This document is a guide for adding youth development strategies into sex education and initiatives.

This document describes the community-based hands-on approach and how to involve youth in dealing with public health issues.

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. It is an HIV prevention method in which young people that are not living with HIV take medicine on a daily basis to reduce their potential exposure to HIV.

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), annually on April 10th is a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people.

Bills which prohibit gender affirming medications to minors are not based in concern for child welfare, but rather in fearmongering and transphobia.

The majority of states – thirty-six as of June 2019 – currently enforce laws that require a young person to notify or obtain consent from one or both parents before they can receive abortion care.

We, the undersigned organizations, declare our unity and dedicate our collective power to protecting and advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the United States and around the world.