Events

Join us as we welcome Cheylsea Federle and Mia Matias for 

Early and Often: Talking to Kids about Bodies, Sexuality, and Consent

 on Wednesday, January 6th from 7:30 to 9:30PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our January Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series. You can view the other workshops in this series 

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will be recorded and will be made available for a limited time to everyone who registers.

 The question that so many parents may be asking themselves when wanting to have a conversation about bodies, consent, sexuality, or gender with their children. In this interactive workshop we will explore approaches to starting these conversations and continuing to have age appropriate conversations throughout a child’s young life.

Through this workshop, participants will be able to:

Cheylsea is currently the Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator at Wheaton College where she works, not only, to prevent sexual violence but provide resources and support to survivors when violence does occur. With a Master of Arts Degree in Gender Studies, and a certificate in Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Cheylsea takes a trauma-informed and feminist approach in all that she does.

Mia Matias is an active doula, trained through Carriage House Birth, a mother of two and an aspiring sex educator. Her enthusiasm for sex education stems from her professional experience working with birthing and postpartum parents, and her personal journey as a mother. Where Mia is most passionate, is in teaching parents how to take a sex positive, and inclusive approach when discussing sexuality, bodies, and relationships with their children. She believes there is a real need for parents to have outlets to access further information and tools to have these important conversations with their children. Mia’s experience as a birth doula has also uncovered a sense of care and admiration for birthing and postpartum bodies and she is zealous about inclusivity in birth, reproductive justice, and education about sex and pleasure postpartum.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($3-$30) 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 

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 on Tuesday, January 12th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our January Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series. You can view the other workshops in this series 

We learn about who we are in our household and that applies to our sexuality as well. It makes an imprint. How we interact with our children sets the stage for them and their health around sexuality. This workshop will show you the ways sexuality interplays with all areas of our lives and how you can help your child from the moment they are born and each day in fostering a healthy sexuality and understanding of their bodies. In this workshop you will get to have tangible experience in answering questions and finding ways to ask your own questions.

Kara Haug is a Sexuality Health Educator and Co-Owner of Reforming our Stories LLC. She has traveled nationally and internationally speaking at conferences and conducting workshops. Her focus areas are with families, schools, and churches; the three systems that first affect our interactions with our sexuality. Her passion is helping these communities to foster healthy, inclusive, and shame-free conversations around sexuality, relationships, and body autonomy and safety.

Sexuality in the Home

Join us as we welcome Scotney Young, LGSW for 

 on Wednesday, January 13th from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our January Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series. You can view the other workshops in this series 

Pornographic content is more pervasive than ever in today’s digital world with many studies showing children first encounter porn as young as 11 and some studies indicating it could be as young as 8. Many adults with children in their lives struggle to find the words to even begin to discuss this topic with them.

When talking to your kids about sex and sexuality it’s important to clarify your personal/family values while also sharing accurate information so that children can understand where your concern and guidance is coming from. In this introductory workshop Scotney will guide you through a non-judgmental process to better recognize the values you carry around pornography so you can, in turn, more effectively share these with your kids to teach them how to respond to porn they may come across. We will also review some facts and research about pornography and the brain to give you the foundational tools to help your children think critically about any pornographic content they may encounter and better understand the guidance and rules you are setting.

Scotney is a bilingual sexual health educator and licensed graduate social worker. She has extensive experience working with designing and facilitating culturally relevant comprehensive sexual health education programs geared towards tweens, teens, and young adults. She develops curricula for youth and communities that is medically accurate, inclusive, anti-racist/oppressive, and practical, with topics including: body autonomy, sexual diversity, safer sex, non-coercive contraception, consent and pleasure, and healthy relationships. She has supported and developed sex education programming in the US and throughout Latin America in both Spanish and English.

How to talk to kids about porn

Bringing Sexy Back into the Birthing Process

 on Tuesday, January 26nd from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our January Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series. You can view the other workshops in this series 

When we think about birth, we rarely view it as a sexual experience. This workshop explores the conditions under which birth can be a sexual and empowering experience for birthing persons and why this is important. Also, recognizing the disparities for people of color in the birthing process and how to learn more about birth justice.

Caitlin Bain has worked in the reproductive health care field in various capacities for many years, and has worked as a sexual health educator for just over a year. She is currently working toward her Master's in Clinical Mental health.

