Racist Mascots: Teaching the Harm of Slurs and Stereotypes
On Monday July 13th, the Washington N.F.L. team announced it would be dropping the team name R*dskins and associated logos. The decision came only 10 days after the franchise pledged to review the name under pressure from corporate sponsors and in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, but activists […]
Team Highlight: Gabby Reeve, MPP
This month we are excited to highlight our new remote admin, Gabby! She was kind enough to take a break from answering emails and tracking down statistical sources to answer a few questions about what motivated her to join the team. What initially drew you to working with UN|HUSHED?I’m a […]
Teaching Sex Ed Online, Take Two
On March 24th, I published a post on teaching sex ed online…during a pandemic. Since then, I have spent hundreds of hours learning about online tools and online facilitation. I have also provided more than 70 hours of online training with many more planned. Suffice to say, I’ve learned a […]
July Newsletter
Happy July to all of us, but mostly to people whose dogs aren’t freaked out by fireworks! We’re bidding a fond farewell to June but taking the spirit of Pride and Juneteenth with us into the rest of the year. We will continue in our commitment to anti-racism internally and […]
Black Lives Matter.
As a Black woman and President of our Board of Directors, I struggled with making any public statement, personally and professionally. Acknowledging the trauma and loss of Black lives is overwhelming, at best. I don’t have all the answers. I have pain. Our organization has felt this globally. As we […]
Team Highlight: Ryan Dillon, LPC
This month we are excited to highlight one of our Austin, TX facilitators, Ryan! Ryan is also the coauthor of An Introduction to Sexuality Education: A Handbook for Mental Health Practitioners and has a virtual training on this handbook coming up in July. What initially drew you to working with […]
May Newsletter
“I’m sad I won’t have this space every week! Thank you sooo much! I’ve learned so much and my coworkers are in awe of the notes from all our sessions. Thank you for empowering us to move forward boldly and with a sense of community and solidarity with each other.” […]
Zoom: and other fun tech stuff
Hey everybody! We’ve had such an amazing response to the Web Series: How to Teach Sex Ed Online During a Pandemic. The response has been so awesome in fact, that we’ve decided to hold a free session on May 5, 2020 12:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) to allow […]
