify as panromantic or pansexual – enjoy the 24th of May. If you know someone who does, let them know you’re thinking of them. Validation and acceptance makes the human experience all that more wonderous. If you neither identify or know someone – but you’ve learned something new about the wonderful variety that human beings come in, share on social media, have a conversation, do some reading. The more connected we are, the happier we are.
R.I.S.E. Celebrating Youth Expertise & Advocacy
In this session Steph offers a historical timeline of youth-driven disruptions, organizations and movement spaces, while offering space to unpack our learned adultism/authority complex over young people. $44.44
International Menstrual Hygiene Day
Today, millions of women and girls* around the world are stigmatised, excluded and discriminated against simply because they menstruate. In 2022, it’s no longer acceptable that a natural bodily function prevents women and girls from getting an education, earning an income and fully and equally participating in everyday life.
Healthy Youth Act Lobby Day
May is #SexEdforAllMonth. Join us on May 30 at the State House as we advocate for better sex and relationship education for all students in Massachusetts. Register to attend here: https://bit.ly/HealthyYouth2023. #HealthyYouthAct #mapoli
Pride Month
Pride events are held around the world during June as a way of recognizing the influence LGBTQ+ people have had around the world. June is when the Stonewall Riots took place in 1969.
Training for Trainers
(4) 2-hour sessions, $200 per person
For a sex education champion who is looking to train and support educators. These trainings consist of four, 120-minute virtual training sessions covering the following topics:
Openers/Closers/Energizers
Adult Learning Principles
Follow-up Support
Training Logistics
Adult Learning Styles
Challenging Participants
Partnering with Parents/Caregivers
Trainer: Brittany McBride, MPH
June Lunch-N-Learn: Managing Our Hot Buttons
Educators don’t just appear from thin air, we’re whole people with lived experiences (and lots of them!). Experiences and opinions shape the education we provide, even when we try to do so from an unbiased lens. By managing our “hot buttons”, the topics that make us feel activated, we can ensure better outcomes for learners and better enforcement of classroom boundaries. Grab a coworker and join us for a hearty lunch break.
Free! Listen and watch "podcast style" live, or view the recordings later on eyesopenacademy.org, our on-demand training platform.
*2023 Lunch-N-Learns count as 0.5 hrs towards CSHE certification and re-certification
Advanced registration is required.
MASOC Campus Conference
Register now for MASOC’s 3rd annual campus conference, a virtual event on June 7, 2023. This is the only conference in the United States with a specific focus on preventing and responding to the wide range of sexually problematic behaviors in the college and university setting.
AASECT Conference San Fransisco
Get the latest information relating to sex counseling, therapy, education, and more! Virtual and in-person portions of the program will maximize collaboration and new connections.
From Stonewall to Unicorns, Queer Culture and Communities
Phil McCabe
The presenter will share personal experiences beginning with the sexual revolution of the seventies and finding one’s purpose and authentic self as a Queer Social Justice Warrior. The lecture examines the complexity of sexual identity and gender expression, social and cultural variables, mental health, and trauma history that influences Queer Communities over the past five decades. $30
National Sex Educator Appreciation Day
Sex educators are fun, passionate and highly qualified professionals, often with advanced degrees, who make the world a better, happier, safer place, and save lives. But it is a misunderstood profession. From abstinence only funding, to censorship, community backlash and harassment, an overarching cultural shame of sexuality that makes our students hard to reach, and a profound society-wide misconception about what sexuality educators even do and why it's important, sex educators are up against a lot when they go to work every day. On June 9, thank a sex educator for the important but often underpaid and unappreciated work they do.
Juneteenth
Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. In cities across the country, people of all races, nationalities and religions are joining hands to truthfully acknowledge a period in our history that shaped and continues to influence our society today.
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Sex Education
Bill Taverner, MA, CSE
“Join our groundbreaking webinar that explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing sex education. Learn about cutting-edge AI tools such as chatbots, virtual reality simulations, and personalized content that are transforming the landscape of sexual health education. Engage in an exciting discussion on the ethical considerations involved in using AI for sexual education purposes. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve on the future of sexual health education!” $30
Anniversary of Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The Stonewall Riots served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
Acceptable Use: Online Censorship and Its Impact on Sex Education
Suzannah Weiss
The internet in the aftermath of FOSTA-SESTA has cracked down on sexual information, perpetuating a culture where many people’s main source of sexual media is mainstream porn. In addition to examining and contextualizing this problem, this talk will present workarounds and alternative platforms that allow sex educators to continue increasing access to information. $30
Puberty Conversations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
Mary Cupelo & Jessica Dennison This presentation will give caregivers and educators the language and resources to have affirmative and inclusive conversations about puberty. While applicable to all youth, this presentation focuses on how to have puberty conversations with transgender and gender diverse youth that are experiencing gender dysphoria.
$30
Sex Education Game Jam
At Clitical Hits sex educators and game designers team up to create new sex ed lessons that are playful to their core.
Learn from industry-leading speakers
Practice new skills through design challenges
Create and share bold, immersive edu-games
Ableism and Intimate Relationships
Alexa Strickland & Kathy O’Connell
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss how ableism can present in societal and relational contexts and create challenges for people with disabilities in the areas of dating and relationships. This presentation will include research conducted by the presenter to highlight how people with disabilities can experience ableism in dating and relationships. $30
International Non-Binary People’s Day
International Non-Binary People's Day is observed each year on 14 July and is aimed at raising awareness and organizing around the issues faced by non-binary people around the world. The day was first celebrated in 2012. The date was chosen for being precisely between International Men's Day and International Women's Day.
Discussing Body Terrorism Through The Reproductive Justice Timeline
R.I.S.E.
The first half of this session seeks to define and connect to Sonya Renee Taylor's concepts of body terrorism and default bodies/identities. Then we will move through events cataloged in the reproductive justice timeline, focusing on how to integrate bodily autonomy into our understanding and facilitation of sexuality education. $44.44
Crafting Your Personal Narrative for Sex Ed Advocacy
When you're advocating for social change, your personal story has the power to inspire, connect, and mobilize others. This interactive session is designed to empower individuals who are motivated about creating change through advocacy with support to develop and articulate your personal narratives effectively. We'll share strategies for:
> engaging your legislators,
> making your voice heard through public comment submission,
> and empowering others in your community to join the conversation.
Parents, Caregivers, and Sexuality
Dr. Brandy Holloman
This qualitative research study was rooted in a phenomenological approach using focus group sessions with parents and caregivers of middle school-aged children (6th – 8th grade) to determine their perspectives on the barriers to communicating about sexuality and the resources they need to initiate these conversations. $30
August Lunch-N-Learn: Exploring the History of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives
Explore milestones, campaigns, and strategies that shaped reproductive health education. Engage in discussions and reflect on the past for a brighter future. Join us for an enlightening Lunch-N-Learn session. Registration is required. Please register by July 31, 2023.