Whether you are looking for a way to celebrate Valentine's, Galentine's, Singles Awareness Day, or none of the above - Sex Trivia: Valentine's Edition is an event you won't want to miss! Join The CSPH on Friday, February 12th at 7:30PM EST over Zoom for a couple hours of laughter, community, and a chance to win some sexy prizes!

Sex Trivia: Valentine's Edition

Join us as we welcome Haley Hasen (she/her) + Sydney Rae Chin (she/her) for 

 on Tuesday, March 16th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our Spring Professional Track series.

This workshop will be recorded and will be made available for a limited time to everyone who registers.

This workshop is geared towards sex educators or people interested in survivor justice within higher education. “Dreaming Outside of The System” is an intermediate level workshop and we’re providing a legal and cultural definition handout prior for those who are in the more introductory phase. It will be an interactive discussion-based space on carceral feminism, transformative justice, false accusations, rape apology, complacency, and ways to empower community building/accountability.

Haley Hasen (she/her) is an artist, sex educator, certified crisis interventionist, erotic laborer, and sex toy enthusiast. She is involved with a federal work-study with RAINN, and is an art therapy intern/ recovery support specialist at the nonprofit Clean and Sober Street based in DC. On top of all this, Haley is studying to receive her master’s degree in Art Therapy emphasizing on trauma, sensuality and sex work at George Washington University.

Sydney Rae Chin (she/her) is an intuitive sex guide with gifts in clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience. She holds a degree from Emerson College in Media Arts Production with a minor in African American and Africana Studies. Sydney aims to hold space for women and non-men of color, especially survivors. She is a proud third generation queer Chinese American woman; these identities inform the type of projects Sydney takes on. She currently resides and works in Lenapehoking, which is the stolen land of the Lenni Lenape people.

Dreaming Outside of the System with Haley Hasen + Sydney Rae Chin

Join us as we welcome Andrew Rich (they/them) for 

 on Wednesday, March 17th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our Spring Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series.

In this workshop—geared for parents and lactating people as well as sexuality and health professionals—we will discuss the experiences of lactation, bodyfeeding, and sexuality and cover evidence-based information, inclusive and creative language, and practical tools to use in supporting everyone, but particularly LGBTQ+ individuals, in their experiences of these embodied phenomena.

Andrew Rich (they/them) is a transmasculine non-binary full spectrum doula and lactation counselor, whose work centers trans and gender non-conforming individuals in their experiences of pregnancy, birth, loss, parenting, and lactation. They are also a parent to one-year-old Omega and spouse to magical trans human, Astrid Marigold and live in rural Kentucky. They are currently pursuing certification as an international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) and are endlessly curious about the intersections of gender, sexuality, and lactation.

Lactation, Bodyfeeding, and Sexuality with Andrew Rich

Join The CSPH on Friday, March 19th at 7:30 PM EST for virtual Sticky Stories: Getting Lucky!

In the past, the Sticky Stories stage has featured live readings of diary entries, sex adventures gone hilariously awry, and the challenges of sexting. Be it a musical performance, goofy erotica, or a comedic coming-out story - our performers are going to knock your socks off and leave you laughing out loud!

This virtual story-telling event will include 8 performances of sexual mishaps, getting lucky, and hilarious happenings.

Sticky Stories: Getting Lucky!

Join us as we welcome Kara Haug (she/her) for 

If I Could Give You This: Creating the Goals and Values we Envision for our Children

 on Wednesday, March 24th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our Spring Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series.

Often we don’t have the words or time we desire to think about what we really want for our children in terms of their sexuality or relationships. This workshop gives parents the space to examine their own relationship with sexuality and what they want to pass on to their children. This time will help change any negative experience they might have had to create a positive one for their children. Upon completion parents will walk away with an action plan specific for their family on how they want to have important and positive conversations.

Kara Haug (she/her) is a Sexuality Health Educator and Co-Founder of Reframing our Stories LLC. Kara helps families, schools, and churches change their narrative around how we have conversations about sex. It's important for Kara to help normalize conversations and eliminate shame so that we all can have the healthy and loving relationships we desire and deserve.

If I Could Give You This: Creating the Goals and Values we Envision for our Children with Kara Haug

Join us as we welcome Drewsilla Tomasi (She/Her, They/Them) for 

 on Tuesday, March 25th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of The CSPH's 

 track. The content of this workshop is best suited for sexuality professionals and professionals in allied fields.

