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April 2005 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more!

Advocates for Youth's e-News Update

Take Positive Action for Responsible Television

Applaud 8 Simple Rules and The Bernie Mac Show for Their Honest, Accurate Depictions of Adolescent Sexual Health on TV

Take P.A.R.T. (Positive Action for Responsible Television) provides you, an important member of the television viewing audience, with an opportunity to let broadcasters and the FCC know that you applaud their efforts to depict adolescent sexual health in an honest, accurate, and responsible manner. Take P.A.R.T. offers positive reinforcement to the creative industry and gives a voice to a community that understands the power of entertainment and its effects on the social attitudes and behaviors of young people.

The Take P.A.R.T. action alert for April 2005 recognizes 8 Simple Rules and The Bernie Mac Show for their honest, accurate depictions of adolescent sexual health on TV. Write to the broadcasters and the FCC to express your support of their programming.

• 8 Simple Rules' "The After Party" showed the power of straight youth to offer compassion and raise awareness of gay and lesbian youth.
• The Bernie Mac Show's "Manchild in Vanessaland" showed the power of an adult's talking about dating, personal responsibility, and values with a teen he cares about. Let the broadcasters and the FCC know you support The Bernie Mac Show.

From Research to Practice: Parent-Child Communication

From Research to Practice is Advocates’ easy-to-read series that shows how to translate research into practical, science-based practices to prevent teen pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections. Two updated briefs are now available in this series.

• Resources for Families on Parent-Child Communication—Provides a selected list of resources and materials to help parents begin talking with their children about sex. Resources are arranged under: 1) Web sites for parents, 2) Web sites for young people, 3) books and videos, and 4) organizations. Online at http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/resources.htm 
• Are You an Askable Parent?—Discusses what it means to be an askable parent as well as provides tips for parents in talking with young people, with young children, and with teens about sexuality. Online at http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/askable.htm

Cyber Cafes, A How-to Manual: Including Designing a Web Site and Implementing an Online Peer Education Program

This guidebook is divided into nine easy-to-read chapters. The chapters build so that those readers who feel less able to use a computer can increase their base of knowledge as they read each chapter. The guidebook describes: the benefits of a cyber cafe and its potential for a positive impact on the lives of young people and adults; the steps in setting up and operating a cyber cafe; the basics of computers and computer networks; the basics of the Internet; the basics of designing a Web site; online peer education as a key to providing youth-friendly information and support via the Internet; and the importance of including opportunities for youth to learn and practice job related computer skills. Available online in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

• English—http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/cybercafe.htm 
• Spanish—http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/cybercafe_es.htm 
• Portuguese—http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/cybercafe_pg.htm

Job Opening at Advocates for Youth: Program Associate, GLBT Initiatives

Advocates for Youth works to provide sexual health information and to reduce isolation among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) young people. Advocates for Youth conducts an online intervention by and for GLBT youth, produces information and materials for youth service providers, conducts trainings and workshops around GLBT sensitivity issues; and develops advocacy campaigns which are inclusive of GLBT youth issues.

Advocates for Youth seeks a Program Associate for GLBT Initiatives to expand and deepen Advocates’ work on GLBT youth issues and sexual health. Activities will include expanding, developing, and maintaining internet interventions for GLBT youth and youth service providers; developing material for the online interventions; recruiting, training, and supervising online peer educators; assisting with an electronic youth activist campaign around GLBT advocacy issues; and conducting workshops and trainings for local, regional and national audiences.

For more information, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/employment.htm

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