Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts

California Teens: Our Schools Need Sex Education

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

by Manie Grewal, Policy and Organizing Manager, Forward Together When I moved to California about a year ago and started working on sex ed...

Forward Together at 25: New Mexico Youth Lead The Way For Net Neutrality

Wednesday, September 03, 2014

The following post is by Alanna Offield, Campaign Coordinator at the Media Literacy Project in New Mexico, and is part of our 25th annivers...

Forward Together at 25: #NoTeenShame for Young Moms

Monday, August 25, 2014

The following blog is from Natasha Vianna, co-founder of #NoTeenShame, to commemorate Forward Together's 25th anniversary . When I g...

Forward Together at 25: Forward Together Youth Take It To The Streets

Thursday, August 21, 2014

In honor of our 25th anniversary, let's take a look back and honor the Forward Together youth organizers and leaders who helped to trans...

Forward Together at 25: The Power of Collaboration and Community

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

As we commemorate Forward Together's 25th anniversary , we are celebrating the work of our various programs and partnerships. The post b...

Mamas Day 2014: Love, Respect, Peace of Mind and Young Mamahood

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

This Mamas Day post is a collaboration by Marylouise Kuti-Schubert of New Mexico and Natasha Vianna of Massachusetts, 2 young mothers and...

Mothers Making Tough Decisions…Every Day

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Every day parents make tough decisions. They are forced to choose between what they want for their children and what is accessible with the ...

#NoTeenShame Schools the Candie's Foundation

Thursday, April 03, 2014

by Natasha Vianna, Gloria Malone, Lisette Orellana, Jasmin Colon, Christina Martinez, Marylouise Kuti-Schubert and Consuela Green...

Shame From All Angles: Why Doesn’t Anyone Seem to Respect Teen Parents?

Monday, November 25, 2013

A new article by Echoing Ida member Gloria Malone was just published at RH Reality Check , about the lack of respect shown to teen parent...

California Youth Voices On Expanding Abortion Access Through AB 154

Thursday, August 08, 2013

By Mika Hernandez (This post was created as part of  Forward Together's campaign to support California's Reproductive Justice Bi...

Youth Voices and Summer Celebrations

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

By Mika Hernandez The beginning of summer often marks an ongoing celebration – it means lazy days and sleeping till noon for many high sc...

When Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense

Friday, June 07, 2013

By L. Michelle Odom and Naimah Johnson, participants in Echoing Ida Kiera Wilmot Kiera Wilmot was spiritually assaulted.  She was s...

From Generation Roe to Generation Now

Friday, May 31, 2013

By Andrew Jenkins [This post originally appeared on 1/26/11 in RH Reality Check , in conjunction with Choice USA ] When I arrived at c...

Abortion may not be my story. But it's an important part of it.

Friday, May 31, 2013

Originally published at Feministing on January 22, 2013   By Ash Moore It is the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade . I’m in law school s...

On being a proud teen mom: I don't hate myself as much as you wish I did

Thursday, May 30, 2013

By Gloria Malone [This blog was originally published as part of our Mama's Day celebration on 5/11/13] The problem with being a te...

Journey of a young mama

Thursday, May 30, 2013

By Soraya Medina [This blog was originally published as part of our Mama's Day Celebration on 5/9/13] My daughter inspired me to...

#NOTEENSHAME

Thursday, May 30, 2013

By Raquel Ortega  The current conversation around young mothers is not only stigmatizing, it’s also incredibly insensi...