So many of us have been taught that there are only two genders, and that sex exists only between people of opposite genders, mainly for reproduction. And that’s just not true! Come along on this journey wherein we’ll take a deep dive into realities of biological sex, how that differs from the myriad gender possibilities, and how (and if) this correlates to our sexual identities. Through lecture and discussion, interactive games, and embodied introspection, participants will be given a sort of crash course on how to make fewer assumptions and live in more possibility.

Drewsilla (She/Her, They/Them) is a Relationship, Sex and Intimacy Coach; a Visionary Healer and a Mystic Dreamer; and a gender-expansive goth alien witch from the future. Drewsilla has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Gender and Sexuality, is certified as a trauma-informed yoga teacher, and has trained extensively as a sex-positive facilitator. Through coaching, poetry, intuitive readings, and queer education, Drewsilla creates sacred spaces for healing connection, envisioning a world of deeply compassionate people who are fully and unapologetically alive.

Queering Sex Ed with Drewsilla Tomasi

Join us as we welcome Cheylsea Federle (she/her) and Mia Matias (she/her) for 

Sex During a Pandemic: Things Your Sex Ed Teacher Definitely Didn't Prepare You For

 on Thursday, April 1st from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom!

None of us were prepared to face a pandemic in March 2020. Many of us may still be feeling unprepared and uncertain about the future especially as it relates to our relationships with others. Whether you are in a long-term relationship, a new relationship, dating, or single this workshop will provide you with the tools to keep or create a fulfilling dating and sex life while being risk aware!

Through this workshop, participants will:

Cheylsea Federle’s (she/her) personal and professional pedagogy is ‘helping others to help themselves’ which is to say that she hopes to provide education and resources to allow people to make educated, personal choices about their health and sexuality! Cheylsea is a sexuality educator and currently the Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator at Wheaton College where she works, not only, to prevent sexual violence but provide resources and support to survivors when violence does occur. With a Master of Arts Degree in Gender Studies, and a certificate in Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Cheylsea takes a trauma-informed and feminist approach in all that she does.

Mia Matias’ (she/her) is an active doula, trained through Carriage House Birth, a mother of two and an aspiring sex educator. Her enthusiasm for sex education stems from her professional experience working with birthing and postpartum parents, and her personal journey as a mother. Where Mia is most passionate, is in teaching parents how to take a sex positive, and inclusive approach when discussing sexuality, bodies, and relationships with their children. She believes there is a real need for parents to have outlets to access further information and tools to have these important conversations with their children. Mia’s experience as a birth doula has also uncovered a sense of care and admiration for birthing and postpartum bodies and she is zealous about inclusivity in birth, reproductive justice, and education about sex and pleasure postpartum.

Sex During a Pandemic: Things Your Sex Ed Teacher Definitely Didn't Prepare You For with Cheylsea Federle + Mia Matias

Join us as we welcome Dr. Shemeka Thorpe (She/Her) for 

What Do We Know? Black Women's Orgasms and Pleasure

 on Tuesday, April 6th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of The CSPH's 

What does sex-positive research on Black women's sexuality tell us about their orgasms and pleasure? In this session we will learn more about facilitators and barriers to Black women's orgasms and pleasure throughout their lifespan. The work of Black sex researchers will be highlighted.

Dr. Shemeka Thorpe (she/her) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Kentucky. She obtained her PhD in Community Health Education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on the sexual well-being of Black women utilizing sex-positive and intimate justice frameworks. She has also published research on college students' sexual health and hookup culture. Understanding the importance of translating research into practice, Dr. Thorpe co-founded the Minority Sex Report, LLC an award-winning platform designed to provide representation in sexuality education to Black and Native American women. She currently serves on the editorial board for the American Journal of Sexuality Education and is a member of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoSCHN).

What Do We Know? Black Women's Orgasms and Pleasure with Dr. Shemeka Thorpe

Join us as we welcome Yael Rosenstock Gonzalez (she/her) for 

You Are Enough, Love: Interrogating Your Narrative(s)

 on Thursday, April 15th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom!

Recognizing ourselves as worthy of good things, including pleasure, orgasms, and healthy loving relationships, can be a challenge for anyone. For those on the margins, it becomes that much more important to find supportive and loving communities that don’t reinforce ideas about not being _____ (queer, trans, Latine/x, thin, etc.) enough. Unfortunately, whether due to direct exclusion by those around us, messaging from media representations that don't feel like they include our experiences, or structural issues of oppression, the negative can overpower us.

