“No one should be in a relationship with a guy (or girl) who threatens to leave if his partner doesn't give him what he wants.”
—Joy, 15, AL
The Roadmap: A Teen Guide to Changing Your School's Sex Ed
The Sex, Etc. Teen Staff felt that teens deserve honest, accurate sexual health information, and they decided to do something about it. They developed The Roadmap: A Teen Guide to Changing Your School's Sex Ed. It is designed to give young people like you a voice in the debate over what teens should learn about sex in school and when they should learn it. You can make change happen!
The Roadmap’s step-by-step action plan will help lay the groundwork to convince your school board and community to provide better sexuality and health education. The Roadmap helps youth like you make a difference in your school or community. (You can even earn credit if your school requires a community service project for graduation.)
You will need the free software program Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and view The Roadmap. If you don’t already have it, get it here.
The Roadmap’s step-by-step action plan will help lay the groundwork to convince your school board and community to provide better sexuality and health education. The Roadmap helps youth like you make a difference in your school or community. (You can even earn credit if your school requires a community service project for graduation.)
You will need the free software program Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and view The Roadmap. If you don’t already have it, get it here.
To download the entire Roadmap at once, click here.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Tools for the Road
Tooting Your Horn
To download the entire Roadmap at once, click here.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Tools for the Road
- What Is an Advocate?
- Cruisin’ Kids: Student Success Stories
- Mastering the Mechanics: The ABCs of Sex Ed
- What Is Good Sex Ed?
- Checking the Gauges: Startling Stats on Teens & SexLearning the Lingo: A Glove Compartment Glossary for Advocates
- Rules for the Road: A State-by-State Breakdown of State Laws on Sexuality Education
- Adding Tools: A List of National Resources to Tap Into Along the Road to Better Sex Ed
- Building Bridges: Steps for Starting a Coalition
- Creating a Caravan: How to Organize Your Coalition
- Picking Up Passengers: A Sample Letter Appealing for Support
- Student Survey
- Parent Survey
- Community Petition
- Tips for Staging a Community Forum
- Sample Flyer
- Sample Ad
- Sample Press Release
- Sample Introduction
- Making Your Map
- Sample School Board Resolution
- Sample School Board Proposal
- The Long and Winding Road: Schools & Politics
- Greasing the Wheel: Tips for Working With Your School Board
- Checkpoints: Advocacy Action List
- Tips for Working With the Media
- Sample Radio Public Service Announcement
- Sample Letter to the Editor/Op-Ed Piece
- Navigating the Net
- They Say, You Say: Answers to Frequently Argued Myths
- Tips for Public Speaking
- Sample Position Paper
Tooting Your Horn
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