Note: This class is open to high school students only.
Again, my intention is to support y’all in facilitation development and actually trying on leading all community and small group things and school parties/gatherings!
Let’s continue to work on and commit to and supporting, guiding and mentoring each other into deepening your self trust, integrity and leadership skills that goes to serve the community at large and the communities you’ll be in, in the future.
Note: This class is open to high school students only.
This is a continuation from fall term and will continue all year. So, let’s continue to have some fun! There’s much more to cover and have a good time learning about. Please come on down for more, this is a year long class.
Relationships, with ourselves and others, our sexuality and our gender journeys are life long paths we build and build. Talking about sex, relationships and our bodies openly and honestly can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. It can also be enlightening, informative, and pretty exciting! I will do my best to include a wide variety of genders, sexualities, experiences, and perspectives and focus on the real world and real life experiences throughout this class and always, you as the students help mold that process.
I will be utilizing the curriculum, Beyond the Basics, 3rd edition created byAction Canada for Sexual Health and Rights and supplement with S.E.X., second edition: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties by Heather Corinna as well as various educational media pieces and articles.
“Beyond the Basics takes an approach that is rooted in comprehensive sexuality education—seeking to move the bar beyond anatomy and risk, to ensure students are better prepared to lead empowered sexual lives where they feel comfortable in their own bodies, can exercise their right to bodily autonomy, and are equipped with the skills to challenge oppressive gender norms. The comprehensive approach fosters cultures of consent, respect for diversity, and critical thinking skills, some of the most valuable things that students can learn in school, which also happen to be some of the hardest things to teach. There is another lens to this work, one that is sharply attuned to social change at the highest levels. One of the strengths of CSE as an approach to sexual education is that the connections between systemic forces and individual health outcomes are made. This is the work that connects the structural drivers of health to individual experiences. Challenging systemic oppression and body shaming; demanding public policy that supports consent, healthy relationships and resiliency; all while keeping one eye firmly focused on the individual in need of education.”
Check out: https://www.actioncanadashr.org/
and the book: S.E.X., second edition: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties
Head up to Yesler Terrace to play some non-competitive, very fun soccer and kick it.
In this class, we’ll gather to consume and discuss media by and about diverse humans. We’ll hear from various voices on topics like identity, queerness, institutional racism and human rights, global issues and we’ll pull from assorted forms of media including podcasts and news sources.
Each class one of you will provide either a yummy treat or a yummy beverage for everyone to share and we will create a sign up!
We listen/watch and discuss.
Whiteness/straightness/cis-ness/patriarchal-ness etc. in media is the norm; this is an opportunity to approach important topics from different viewpoints and perspectives.
No homework, just come ready to contribute to discussions each day or write a small reflection on the content and eat yummy things and THINK and PONDER and FEEL and PROCESS.
Our nervous systems and hearts can feel overloaded with stress and anxiety throughout this life. What better time than to slow down and figure out how to be more well onto yourself and your loved ones?
We will come together to take care of our hearts, bodies, and spirits, and get to know each other and ourselves a little better. We will meditate, listen, breathe, make art together, go outside, write, stretch, play games and create a little sanctuary space in school for an hour. We will continue to honor each students “self-care day” and learn from each other’s ideas of self care.
This class is for you if you enjoyed last night and would like another round and it’s open to new students. Should this feel like the right fit for you right now.
This class will be a quiet, chill space where will will listen to music, drink tea if you’d like and get into writing in our journals and drawing.
Journaling is a lovely tool to get your thoughts and feels out somewhere, expressing yourself and understanding yourself better and so is creative expression. We will do just that in this class and maybe hit a coffeehouse once or twice. Writing and creating can soothe anxiety, support your mental and emotional health and help you process challenging emotions and life experiences.
This class is perfect for you if need a calming, grounding place to reflect, write, and engage in your personal creativity and self care.
I can provide journal prompts if folks would like.
Note: This class is open to middle school students only.
Hi students! It’s one of my all time favorites. If you were in MS Sex Ed last term, please come on down for more, this is a year long class.
We will continue to have a darn good time learning about healthy relationships, sexuality, gender, bodies, emotions and how to take care of yourself. Sex Ed is something you deserve to have and have fun learning in it!
In this class I will do my best to include a wide variety of genders, sexualities, and different bodies, and to focus on the real world experiences of students in middle school.
We will work to create a space where you can learn relevant information about sexual and relational health. Talking about sex and our bodies openly and honestly can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. It can also be enlightening, informative, and exciting!
This class will be a place to build confidence and friendly curiosity, rather than shame and judgment. Cultivating a relationship with one’s sexuality and body is a journey – and it’s better if you feel informed and aware along the way.
We will utilize the book: You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things by Cory Silverberg
“Racially and ethnically diverse, inclusive of cross-disability experience, this is a book for every kind of young person and every kind of family…You Know, Sex is the first thoroughly modern sex ed book for every body navigating puberty and adolescence, essential for kids, everyone who knows a kid, and anyone who has ever been a kid.”
Please reach out if you have any questions about the content of this class!
Note: This class is open to high school students only.
Hi everyone, I enjoyed this class and am truly excited for this next and last term. We will continue to examine how gender, from an intersectional lens shapes the media, violence, sexuality, intimacy, education, the economy, different family structures, religion, government and society at large. We will explore how gender varies by race, class, ethnicity, global region, sexual orientation, why feminism and women’s liberation across the globe aim to improve the lives of women and men and everyone in-between. Emphasis will be on U.S. history and society, but comparisons to other countries will be made to examine how gender works and plays out.
These are the topics to come and I can’t wait for more with you all.
Gender Based Violence and Gender Inequities
White body supremacy and violence (overt and covert)
Religion and Systems of Beliefs
(Dis)abilities
Through this class students will be able to 1) analyze how social structure and culture shape gendered identities and experiences, apply sociological terms and concepts concerning gendered experiences and phenomena to their papers and presentations 2) Identify how race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality affect gender relations and experiences 3) Explain how gender creates power and control imbalances in people’s personal relationships