"You Are Enough, Love: Interrogating Your Narrative" is a workshop that invites participants to challenge one of the stories holding them back from feeling connected with a community and/or connected with their bodies and sexual satisfaction through journaling, naming, storytelling, and reframing. Everyone will receive access to a PDF version of the prompts so they may practice naming and challenging more narratives on their own.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Yael R Rosenstock Gonzalez (she/her) is a sex educator, sex coach, researcher, author, speaker, curriculum developer, and workshop facilitator. As a queer, polyamorous, white-presenting Nuyorican Jew, Yael has always been interested in understanding the multi-level experiences of individuals. This led her to found Kaleidoscope Vibrations, LLC, a company dedicated to supporting and creating spaces for individuals to explore and find community in their identities. Through her company, she facilitates workshops, develops curriculum, offers Identity Exploration Coaching, and publishes narratives often left out of mainstream publishing.

Yael has been engaged in workshop development and facilitation since 2005 with children, youth, and adults. Before establishing her own company, she spent 6 years with the Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding, where she developed and led programs with an intersectional lens.

In 2018 Yael published An Introguide to a Sex Positive You: Lessons, Tales, and Tips, a queer and trans inclusive book, and has since established herself as YaeltheSexGeek and begun offering Sex Coaching services. She is also an author for the Pure Romance Buzz Blog and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Behavior at IU Bloomington while conducting research with the Center for Sexual Health Promotion.

You Are Enough, Love: Interrogating Your Narrative(s) with Yael Rosenstock Gonzalez

Join us as we welcome Samantha Carwyn (she/her) + Ev Evnen (They/Them) for 

 on Tuesday, April 20th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of The CSPH's 

During this session, attendees will engage in activities that explore their experiences, feelings of conformity, particular communication habits, and how to set the foundation for inclusive education. During this session, attendees will learn about "mirrors and windows" then get an opportunity to practice using this model to include marginalized and/or minority groups. Attendees will have the opportunity to assess their behaviors and the environments they create.

Samantha Carwyn (she/her) was raised in the Midwest, where she spent her entire professional career in the non-profit sector. She has advocated for youth, families, reproductive justice, and individuals who have experienced violence. She began in the field focused on unintended teen pregnancy trying to elevate education for individuals with varying needs as they’re often left out of comprehensive education. Sam currently educates inclusive faith communities to be a vocal advocate for reproductive health, rights, and justice. She centers her volunteer efforts on those who are the most marginalized which has included children in foster care, the African-American community, LGBTQ youth, and adults. She is dedicated to creating accessible, inclusive, and uplifting environments collaboratively.

Ev Evnen (they/them) is a skilled trainer who loves direct messaging people on comment boards to have more in-depth conversations. Ev is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, and now joyfully lives in Denver with their two scruffy dogs. Ev has facilitated conversations around LGBTQ+ identities, racial justice, trauma inclusiveness, and generally, how to grow as individuals and leave this world better than we found it. Ev is a white, Jewish, trans/non-binary person.

Beyond Inclusive Language with Samantha Carwyn + Ev Evnen

Join us as we welcome Jessica Brandon (she/her) for 

Virtual Caregiving: Telemedicine and abortion doula care during COVID-19

 on Wednesday, April 21st from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of The CSPH's 

This workshop facilitates a conversation about advocacy and support for people seeking medical abortions through the lens of doula care. It will provide an overview of current barriers to abortion, including restrictive legislation, lack of physical access to clinics or medication, and social stigma. In the context of the pandemic, these barriers are amplified, but not new. Through a discussion of doula models of care and abortion advocacy work, the workshop explores what is possible when physical support is not an option, what virtual caregiving can mean and look like, and how we might carry these practices through and beyond COVID-19. How are practicing doulas doing this work, and what can support people of all kinds learn and implement in relationships with people getting abortions? Grounded in questions of access and interdependency, virtual caregiving is a valuable practice in the context of medical and self-managed abortions and abortion advocacy organizing.

