Big things are happening at PRA!

In case you missed our recent announcements, PRA Executive Director Tarso Luís Ramos will be leaving his post in early 2024 after leading the organization for 15 years. We are deeply grateful to Tarso for his invaluable leadership, and we are looking forward to the coming transformation and renewal forged through our leadership transition.

In the meantime, PRA has completed a robust hiring push, welcoming six new members to the team. Naomi Washington-Leapheart joins PRA to establish the nascent Department of Strategic Partnerships, and design wiz Zoe Newton, our new Communications Coordinator, is bringing innovative and vibrant design to PRA across our many platforms and publications. Zoe and Naomi are joined by incoming The Public Eye editor Kitana Ananda, incoming Senior Research Analyst Annie Wilkinson, Operations Coordinator Melanie Bouchard, and Grants Manager Renee Kuhl. Read more about our new team members here.

PRA is in a season of change and growth. We are grateful to you, our readers and partners, for your continued support as we build our organization to better meet the needs of our moment.

In solidarity,

The PRA Team

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Fascism 101

Want to understand the threat of globally resurgent fascism? Join our partners, Highlander Center and Right to the City Alliance, for an 8 part webinar series to explore the many faces of fascism & fronts of anti-fascistic resistance. Register here.

Session 1, titled Modern Fascism, Contours, and Characteristics, was hosted and recorded on May 25, 2023. Register for the full series to receive information about following sessions and recordings.

Bisexual and pansexual youth + comprehensive sexuality education

Thursday, June 29, 2023, 10 AM ET

Join Ipas and PRA for a robust conversation about the erasure of bisexual and pansexual youth from comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)—and how inclusion would affect the lives of bisexual and pansexual youth across the globe. Ipas and PRA will share key findings from their new report—From invisible to indispensable—and sexuality education experts will discuss how the study’s recommendations can be put into practice to build truly inclusive CSE programs. We’ll also explore the challenges and opposition to CSE around the globe.

Register here.

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