:: TODAY'S NEWS ::

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:: YOUTH ACTION CENTER ::

YOUTH Activist network

Advocates' Youth Activist Network is composed of more than 10,000 youth from communities across the country. These young people work together to fight for accurate sexual health information and services. READ MORE >>

international YOUTH Activist network

Advocates’ International Youth Activist Network (iYAN) consists of youth activists and adult allies from low and middle-income countries who are working to influence policies and programs in their countries and internationally to support improved youth reproductive and sexual health. READ MORE >>

RIGHTS. RESPECT. RESPONSIBILITY.® CAMPAIGNS

The Keep it REAL Campaign—End Censorship in America's Schools

The Fix the GAP Campaign—Stop U.S. Exportation of Abstinence-Only Programs

Rights. Respect. Responsibility. Condom Campaign.

Emergency contraception—make EC available without a doctor's prescription for ALL women

International family planning—encourage the U.S. to honor its funding commitments

 
OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

Find out who your elected officials are and write them a letter

Send a letter to President Bush

Contact national and local media

 
READ ABOUT OUR ACTIVISTS

International Youth Leadership Council

MySistahs Peer Educators (page opens in new window)

State Activists

Young Women of Color Leadership Council

YouthResource Peer Educators (page opens in new window)

Read about the issues they care about and what they are doing in their communities!

Read stories by youth who are working to change the status quo

:: RESOURCES YOU CAN USE::

General Advocacy Toolkit

Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® - Keep it REAL Toolkit

Rights. Respect. Responsibility.® - Fix the GAP Toolkit

SEx, Etc.'s Student Action Kit, The Roadmap: A Teen Guide to Changing Your School's Sex Ed

:: HEALTH & WELL-BEING ::

Abstinence

Body image

Condoms & other contraceptives

Dating violence

Emergency contraception

Healthy relationships

Hepatitis

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

Informational pamphlets

Local clinics & hotlines

Safer sex information

Sexual assault

STIs (sexually transmitted infections)

:: INFO & SUPPORT ::

For HIV-positive youth

For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth

Para jóvenes latinos/as

For youth of color

:: PEER EDUCATION ::

Start your own peer education program. Read a  guide to creating a good HIV/STI peer education program.

Find a peer education program in your city and state

:: WEB SITES & COMMUNITIES ::

www.youthresource.com—By and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & questioning (GLBTQ) youth

www.ambientejoven.org—By and for Latino GLBTQ youth

www.mysistahs.org—By and for young women of color

Other Web sites—Great sources of sexual health information. View links to other organizations' sites