Jessica Brandon (she/her) is a recent graduate from Wesleyan University, where she majored in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology. As a member of the Wesleyan Doula Project (WDP), the first U.S. college-based doula collective, she provided support to people during abortion procedures at local clinics. As a WDP intern, Jessica supported the project through independent research on contraception and abortion access for people who are incarcerated. She is a Sexuality Educator at Planned Parenthood Greater New York, and previously coordinated Adolescent Sexual Health Awareness (ASHA), Wesleyan’s student-run sex education organization. She is also a trained sexual assault survivor advocate.

Virtual Caregiving: Telemedicine and abortion doula care during COVID-19 with Jessica Brandon

Join us as we welcome Kait Scalisi (she/her) for 

Can You Meditate Your Way to Better Sex? A mindful intimacy workshop

 on Thursday, April 8th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom!

In a world full of traumatic and overwhelming stress, lack of sexual desire and a surplus of unmet sexual needs often becomes just one more problem—and typical sex advice often focuses on tricky new positions or shiny toys, failing to address the issues that truly make a difference, from struggles with self-esteem and body image to misogyny, racism, and fatphobia.

From the sexual gas pedal to the sexual brake, Can You Meditate Your Way to Better Sex? helps you uncover your desires, as well as what holds you back from saying OMGYes. Regardless of whether you have some ideas or feel totally lost, this workshop helps you figure out exactly what you need to have the intimate, exciting, and fulfilling sex life you crave—no matter your gender identity, sexual orientation, or relationship status.

This event is open to people of all genders, sexualities, and relationship statuses. If you have desires, you're invited!

This workshop uses the science behind sexual arousal and desire (e.g. the sexual gas pedal and brake, the importance of context) to help participants uncover their desires, figure out what holds them back from saying yes to those desires, and identify what needs to happen in order to have more intimate, exciting, and fulfilling sex. Each participant leaves with a personalized action plan to start having more pleasure in their lives immediately.

Kait Scalisi, MPH (she/her) is an advocate for the revolutionary power of pleasure—in the bedroom and out. Through her platform Passion By Kait, she harnesses her science education, social justice insight, and radical empathy to empower folx to discover what brings them pleasure and integrate it into their lives and relationships in ways that are practical and powerful.

A certified sex educator with a background in neuroscience and public health, Kait helps people understand and access their sexual pleasure in ways that are free of shame, inadequacy, and expectation. Her experiences living and loving as a chronically ill person add an extra dimension to her perspective of what it really takes to prioritize pleasure —no matter what life throws at you.

Kait’s wisdom has been featured in top media outlets including Teen Vogue, Redbook, Health, and more. She’s also a sought-after public speaker, having brought her blend of science and “woo” to institutions including Stanford University, Yale School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, among others.

Kait has a BS in Neuroscience from Stonehill College and a Master’s of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in NYC with her partner of 16 years and their rescue pup.

Can You Meditate Your Way to Better Sex? A mindful intimacy workshop with Kait Scalisi

Join us as we welcome Mystique Hargrove (She/They) for 

Twerk Magic: Releasing Trauma Burdens that Block Our Pleasure

 on Thursday, May 6th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom!

In the Black community, sexual exploration and healing is taboo. We continue to carry "generational curses" that create blocks in our sexual freedom and pleasure. "Generational curses" is known to be the carried trauma Black bodies continue to experience, lacking in freeing one's holistic self from the heavy burdens of the past. This workshop is focused on dismantling traumatic attachments in sex and intimacy, and how to heal by manifesting the abundance of healing.

Mystique Hargrove (She/They) is a certified full spectrum doula (CFSD-BADT), certified lactation educator (CLE), certified childbirth educator (CCE), holistic herbal practitioner, community healing justice organizer, as well as an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor. Mystique has been serving BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and LGBTQ+ individuals in Greensboro, NC, and surrounding areas for over 3 years. Mystique also serves as an advisory board member for the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA). Mystique completed her Master of

Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from NC A&T State University. Mystique also earned her certifications in Marriage and Family Counseling, Wellness and Nutrition for Consulting and Counseling, as well as Reiki I and II. Currently, Mystique is a Ph.D. student at Capella University for Counselor Education and Supervision with a research focus on inclusive services and advocacy in perinatal mental health for Black LGBTQ+ individuals.

