February is TDV awareness month!

What cool things can you do in your city, school, town - to showyou’re not down with abuse?

Join the conversation at Thatsnotcool.com

Not only can teens ask/answer questions via facebook and twitter with thatsnotcool.com  they can respond to a new avatar app!  Talking about teen dating violence, textual harassment, and getting honest answers has never been so awesome!

 

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http://www.thatsnotcool.com/default.aspx

NY Times Article: Sex Education Gets Directly to Youths, via Text

The ever brilliant teen advocate and journalist, Jan Hoffman, broke a story on the front page of the New York Times about sex education – perhaps the first front pager ever. ISIS’ Executive Director, Deb Levine, was quoted from the TechSexUSA White Paper  as saying that the first thing young people do when they have a question about sex is Google it.  Trends to move sex ed from the classroom into social and mobile media are on the rise.

 

Article Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/us/sex-education-for-teenagers-online-and-in-texts.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=sex%20education&st=cse

Teens Talking to Teens

This is a great website based out of Chicago.  Teens share information and opinions  about healthy relationships, the media, and sex.  It’s a great resource to spread to our teens.

 

http://sexedloop.sexetc.org/