We Love LGBTQ Youth

Kevin Gogin, MFT, Program Manager; and Ilsa Bertolini, MA, School Climate Coordinator; both of the San Francisco Unified School District present "We Love LGBTQ Youth: Keeping Our Youth Safe and In School."

Kevin Truitt Welcomes Partners to San Francisco

Kevin Truitt, Associate Superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District welcomes NPD partners to San Francisco.

Addresing Foster Youth Pregnancy

Itege Bailey, MA, Senior Manager of State and Local Outreach, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregrancy presents one of the morning breakout sessions: "A Crucial Connection: Working Together to Address Teen Pregnancy Among Youth In Foster Care."

Culturally Competent Sexual Health

Robin P. McHaelen, MSW, Executive Director, True Colors, Inc. presents a mid-morning breakout session called, "Culturally Competent Sexual Health Programming for Youth In Foster Care."

Foster Youth

Petra Jerman,  PhD, MPH, Research Psychologist, Public Health Institute's Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development, presents "Sex Education and Reproductive Health Needs of Foster Youth."

Jazz Up Your PD

Melissa Fahrenbruch, M.Ed., Professional Development Team Lead, Division of Adolescent and School Health presents an afternoon workshop on "Jazz Up Your Professional Development to Increase Learning."

Social Media World

Jeannie Anderson, MS, Consultant with John Snow, Inc., Communications Director for AIDS.gov, offered an afternoon workshop on "Engaging Youth with HIV Information in a Social Media World."

The Role of Policy

Phyllida Burlingame, BA, Sex Education Policy Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California presented "The Role of Policy in Implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education."

Are You Cultured?

Joy Robinson-Lynch, MA, LMHC and Kurt Conklin, MPH, CHES, present "Are You Cultured?  Moving Sexual Health Educators from Precontemplation to Action.

We're Bragging About You

Howell Wechsler, Ed.D., MPH, Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the CDC opened up the morning with a welcome to Strengthening Our Practice: Reaching Our Target.  He spoke with much enthusiasm for our partners.  He said, "We are thrilled with the quality of the NPD group.  We're bragging about all of you.  Barring any congressional act, the work that you do will continue.  We have the greatest support for all of you."