Twerk Magic: Releasing Trauma Burdens that Block Our Pleasure with Mystique Hargrove

Join us as we welcome Colleen Kimseylove (they/them) for 

When It Don't Work So Good: Practical Pelvic Dysfunction Strategies for More Pleasure and Less Pain

 on Tuesday, May 11th from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of The CSPH's 

Difficulty articulating experiences of pelvic pain and dysfunction, let alone figuring out what to do about it, is a common experience for people with vaginas, and can happen for people of all anatomies. In this workshop, Colleen Kimseylove breaks down the musculoskeletal anatomy of the pelvis to help participants understand why they may be experiencing pelvic dysfunction and anhedonia, and then provides evidence based strategies from a variety of fields to assist in restoring function and pleasure.

Colleen Kimseylove (they/them) is a published public health researcher with ten years of professional experience working in LGBT and transgender health. They specialize in interpreting the available best science on sexual health in easy to understand and apply language.

When It Don't Work So Good: Practical Pelvic Dysfunction Strategies for More Pleasure and Less Pain with Colleen Kimseylove

Join us as we welcome Katy DeJong (she/her) for 

Reclaiming Your Sexuality After Infertility

 on Wednesday, May 12th from 7:00 to 9:00PM EST over Zoom! This workshop is a part of our Spring Parent/Caregiver Mini-Series.

Both sexuality and infertility tend to exist in the shadows. As a result, the inner sexual experiences of people living through infertility, go largely unexplored. This makes the navigation of the sexual challenges that can accompany infertility, exceptionally difficult. 1 in 8 people have trouble conceiving and many experience disruptions in their sexual connections during this period. This workshop will explore the two most common sexual experiences during infertility-Low levels of desire and the negative impact that timed intercourse has on intimacy and spontaneity. Participants will be guided through an exploration of pleasure and "sexual snacking" as a way to cultivate a non-intimidating, expectation-free space to reinvent their sexual connections with themselves and their partners.

Katy DeJong (she/her) is also known as “The Pleasure Anarchist” online. Her work and perspective is heavily influenced by her educational background in feminist philosophy, human sexuality, and her personal experience of infertility. She's endlessly curious about desire and pleasure and how the emotional and physical trauma that often accompanies infertility, impacts the way we experience our bodies and our sexuality. The philosophical impulse to make sense of the world and question things that often go unexplored, helps her to facilitate the deep introspection necessary for sexual healing and body liberation. She believes that knowing how to ask the right questions is critical to understanding ourselves and others.

Formally speaking, Katy has a degree in Feminist Philosophy with a concentration in human sexuality. This is all just fancy way of saying that she's thought about sex and bodies... a lot.

Reclaiming Your Sexuality After Infertility with Katy DeJong

Join The CSPH on Friday, May 14 at 7 pm for our first virtual scavenger hunt! 

This interactive scavenger hunt is sure to get silly, sneaky, and of course, sexy! Come for the prizes, stay for the chance to hang with your favorite sex positive friends. We miss seeing our community for our annual in-person spring fundraiser, but can’t wait to make this year memorable online! 

Event attendees will also be the first to hear a BIG announcement about the future of our org!

Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($5-$30) 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. Anyone who pays more than the $30 suggested donation will be automatically entered into our grand prize raffle. 

Can't make it or want to cover the cost of another person's ticket? Click 'Support the Host' to donate! All gifts of $15 or more will automatically be entered to win our grand prize raffle. 

​To access this event for free, please enter the code 

​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/

​If you have any questions, or experience any issues registering, please reach out to gwen@thecsph.org

Spring Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Join us as we welcome Ren Grabert (they/them) for 

Sex, Drugs, and Side Effects: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Your Meds and Sex

 on Thursday, May 20th from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom!

Sexual side effects are common amongst many types of prescription medications, and can have a significant impact on a person’s sexual health, relationships, and quality of life. These sexual side effects can impact people of any gender and can range anywhere from lowered libido to physical pain. Despite their pervasiveness, sexual side effects often aren’t effectively communicated to patients through written pamphlets or discussions with healthcare providers. In this workshop Sex Educator, Ren Grabert M.Ed, will cover common sexual side effects of medications, ways to cope with them, and how to navigate conversations about sexual side effects with healthcare providers. Attendees will have the opportunity to compile notes through a writing activity that will help them communicate their concerns with their healthcare provider, and practice initiating a discussion about sexual side effects so they feel confident having this conversation at their next healthcare appointment.

