Transforming Asian Communities: Tools for Sexuality Education
While California is a model state in terms of laws supporting comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), we still have a long way to go to ensure that state policy is implemented at the local level. Access to CSE is important to all students as one key way for them to have the resources and information they need to be active participants in their health and well-being. Because of the dismal state of access to healthcare in low-income and marginalized communities, CSE may be the only way that low-income students, students of color, and immigrant students gain access to information about their bodies, gender, and sexuality. ACRJ developed Transforming API Communities: Tools for Sexuality Education to continue to engage communities that have traditionally been left out of the dialogue and organizing efforts around CSE.
While numerous toolkits provide the nuts and bolts of developing and implementing local CSE campaigns, they require that parents and caregivers already be educated, galvanized, and ready to take action. What’s lacking are resources aimed at getting parents and caregivers in Asian communities to a place where they feel prepared to engage in campaigns. In other words, what’s lacking are tools to transform individuals’ beliefs about the benefits of CSE into action for concrete change. Transforming API Communities is a critical first step in creating lasting and sustainable support for comprehensive sexuality education and will establish a strong foundation for many other reproductive justice issues facing our communities.
ACRJ is working with service providers in Asian communities to use Transforming API Communities with parents and caregivers. Join us by downloading the toolkit and putting it in to action in your community! By fostering family communication about sex and sexuality, you too can help build strong families and advance sexuality education justice!
Download Transforming API Communities: Tools for Sexuality Education here.
Tools 1-6 are also available in Chinese & Vietnamese!
