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The Texas Campaign's 10th Annual Symposium

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JOIN US: SEPT. 27-29

The Texas Campaign's 10th Annual Symposium begins this Monday and is the
place to be for those interested in the latest information on healthy
adolescent development and teen pregnancy prevention efforts across Texas.
SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS VIRTUAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITY. We hope to
see you there!

Continuing education in multiple disciplines will be provided; Scholarships
available.  

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS [2]

SHOUT OUT TO OUR SYMPOSIUM SPONSOR YOUTHTODAY! 

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YOU'RE INVITED TO _CHEERS!_

We hope you will join us for Cheers!, our annual fundraiser scheduled for
NOVEMBER 4 AT 7PM. To ensure the safety of our supporters, the event will
be virtual. Registration is free, and your participation helps ensure that
every Texas teen has access to the information and resources they need to
make healthy decisions for themselves and their futures.

REGISTER NOW!

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Our 2021 Webinar Series wraps up this Fall! Each webinar is $25, unless
otherwise noted, and includes continuing education credit for multiple
disciplines. Scholarships are also available.

OCTOBER 13: SAFE! Issues Affecting Today's Youth and How you Can Help
(Suicide Prevention)
OCTOBER 27: Sex Sells: What are you Buying? (Porn literacy/media literacy)
NOVEMBER 10: Talking About Sex Faithfully
DECEMBER 1: TEKS Talk: Curriculum Deep Dive (free)

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE [5]

SAVE THE DATE: 2022 SYMPOSIUM

The 11th Annual Symposium is scheduled for April 25-26, 2022. We plan on
hosting a hybrid learning event, in collaboration with Healthy Futures of
Texas, with the in-person component taking place at the Embassy Suites
Landmark in San Antonio.

Registration details will be announced soon. We can't wait to see you in
2022.

Corporate Sponsor Spotlight

UT Teen Health -
Project Y.E.S.

My name is Ámbar Ríos, and I am one of the mental health counselors at
the University Health, Robert B. Green Campus in the Teen Health Clinic. I
am also the lead for Project Y.E.S., which stands for Youth Empowerment &
Support. I have been with UT Teen Health since 2011, and I have seen our
program grow in so many ways!

READ ÁMBAR RÍOS'S INTERVIEW! [6]

Partner with the Texas Campaign via a VIRTUAL SPONSORSHIP to achieve mutual
goals and maximize shared benefits. Virtual sponsorship includes website
mentions, e-newsletter features, social media cross-promotion, guest blog
posts, and co-produced goodwill videos. Contact [email protected] for
more information and to sponsor!

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STORYTELLING SPOTLIGHT WITH
MARIANA PASILLAS

_Each month, the Texas Campaign interviews young adults or the adults who
serve them about their experience with sex education or teen pregnancy. _

This month, we interviewed Mariana Pasillas from Houston, Texas. She is 27
years old, and was a previous teen mom. She wants to help others by sharing
her experience of being a teen mom.

If you are interested in sharing your story, email [email protected]
or fill out this form [8].

READ MARIANAS'S STORY HERE [7]

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Nominate a Young Leader to the Young Ambassador Program!

The Texas Campaign is looking for 10 young people between the ages of 17
and 20 to join our Young Ambassador Program. Chosen ambassadors will have
the opportunity to participate in training sessions on leadership, becoming
an effective advocate, and Texas policies that affect young people and
their sexual health education amongst others. They will then take what they
have learned and apply it in designing and implementing their very own
community advocacy project.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 13, click here [10] for more information.

Do you know a young person that would benefit from this program? Nominate
them today!

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE [9]

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How Does Gender Impact Teen Pregnancy?

Between the ages of 9 and 13, many other episodes forced her to recognize
that she was not equal to boys, that they had more freedom, that some men
could be dangerous, and that she was vulnerable.

Despite that, she rebelled against expectations.

Want to hear more from Monica? Join us at our upcoming Symposium [12] to
hear her speak!

READ MONICA'S BLOG HERE [11]

To Understand Healthy Masculity, Look at Africa

#MeToo has been a much-needed wake-up call about male violence against
women, building on the work of thousands of women’s rights activists and
NGOs around the world who, for decades, have been demanding full equality
for women.

But we need to talk about the men.

Want to hear more from Gary? Join us at our upcoming Symposium [12] to hear
him speak!

READ GARY'S BLOG HERE [13]

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Sexually Explicit Media and Young People's Sexual Health Outcomes:
Kirby Summit 2021 Findings

At ETR’s annual Kirby Summit, they set out to understand the research on
the role of SEM on young people’s sexual development, attitude, and
behaviors. They looked at the research studying the relationship between
SEM and young people’s outcomes.

Want to hear more from Amy? Join us at our upcoming Symposium [12] to hear
her, and her co-presenter Gina Lepore speak!

READ AMY'S BLOG HERE [14]

Texas Is Ready

Texas Is Ready has released a community toolkit that serves as a
guide for Texas parents, students, and community members to support health
education in their school districts. DOWNLOAD IT TODAY [15]! 

The Texas Is Ready Coalition held a collaborative meeting on Wednesday,
September 15, where both Texas-based and national sex ed training and
technical assistance providers received a high-level overview of the
current policy landscape, learned about how Texas Is Ready is preparing
school districts and communities to implement the newly adopted sex ed
TEKS, and completed a survey to convey interest and ideas for a Texas Is
Ready service-delivery directory.

In addition, Texas Is Ready will host a webinar education session for
members of the Texas Association of School Boards on October 7,
highlighting the recent policy changes as they relate to sex ed in Texas,
as well as the resources available to help school districts and communities
implement quality sex ed to Texas students. Texas Is Ready will also
present and exhibit at TASB | TASA txEDCON21 [16], in Dallas, on September
24 and September 25.

VISIT THE TEXAS IS READY WEBSITE [17]

Six clinics applied to be considered for Cohort 4 of the Texas
Youth-Friendly Initiative (TYFI). The TYFI leadership team reviewed the
applications and is currently making offers for placement in the cohort.
Accepting clinics will be announced soon!

TEXAS FOSTER YOUTH HEALTH INITIATIVE

TFYHI IS CELEBRATING ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! 

Over the last 12 months, the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative team has
designed empowering interventions to help caregivers lead conversations
about healthy relationships and provided more than 50 hours of training
across the state. Learn more about our successes this past year with our
12-month progress report [18] and what’s to come in the near future.

Register here [19] for a statewide, virtual Brave Conversations training
for caregivers of youth in care, scheduled for October 5, 9 AM – 1 PM.

CHART OF THE MONTH

Breastfeeding a new baby is associated with health benefits, but can also
come with challenges. Do teen parents have the support they need to
breastfeed? Data suggests that we can do better. According to birth
certificate data from 2019, 84% of newborn babies were breastfed when they
were discharged from the hospital. However, mothers in their 30s were most
likely to nurse their babies. Among teens aged 15-19, 73% breastfed their
baby in the hospital -- a strong majority, but still below the rates of
older mothers.

For parents facing breastfeeding challenges, support from doulas, lactation
consultants, and pediatricians can help smooth the path, as does having
supportive family or community members. In Texas, WIC offers lactation
support centers [20], which are specialized centers where parents can
receive breastfeeding help.

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[email protected] / 512-686-8305

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