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Happy 2010!
We
hope this year brings much happiness, health and success to you and the
youth with whom you work. We have a ton of news and upcoming actions to
share with you.
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February 2010: A month of love
Objective: healthy, loving relationships
The first week of February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness week; and February 14th is V-Day, which is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
Check out the Scenarios USA film, Bitter Memories, directed by Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace) and written by 16-year old Mariella Zavala from Pharr, TX. In this film a young man grows up watching his father abuse his
mother. When jealousy brings Rob face to face with his own violent
tendencies toward women, he confronts his father's behavior so he can
learn how to be "un hombre vero." View and purchase online here: http://scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/index.html.
Other violence prevention resources:
Make your school safer with Choose Respect (partnered with the CDC).
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7, 2010
February 7th of every year is a national HIV testing and treatment
community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United
States and the Diaspora. There are four specific focal points:
education, testing, involvement, and treatment.
An
excellent resource for teaching about HIV/AIDS and prevention is the
Scenarios USA HIV/AIDS film compilation that includes four films that
examine teens' perspectives on HIV/AIDS. One of the films,
Reflections, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Secret Life of Bees) and written by 17-year old Keyana Ray from Maywood, IL, won the Paul Robeson award at the
Newark Black Film Festival and has moved people of all ages and races across the country.
The other films in the HIV/AIDS compilation are The Monster, directed by Academy Award winning director Adam Davidson (Big Love, Fringe, Community); Just Like You Imagined?, directed by David Frankel (Marley and Me); and Nightmare on AIDS Street, directed by Kinan Valdez (El Teatro Campesino).
Each
film in the compilation comes with a lesson plan, a behind-the-scenes
documentary and a PDF of the script. View films and purchase our films
online here: http://scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/index.html.
Click here to find out more about National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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Spotlight on... Healthy Teen Network
Pat Paluzzi, President and CEO
"HTN is a national membership organization that focuses on
adolescent reproductive health issues, as well as teen pregnancy and parenting.
We have a special interest in marginalized populations, such as youth in foster
care and LGBTQ youth. Our four areas of expertise are training, technical
support, resource development and advocacy.
At HTN we're excited about the Obama administration's decision
to back science-based approaches to sexual health education. There is an
initiative that has already passed through the House and the Senate that will
convert funds previously allocated to abstinence-only programs to proven,
comprehensive sex ed programs. We hope that the new Office of Adolescent Health
will award these grants by Spring 2010.
As educators we need to recognize the importance of
integrating the conversation about healthy sexual development into core
curriculum subjects so that youth are informed and empowered to make choices
that are right for them. We need to have
these conversations in our homes as well. All of us who work with youth should
work together to normalize these conversations in developmentally appropriate
ways.
Curriculum Corner readers can download our publication Opportunity Knocks, which is a one-page tool that helps people who are not trained in
sex ed talk with teens about sexual health. We created this tool because
sometimes we get nervous talking to teens about this topic and can shut them
down, or because we're scared that by talking about sex, we're encouraging them
to have sex. We will soon have a PowerPoint workshop guide available to
accompany this resource.
Your readers might also be interested in our publication Boys Will Be Boys, which explores the relationship between masculinity, sexual
and parenting behaviors, and violence.
- Thanks, Pat!
For more information
about the Healthy Teen Network visit http://healthyteennetwork.org
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REAL DEAL Contest Update
The semi-finalists of our
What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity? story, play and scriptwriting contest are now at the 2nd tier of our Selection Committee.
On Monday, February 22nd, our Final Selection Committee,
made up of Hollywood directors, education experts, health
practitioners, community-based organizations and youth will select one
winner from each of our three contest regions: New York City, Cleveland
and South Texas. The winners will make our three new films, so stay tuned!
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Save the Date!
Check back on our homepage in early March for a sign-up or email me if you would like to receive an invitation.
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January Sale
Buy our individual DVDs for $80.10 instead of $89.00. Buy online and we will reimburse you with a check. Sale ends January 31st, 2010. Click here for our online shop.
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We love hearing from you! Please send us
your ideas, comments, questions and suggestions and we'll do our best
to include them in our upcoming issues of the Scenarios USA Curriculum
Corner.
Sincerely,
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 Ernestine Heldring
Education and Outreach Manager
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