Teen Mothers to Present at Conference
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In October 2013, students from Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS), will be presenting at the 2013 Healthy Teen Network Conference (healthyteennetwork.org) in Savannah, Georgia. These young mothers are members of the Lolita Lebron Family Learning Center, a program for pregnant and parenting students at PACHS. The presentation will be with Youth Empowering Strategies (Y.E.S.!), a program in Chicago that trains high school students to be peer health educators in their respective schools.
This is a great honor for these young women to share their best practices with other clinicians, reproductive health educators, and pregnancy prevention specialists from across the nation and the world. The presentation is summarized below.
We are asking for donations to accommodate our attendance to the conference. This is a very special opportunity as it is a representation of the work of our students and community partnerships to make progressive education possible. All donations are 100% deductible. All donations are received through the Albizu Campos High School.
We look forward to building with you!
Sincerely,
Danette Sokacich
Assistant Principal
The Presentation/Workshop Description
Youth Empowering Strategies (Y.E.S.!) is a youth health advocacy and empowerment nonprofit in Chicago. In 2011, YES began a partnership with Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School (PACHS), an alternative charter school, to reach and teach sexual health education to marginalized Latino, African American, and LGBTQ adolescents in the Humboldt Park and West Chicago Neighborhoods. This workshop will highlight the benefits of using peer educators in a school setting to lead lessons, strategies of successful implementation, and culturally competent curriculum adaptations to better target Latino, African American, and LGBTQ youth.
This is a great honor for these young women to share their best practices with other clinicians, reproductive health educators, and pregnancy prevention specialists from across the nation and the world. The presentation is summarized below.
We are asking for donations to accommodate our attendance to the conference. This is a very special opportunity as it is a representation of the work of our students and community partnerships to make progressive education possible. All donations are 100% deductible. All donations are received through the Albizu Campos High School.
We look forward to building with you!
Sincerely,
Danette Sokacich
Assistant Principal
The Presentation/Workshop Description
Youth Empowering Strategies (Y.E.S.!) is a youth health advocacy and empowerment nonprofit in Chicago. In 2011, YES began a partnership with Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School (PACHS), an alternative charter school, to reach and teach sexual health education to marginalized Latino, African American, and LGBTQ adolescents in the Humboldt Park and West Chicago Neighborhoods. This workshop will highlight the benefits of using peer educators in a school setting to lead lessons, strategies of successful implementation, and culturally competent curriculum adaptations to better target Latino, African American, and LGBTQ youth.
Organizer
Danette Sokacich
Organizer
Chicago, IL