Ren Grabert (they/them) is a sex educator and healthcare researcher with over a decade of experience teaching about sexual wellness, gender identity, and navigating sex and chronic illness. Ren’s passion is supporting marginalized sexual communities and teaching healthcare providers the information and skills to facilitate patient-centered, affirming dialogue so that they are better prepared to discuss sexual health with their patients. Ren holds a B.S. in Public Health from Temple University and an M.Ed. in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University. In the very little spare time they have, Ren is a knitter and devoted dog parent. Find them on Twitter at @sexhealthinfo.

Sex, Drugs, and Side Effects: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Your Meds and Sex with Ren Grabert

Join us as we welcome Sarah Brynn Holliday (they/them) for 

Using Sex Toys as a Tool to Heal from Trauma

 on Thursday, May 27th from 8:00 to 10:00PM EST over Zoom!

How can survivors reclaim pleasure after trauma? How can we use sex toys as tools for our healing journeys? How can we affirm pleasure as a human right for everyone—including survivors? Participants will learn sex toy basics, how to use sex toys to map your pleasure as a survivor, and self-care strategies. All survivors are welcome. Sarah’s work is informed by an inclusive definition of trauma that recognizes many types of traumas can affect pleasure.

In this workshop, Sarah aims to help survivors craft their own individualized paths toward healing outside of mainstream expectations about what healing "should" look like. It is their intention that survivors leave the workshop with more tools in their toolbelt, particularly: an understanding of the intersection between sex toy education and trauma education, sex toy safety, and why sex toys can be distinctly helpful for survivors.

Sarah Brynn Holliday (they/them) is a sexuality writer, speaker, sex toy company consultant, and queer smut peddler based in Salem, Massachusetts. Sarah is the Spooky-Femme-in-Chief at Formidable Femme, where they primarily write about healing, pleasure, and sex after trauma, pushing for ethical, equitable business practice within the sex toy industry, and navigating the world as a non-binary femme. Sarah was featured on MTV News in 2019 and has spoken at numerous colleges across the U.S., including Cornell University and Johns Hopkins University.

Using Sex Toys as a Tool to Heal from Trauma with Sarah Brynn Holliday

 on May 28th at 7:30pm EST as we celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day with an evening of lightning round talks and workshops on all things periods and sex, alternating with fun rounds of sex trivia (and, of course, chances to win prizes)! 

This virtual event will also serve as the launch party for Pleasure Pie’s latest sex-positive zine about period sex! All registered attendees will receive a copy of the zine AND period sex coloring pages — all folx who register 

 May 21st should receive their copy in time for the event. 

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 including menstrual cups, cleaners and resources to make your period better!⁠

​Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($3-$30) to ensure folx of varying economic backgrounds are able to access the event and 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. 

​Can't make it or want to cover the cost of another person's ticket? Click 'Support the Host' to donate!

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​​If you have any questions, or experience any issues registering, please reach out to learn@thecsph.org

Period Sex Salon + Zine Launch!

​Join us as we welcome Grace Webb (they/them) and Jai-La Aponte (She/Her, They/Them) for 

Poly, Hot, and Have to Explain My Situation a Lot: Non-Monogamy Skills for All Relationships 

on Tuesday, October 12th at 8:30 PM EST over Zoom!

Regardless of what kind of relationship might be most fulfilling for us, our culture pushes us into one-size-fits-all monogamous relationships. Many of our assumptions and narratives about how relationships “should” be are based around monogamy. In this workshop, we will start to question some of these assumptions, and spend time exploring what is important to us in a relationship, our values and beliefs, and how to communicate these expectations to others in order to consciously create fulfilling relationships. While this workshop centers a non-monogamous perspective, anyone with a desire to develop and build upon their relationship skills is welcome. We will discuss how these techniques can be applied to all relationships- monogamous, non-monogamous, friendships, family relationships, and more! 

Participants will start to question and unlearn their assumptions about relationships, and will spend time reflecting on their own values and beliefs in order to consciously create more aligned relationships. Participants will be able to identify communication skills that can be used to build these relationships.

Grace Webb (they/them) is a sexuality educator and writer with a Master's degree in English and a certificate in Gender Studies from Columbia University. They live in New York City. 

Jai-La Aponte (she/her, they/them) has an AA in Liberal Arts, English from Northampton Community college, a BA in English: Writings from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and is currently in her second year of her master’s program in Higher Education Policy & Student Affairs at West Chester University as well. Her graduate assistantship is in sexual health education at West Chester University’s Office of Wellness Promotion, which will be her second year doing so.

​Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($3-$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 

​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: 

​If you have any questions, or experience any issues registering, please reach out to 

Poly, Hot, and Have to Explain My Situation a Lot: Non-Monogamy Skills for All Relationships

​Join us as we welcome Isy Abraham-Raveson (she/they) for 

Reconnecting with Our Bodies after a Pandemic 

on Tuesday, October 19th at 7:00 PM EST over Zoom!

As many of us venture back out into the world after a lot of isolation, many feelings are likely to come up. Although we were all born with a deep sense of connection to our bodies, our culture of body disconnection teaches each of us in different ways to see our bodies as separate from our selves. For many of us, the pandemic has been a particularly difficult time to have a body and may have exacerbated our struggles with body disconnection. 

In this workshop, we will reflect on the ways we became disconnected from our bodies in the first place and how the pandemic has affected that process. We will learn some history of the sources of body disconnection in U.S. culture and practice some strategies for reconnecting with ourselves. We all deserve to heal our relationships with our bodies - let’s do it together! 

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to (1) identify and analyze at least two sources of their own sense of body disconnection and (2) apply at least one strategy of reconnecting with their body.

Isy Abraham-Raveson (she/they) is a sexuality educator based in Philadelphia. She has a Master’s degree in sexuality education from Widener University and a Bachelor’s degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies from Williams College. Isy co-founded the organization YES! (

), which provides anti-oppressive, consent-based, pleasure-focused sexuality education to people of all ages, including children, teachers, parents, and healthcare providers.

Reconnecting with Our Bodies after a Pandemic with Isy Abraham-Raveson

​Join us as we welcome Sydney Rae Chin (She/Her, They/Them) for 

on Thursday, October 21st at 7:00 PM EST over Zoom!

TW: Greek life complacency, carceral feminism, rape apology, institutional suppression of victims/survivors, rape/assault/intimate partner violence, institutional complictness.

Workshop Description; In this discussion space, we will learn/unlearn about Title IX within US higher ed, its roots in carceral feminism, co-opting of liberation frameworks, and the role community members play in disrupting these systems. Through this co-created space, we will dream of how community organizations and members can better support victims/survivors outside of reporting. 

Goals including unlearning systems of oppression that affect victims/survivors within higher ed. By the end, participants will have an understanding the pitfalls of the Title IX and its carceral roots. They will be able to incorporate this information into community building and organizing to better support student victims/survivors.

Sydney Rae Chin(She/Her, They/Them) is a deconstruction + liberation edu-guide empowering humans to breakup with societal norms to reclaim their wholeness through intuitive guidance. They hold a degree from Emerson College in Media Arts Production with a minor in African American and Africana Studies. Sydney aims to hold space for misogyny affected individuals, especially survivors. She is a proud third generation queer polyamorous Chinese American person; these identities inform the type of projects they take on.

Title IX and its Pitfalls with Sydney Rae Chin

​Join us as we welcome Ren Grabert (They/Them) for 

Navigating the U.S. Abortion Landscape to Support Students and Clients 

on Tuesday, October 26th at 7:00 PM EST over Zoom!

The U.S. abortion landscape is ever changing and increasingly restrictive, yet 1 in 4 people who can get pregnant will have an abortion sometime in their lifetime. This means sexuality professionals have had and will continue to work with clients who will need to access abortion services. In this workshop Sex Educator, Ren Grabert M.Ed, will cover types of abortion and their clinical procedures, statistics of abortion in the United States, current abortion laws across the country, and how to identify and refer clients to high quality abortion providers and services. 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: 

-Explain the difference between procedural and medication abortion and the processes for each type of abortion 

-Define reproductive health, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice 

-Describe the common types of abortion restrictions in place across the U.S. 

-Identify criteria they will use to create a referral resource for patients seeking abortion care

​Ren Grabert (they/them) is a sex educator and healthcare researcher with over a decade of experience teaching about sexual wellness, gender identity, and navigating sex and chronic illness. Ren’s passion is supporting marginalized sexual communities and teaching healthcare providers the information and skills to facilitate patient-centered, affirming dialogue so that they are better prepared to discuss sexual health with their patients. Ren holds a B.S. in Public Health from Temple University and an M.Ed. in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University. In the very little spare time they have, Ren is a knitter and devoted dog parent. Find them on Twitter at @sexhealthinfo

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