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Upcoming Workshops
Human Sexuality 101
Learn about the basic components of human sexuality
as it relates to Human Sexuality Education, discuss adolescent sexuality in the
United States, including media influence, cultural norms, and key challenges,
and much more!
Date: April 28, 2010
Time: 9:00am -4:30pm
Location:
SC Campaign Office
1331 Elmwood Avenue
Suite 140
Columbia, SC 29201
Fee: $50
Presenters:
Michelle Scarpulla, MPH, Answer
Click here to register.
Individualized Client Education (ICE) for Improved Contraceptive Compliance
This two-day interactive workshop will address ways to improve and
enhance one-on-one education among pregnancy prevention providers and
youth they serve.
Date: May 11-12, 2010
Time: 9:00am -4:30pm
Location:
SC Campaign Office
1331
Elmwood Avenue
Suite 140
Columbia, SC 29201
Fee: $75
Presenters:
Jim Sacco, MSW
Click here to register
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Full Time and Graduate Student Positions Available!
The SC Campaign is looking for a full time Training and Technical Assistance Specialist to proivide support to local organizations with an emphasis on older youth, colleges, and clinics. For more informaiton, click here.
The Campaign is also looking for Graduate Assistants in the following areas:
Training & Technical Assistance |
The Buzz:
Get Yourself Tested Campaign This April in recognition of National STD Awareness month, bring the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign to your health center, clinic, campus and community. Use the GYT Toolkit to help you spread the word and organize a GYT event. The GYT Toolkit offers a number of materials you can download and print to promote GYT online through your websites and social networks and on the ground in your clinics, campus and community to get more young people tested for STDs across the country. |
SC Campaign Welcomes New Staff
Andrea Heyward
The Training and Technical Assistance Department is
pleased to welcome Andrea Heyward as the new Training and TA Associate. She
began with the Campaign as a Graduate Assistant and is finishing her last
semester at Johns Hopkins University earning her MPH. Andrea will be responsible for workshop
logistics and the primary contact for all continuing education. She is also assisting local programs with
implementing Making Proud Choices. The
Campaign is excited to have her on board full time!
Kim Wicker
Kim Wicker has joined the staff
of the SC Campaign as the Communications and Development Associate. With
six years of experience as program director for the Newberry County You First
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, Kim brings a wealth of knowledge to
the Public Awareness Department. In her new role, she will be
responsible for all publications requests, development of the Friday Broadcast
and other communications, fundraising activities, website updates, and the
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Call Me MISTER Program
The Call Me MISTER
program combines the special strengths and resources of Clemson University with
the individualized instructional programs offered by four historically black
colleges in South Carolina: Benedict College, Claflin University, Morris College
and South Carolina State University. To provide even greater opportunity and
access, students have the option of first attending one of our two-year partner
colleges before transferring to one of the four-year institutions to complete
their baccalaureate degree. This program provides four year scholarships to African-American males who are currently seniors in high school.
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OLC Feature of the Week: Keeping You Updated...Beyond the Campaign!
The Online Learning
Center offers
professionals up-to date information in adolescent pregnancy prevention. Gain
access to the latest developments in best
practices for research and prevention efforts.
Also find interactive tools for planning, implementing, and evaluating
science-based programs.
There are also many ways to stay
updated in adolescent pregnancy prevention efforts Beyond
the Campaign. Use this feature to check out resources
and tools from other leading organizations in the field. Find out what these
organizations think about issues including comprehensive sexuality education,
science-based programs, and much more.
Click here
to read more!
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Upcoming Workshops and Events
Reaching & Teaching: Working Across The Generational
Divide Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: LRADAC Education Center
2711 Colonial Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
Cost: $25 SCAPPA member, $50 non- member For more information or to register contact Curtis Reese at 864-467-3936.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina Annual Conference Join APPCNC, the NC Division of Public Health, and Wake AHEC as we celebrate APPCNC's 25th anniversary at our annual conference.
Date: May 18 - 20, 2010
Location: Joseph S. Koury
Convention Center
3121 High Point Road
Greensboro, NC 27407
Registration deadline is April 30, 2010. Click here for more information or to register to attend.
Sex 411: What's the Deal with Teens and Sex?
This
interactive and fun hour-long webinar will share cutting edge from the Sex,
Etc. teen Web site and our experience interacting with over 15,000 teens who
visit our site every day. It is just the
quickie you've been looking for!
Date: May 25, 2010
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Cost: $35
Click here for more information or to register for this webinar. |
Grants AvailableGeorgia-Pacific Foundation
The Georgia-Pacific Foundation supports a wide range of organizations that improve the quality of life in communities where Georgia-Pacific operates, and where company employees live and work. The Foundation has identified the following key investment areas: education, including job readiness and literacy; community investment, including affordable housing and cultural programs; environment, including resource conservation and clean air/clean water; and entrepreneurship, especially among youth, women, and minorities. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $5,000. Grant applications will be accepted between January 1 and October 31, 2010. Visit the company's website to take the required online eligibility survey.
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Website of the Week
Sex, Etc. is a part of a Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to youth, parents, and providers. This site uses peer education to empower youth to talk about sexual health and relationships. However, youth writers and photographers are only one feature of this site. Sex, Etc. also provides up-to-date information from sexual health experts about; sex and relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, and much more!
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DHEC WORKSHOPS & INFO 
The STD/HIV Division is now accepting registration for the following training opportunities:
SC HIV/STD Call for Abstracts
The conference will be held in Columbia on October 27th and 28th
at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The completed Call for
Presentations documents must be received no later than 5:00 PM EDT on Monday,
April 26, 2010. For more information please contact Andrea Williams.
ABC's of Hepatitis and HIV April 6, 2010 Orientation to Adult HIV Care for CliniciansMay 6-7, 2010
Location Information: All training(s) are currently scheduled to be held in Columbia. Site locations will be provided in the confirmation letter with directions.
For More Information: All communications regarding training should be directed to James Harris, Jr. STD/HIV Division Training Coordinator, at 803-898-0480 or by e-mail at harrisj@dhec.sc.gov | |
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