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World Sexual Health Day

North America 

September 25, 2019

 

Stanford University

Co-hosted by the Weiland Health Initiative

WORLD SEXUAL HEALTH DAY
2019 SPEAKERS
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CARLEY

FLANERY

MSW, MPH

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MARISSA 

FLORO

PhD

Our 2019
MCs are: 
Our 2019
organizers
are:
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INGE

HANSEN

PsyD

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SARA

NASSERZADEH

PhD

Getting to the Event

The World Sexual Health Day - North America 2019 event will take place in Paul Brest Hall at Stanford University. 

Paul Brest Hall 

555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305

Attendees should park in parking structure 6 (Wilbur Garage). Everyone who registers before 9/20/19 will receive their parking permit in the mail, otherwise, attendees should plan to arrive early to pick up their parking pass in the event hall prior to 9 am.

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Schedule

9:00 - 9:30 am

Check-in & refreshments

9:30 - 10:00 am
10:00 - 10:55 am
11:00 - 11: 55 am
12:00 - 12:50 pm

Opening ceremony

Transformative Sex Ed: Real People, Real Stories, Real Life

Dr. Brianna Booth

Effects of Smartphone Use on Dating, Sex, and Relationships

Dr. Tom Ellis

Lunch buffet

12:50 - 1:45 pm

Decolonizing Sex Education

Francisco Ramirez

1:50 - 2:45 pm

The Sexuality Education Wheel of Context

Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh

2:50 - 3:25 pm
3:30 - 4:25 pm

Break & Performances

The Stanford Improvisers & Mixed Company

Comprehensive Sex Education & Dismantling the Prison Industrial Complex

Dominique Morgan

4:30 - 5:25 pm

Ableism, Sexuality Education, and Disability Justice Panel

Karen Rayne, PhD∙Alex Locust, MS ∙ Shauna Farabaugh ∙ Robin Wilson-Beattie

5:30 - 6:00 pm

Networking & mingling

About the Speakers

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BRIANNA BOOTH

PhD

Compelled by a deep belief that we as a society can do better on the challenges of sexuality, Brianna aims to transform the cultural conversation to more fundamentally level “up" on both the challenges and possibilities of sexuality.  She is the Director of Positive Sexuality, Design & Development at Stanford University.

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TOM ELLIS

PsyD

Thomas Ellis, PsyD is has been with Stanford University CAPS for 10 years. He is currently the Embedded Clinical Psychologist for Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. His professional interests include sexual health, the LGBTQ community, and the effects of smartphone use on mental health. Dr. Ellis has been a member of AASECT for 8 years.

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FRANCISCO RAMIREZ

MPH

Francisco Ramirez holds a Master of Public Health, with a concentration in sexuality, from Columbia University and has consulted on sexual health and diversity in more than a dozen countries for the United Nations since 2005. Notably, since 2008, he has put out two chairs and a sign that says “Free Sex Advice,” giving free sex & dating advice to passersby in New York City parks and subways.

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SARA NASSERZADEH

PhD

Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD is a Social Psychologist and a thought leader in the fields of Cultural Fluency, Diversity & Inclusion, and Sexual Health & Relationships. In addition to her clinical work, she has also been a senior cultural advisor and strategic consultant for governments, international NGOs, UN agencies, Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, professional organizations and private sector across 37 countries.

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DOMINIQUE MORGAN

Black & Pink

As the National Director of Black and Pink, the largest prison abolitionist organization in the United States, Dominique Morgan works daily to dismantle the systems that perpetuate violence on LGBTQ/GNC people and individuals living with HIV and AIDS. He is an NAACP Freedom Fighter Award recipient, Young, Black, and Influential Award recipient for Advocacy and Omaha Chamber Young Professionals Changemaker Award recipient.

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KAREN RAYNE

PhD

Dr. Karen Rayne is the Executive Director of UN|HUSHED, an organization with international reach that is dedicated to creating and implementing the highest quality sexuality education curricula possible.  She is the author of books like GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You and Breaking the Hush Factor: Ten rules for talking with teenagers about sex as well as a wide range of curricula and other professional resources.

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ALEX LOCUST

MS

Alex is counselor, community organizer, and champion of disability justice. Armed with bombastic charm, whimsical humor, and a sharp wit, Alex synthesizes professional insight with lived experience to create engaging workshops grounded in cultural humility, intersectionality, and fostering empathetic, holistic views of marginalized communities.

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SHAUNA FARABAUGH

Certified Sexuality Educator

Shauna Farabaugh is a certified Somatic Sex Educator and Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®) provider in private practice in San Francisco, CA who fiercely believes in the right to sexual expression for every body and is committed to making sex education more “sexcessible.”  She is particularly passionate about exploring the intersection between sexuality and life transitions of all kinds.

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ROBIN WILSON-BEATTIE

AASECT

Robin Wilson-Beattie is a speaker, writer, and advocate for disability and sexuality as well as one of the first people to talk about disability, sexuality, and marketing to adult product retailers and manufacturers. She combines years of personal experience with medically sound research to provide a unique perspective on how life and identity impacts one's sexual expression.

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