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March 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more!
Advocates for Youth's e-News Update
"Abstain or Use Your Brain"
 March 10th marked the first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! On this day, Advocates for Youth launched part one of a two part national education campaign focusing on young women of color actively avoiding and/or reducing risk for HIV.
To learn more about HIV in communities of color, please visit: http://www.mysistahs.org/health/HIV/index.htm
Also available on this website - the MySistahs peer educators are eager to answer your questions about sex, your body, and your health! Please visit http://www.mysistahs.org/sts/sistahs.htm to read more about the peer educators.
In honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Advocates also released two new issue briefs addressing how HIV disproportionately affects women of color, specifically young Latina and African American women.
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM) Is Fast Approaching
Start planning your events now!
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Please join Advocates for Youth in promoting and supporting effective teen pregnancy prevention initiatives. Download the updated guidebook which provides strategic tips and examples to help local communities plan and implement activities for NTPPM. It also includes fact sheets, guidance for involving youth and working with the media, and sample forms.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/ntppm.htm
Or, to find evaluated, effective programs, visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/programsthatwork/index.htm
Join the Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® Campaigns!
Advocates for Youth's Youth Activist Network is running two national campaigns to secure federal funding for comprehensive sex education and to end the United States' policy of exporting abstinence-only programs to developing countries.
The Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—Keep it REAL Campaign focuses on securing comprehensive education in the US that is science-based, medically accurate, and age appropriate.
The Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®—Fix the GAP Campaign focuses on advocating for young people's right to comprehensive HIV prevention and education worldwide.
If you are interested in working with Advocates on either of these campaigns, please contact the Youth Activist Network Project Manager at 202.419.3420. You can also get campaign information on our Web site at: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/youth/advocacy/yan/index.htm
Advocates for Youth will provide you with the tools you need to participate in these national campaigns including a campaign packet, online training sessions, ongoing technical assistance, and additional support.
With your help, we can change federal policy on sexual health and alter public opinion about providing accurate, complete sexual health information to young people.
Now Accepting Applications for the Eighth Annual European Study Tour!
Advocates for Youth and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are sponsoring the eighth European study tour, October 20-November 6, 2006. Apply now to travel to Netherlands, France, and Germany to identify the strategies, programs, and policies that have positively influenced adolescent sexual behavior and outcomes in these countries.
For more information and to download the application, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/events/stdytour.htm
Fund-Raising Tips!
Advocates for Youth has added four new publications to the “From Research to Practice” series. Read how you can effectively work with individual funders and foundations.
You can help Advocates for Youth with a contribution today. To donate, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/donatetoday.htm
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