January 15, 2020
Project Rise:
Bringing Relationship Education to
Hispanic Youth
Join
the staff from Project Rise as they share with you how they are successfully
engaging the Latino community, including youth and their parents, in healthy
relationship skills programming. Project Rise is
utilizing Relationship Smarts PLUS (Sexual Risk
Avoidance Adaptation) to prevent teen pregnancy, reduce associated
risk behaviors, and promote healthy adolescent development among Latino teens
aged 12-18. They are working in four neighborhoods of Los Angeles County where
measures of sexual risk are significantly higher than the national average. In
focus groups, the young people reported learning: - Communication
and relationships skills, including ways to speak with family and friends as
well as controlling their anger.
- How
to be self-reflective, including understanding infatuation vs true love and
effective decision-making skills.
- Ways to talk with their parents or a trusted adult about sex and healthy
relationships.
Presenters: John Lewis, Southern California Director, Urban
Strategies; Guillermo
Pichardo, Youth Advocate, Catalyst SGV
Who should attend: Teen pregnancy
prevention organizations, social workers, staff in Community Action Agencies,
Community Health, University Extension, Non-profit and faith-based
organizations, alternative high school educators, corrections, homeless youth
programs, fatherhood, healthy relationships, any others working with
risk-immersed youth.
When: Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 4:00 pm Eastern/1:00 pm Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: Free!
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