Navigating Sexual Self-Confidence From Adolescent To Whole Ass Adult
Join us as we welcome Natoya S. Brown (she/her) and Katrina A. Rozier (she/they) for "Navigating Sexual Self-Confidence From Adolescent To Whole Ass Adult" on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 7:00 - 9:00PM EST via zoom.
A recording will be made available to everyone who registers for 14 days following the workshop.
About the workshop: "Navigating Sexual Self-Confidence From Adolescent to Whole Ass Adult" will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on the harmful and often conflicting messages about sexuality and relationships that young people of color are often subjected to. In many circumstances, these messages have traditionally served as attempts to keep young people safe from sexual violence, trauma and pain. Unfortunately, these messages can also limit them from opportunities to explore their own sexuality freely, become confident in seeking sexual partners, sexual experimentation and clearly communicating their wants and needs and feeling comfortable in their own skin.
This workshop will also provide attendees with tools to start these conversations with all ages, but youth especially, and concrete steps on building sexual self confidence such as body literacy, accepting and celebrating bodily changes that come with aging bodies/postpartum bodies, and identifying situations that feel unsafe or harmful and how to confidently communicate your boundaries in those situations.
This workshop is exclusive for the Black and brown community and all attendees must identify as Black or brown.
By the end of the workshop:
Participants will learn the nuances of sex positivity and how it was historically defined as a product of white feminism versus what it has come to mean in communities of color.
Participants will be able to define body literacy as a person’s ability to recognize, interpret and respond to their individual body’s signals, changes and patterns to support their physical, mental and emotional wellness. Participants will also learn how body literacy is directly connected to self-confidence and communicating consent.
Participants will learn about the prevalence of shame and stigma that often accompanies free exploration of sexuality and pride of sexual identities in Black communities and how this limits the ability to build sexual sex confidence and learn about individual pleasure, and furthermore may prevent them from seeking sexual health services due to a lack of confidence and self-awareness.
This workshop is expected to run between 90 - 120 minutes.
Accessibility Info:
Closed captions will be provided through Zoom.
About Natoya S. Brown:
Natoya Brown (she/her) is a Program Associate on the Community Engagement Team at Resolve Philly. Her background includes over a decade of coordinating public health programs and facilitating sexual health and parenting education for teens and young adults within Philly and the surrounding counties. She holds a B.A. in Professional Writing from Kutztown University and uses her experiences working with youth to create awareness around bias and barriers that exist for folks, particularly Black and Brown communities, navigating the healthcare system. She has blogged for online publications such as MadameNoire, xoNecole and Bustle. Natoya is dedicated to helping communities access the information and resources they need in order to support their individual wellness.
About Katrina A. Rozier:
Professionally, I am a 16 year social work professional. I have worked with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Personal I identify as a queer/bisexual, masculine presenting African American female poet who writes with a specificity in LGBTQ love and relationships.
To Register:
Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($15-$50) to ensure folx of varying economic backgrounds are able to access the sex education they deserve. We ask those who have the financial means to help "spread the wealth" by contributing to the community pool so that we can offer a limited number of sponsored free tickets to those who need it.
We kindly ask that those who have the financial means to purchase a ticket do so, and save our sponsored free tickets to those who do not.
To access this workshop for free, please enter the code SHIP-FREE when registering.
After you register, we will send you an email with the event login information (be sure to check your spam folder!). If you haven't already, make sure you download Zoom before we all log on: https://zoom.us/
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Refund + Cancellation Policy:
Unless otherwise specified, all workshops are recorded and access to the recording is made available for 7 days following the workshop to everyone who registered prior to the workshop start time. We do not offer refunds to those who were unable to attend or watch the recording within the allotted time.
In the event SHIP and/or the Educator(s) need to change the date of the workshop, we will automatically transfer your registration once the workshop has been rescheduled. If the workshop is cancelled outright, we will contact you with the option to have your registration fee refunded, transferred to another workshop, or treated as a tax-deductible donation.
If you have any questions, or experience any issues registering, please reach out to learn@weknowship.org