When I grow up I want to be as lionhearted as Eastern Utah Teen Council.
It has been an honor to follow this group over the past year and witness their commitment to community-driven change unfold:
https://t.co/W6P8krZIND
#WatchThis@sciam doc, "The Talk," from #VCmember@jssryn. In a country where a woman's rights are no longer her own, #roevwade, grassroots efforts are underway across U.S. to educate teens about standing up for themselves, sex, & consent.
Watch here: https://t.co/LYhW1H4w48
Utah prevents teens from learning about consent — which is uniquely horrifying, considering that rape is higher there than the National average. But —a group of teens are taking it upon themselves to teach each other what the state won’t. Watch this.
In the case of unplanned pregnancies, Utahans’ options may soon be restricted as well. The state has a so-called trigger law in place that would ban nearly all abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
📽️⬇️ Watch the full documentary. (5/5) https://t.co/nxmdWqaGGu
While practicing abstinence is theoretically effective, abstinence education doesn't prepare teens to make informed decisions about their sexual health, researchers argue in the Journal of Adolescent Health. (4/5)
📽️https://t.co/YCGuDoAMjv | @jssryn@sltrib
“It was from listening, from hearing, from people asking, from seeing the problems that arise when we’re not talking and knowing—that’s why you start something like this.” (3/5)
📽️ https://t.co/YCGuDoSnI5 | @jssryn@sltrib
That’s why Tomi Lasley helped start a sex education program for local teens—and those teens are now teaching one another about sex and consent. (2/5)
📽️ https://t.co/YCGuDoSnI5 | @jssryn@sltrib
Utah’s teens face a unique crisis. While rape remains the only violent crime in the state that’s higher than the national average, Utah’s lawmakers have repeatedly voted against updating the state’s sex education curriculum. (1/5)
📽️ https://t.co/YCGuDoSnI5 | @jssryn@sltrib
In late 2020 Danielle Howa Pendergrass launched a sex education program called Eastern Utah Teen Council out of her clinic to fill in knowledge gaps for local teens. @jssryn@sciam
https://t.co/cQ7IRaC2Ml
A group of teenagers in rural Utah are training to become sex educators so that they can teach their peers what they do not learn in the classroom https://t.co/1zMHbKMSWk
When I grow up I want to be as lionhearted as Eastern Utah Teen Council.
It has been an honor to follow this group over the past year and witness their commitment to community-driven change unfold:
https://t.co/W6P8krZIND
📷 Can I get you excited about digital videos and filmmaking and experimenting and making non-fiction films for all of the platforms? Check out this thread and my monthly column, In Sync! 🧵 @videoconsortium@jssryn
#INSYNC This month, we caught up with #vcmember Ben Proudfoot, director of the Academy Award-winning short “The Queen of Basketball.” 🏀 Ben’s production company, @breakwaterstud, specializes in humanist short-form #documentaries.
Read here:
https://t.co/11uzMj2eHn
Kicking off a new project to fund investigative journalism 🗞
The first focus is climate journalism 🌍
Follow @FlashlightCrew to come along for the ride :)
#INSYNC - This month, Nikita talks to Joe Sabia, the famous voice behind Vogue’s "73 Questions" series. This conversation revolves around trying new things, working with celebrities, and combining art and #storytelling with science.
Read here: https://t.co/8iRQEZomJe