May is National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy 

EyesOpenIowa joins national organizations Advocates for Youth and  The National Campaign in providing materials and ideas for communities to use with teens and families in promoting Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month.

What EyesOpenIowa Can Do:

• Provide state and county fact sheets on adolescent sexual health
• Provide tips for talking with teens
• Speak to your group or coalition
• Provide resources
• Connect you with your local agencies

What Teens Can Do:

• Sign Up; Text TxT 877877 to get your questions answered free and anonymously by a trained health educator www.teenstxt.com
• Take THE QUIZ on StayTeen.org and see how much you know and tell your friends to take it too.
• Ask your school newspaper to focus on National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month in May
• Have a booth at your after-prom program or other event promoting teen pregnancy prevention
• Talk with your parent/guardian about sexuality and teen pregnancy.
• Donate useful items to a teen parent home or program

What Educators Can Do:

• Use resources found here to distribute to your teens and families
• Register for webinars from the Office of Adolescent Health and Answer/Rutgers
• Send press releases to your local print and broadcast media
• Create special programs and activities to highlight TPP Month. 
  
  
  

2013 EyesOpenIowa Annual Conference
Empowering All Youth to Thrive

EyesOpenIowa’s Annual Conference date has been set for October 24-25, 2013 at the Prairie Meadows Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa.  We invite you to be a part of this conference by submitting a workshop proposal.  Please complete this required form and return to julie@eyesopeniowa.org

You’ll see on the Presenters flyer that the goal of this conference is to strengthen skill and improve services while empowering youth to thrive.  The topic areas we’d like to address include the following:

• Youth development & learning styles                                                    
• Program and time management
• Sex education to special needs youth                                                    
• Coalition building
• Adolescents sexual health in rural communities                                
• Sensitivity to ethnicities & cultures
• Teens and service learning                                                                                         
• Unique methods to engage teens

If you have a proposal pertaining to this theme, we’d like to hear from you!