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New Team Member
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Ricardo Gamboa is our new Youth Leadership and Engagement Coordinator.
He comes to us from Chicago, where he most recently worked as
Artistic Director of Teatro Americano.
He has worked with over 7,000 young people from vulnerable communities
utilizing art, performance, and media for youth and community
empowerment and
mobilization. With Scenarios USA he is looking forward to
launching a youth multimedia apprenticeship program to
create a national online Sex Ed and social issues journal; a Teen Health
Summit; a webisode series; and partnerships with other good guy
organizations. Send any good youth development opportunities his way to Ricardo@ScenariosUSA.org.
Also friend him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ricardoatscenarios
Welcome,
Ricardo!
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Dear Curriculum Corner Reader,
The school
year is galloping to a close! We hope you and the youth with whom you
work are ready for this last push before the summer vacation.
This month the Curriculum Corner brings
you: Sexual Assault Awareness Month; some opportunities for curriculum
and professional development near you; and National Day to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy.
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April 2010
is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
 Teen dating violence
prevention groups all over the country are talking about the Scenarios
USA curriculum's approach to redefining masculinity. Our lessons on
strength and violence, masculinity in the media and gender-based
violence all ask students to critically analyze their ideas about
gender, identity, power and violence. Find out more about our curriculum
here: www.scenariosusa.org/MasculinityCurriculum2009.
Our
lessons also integrate one of our best-selling films, Bitter Memories, which deals with
child abuse, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention. Preview Bitter Memories here: www.scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/bitter_memories
The
April 2010 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign focuses on
preventing sexual violence on higher education campuses. College
students experience disproportionately high rates of sexual violence - 1
in 5 college women will be a victim of sexual assault by the time she
graduates. In addition to serving the many survivors on campus, there
exists an opportunity for prevention and social change that will have a
lasting effect on students throughout their lives. For more information
about SAAM click here: www.nsvrc.org/saam.
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Scenarios
USA in Newark
 Scenarios USA will be presenting a workshop on
the What's the REAL DEAL about
Masculinity? Curriculum at the Black
and Latino Masculinity And Educational Outcomes Conference Friday, April 9, 2010- 8:45 a.m. -
5:00 p.m. Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blvd.
For more
information email Jermaine Monk at jmonk@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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Scenarios USA in Minnesota
We will be presenting the What's the REAL DEAL about
Masculinity? Curriculum
to a group of MN educators during a workshop co-facilitated by the Birds
and the Bees Project on Saturday, April 10, 2010.
Located in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Birds
& Bees Project provides comprehensive reproductive health
information to youth and adults. The Birds & Bees Project has
specific areas
of activity, including Internet-based education, classroom-based
education, and community outreach. The message in all materials is
positive, respectful, developmentally appropriate, and aims to
complement the education and values that people receive from their
families and communities. For more information click here: www.birdsandbees.org
To register call The Birds and the
Bees at 612 821 9795.
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Coming Up -
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is May 5, 2010
 The National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy focuses on preventing teen pregnancy and unplanned
pregnancy among teens and young adults. Through their effective
grassroots movement and influences in
media, they listen carefully to young people and allow their viewpoints
to be
included and informed in their work. On May 5th, teens
nationwide will be asked to visit StayTeen.org to participate in a
number of online activities-including the popular National Day Quiz-that
deliver teen pregnancy prevention messages and challenge them to think
carefully about what they might do "in the moment."
Check out these films that may help your students talk about this issue:
The Choices We Make Young
lovers struggle to make the right decision about becoming parents. The
Choices We Make addresses relationships, fatherhood and
unintended
pregnancy.
Shop: scenariosusa.org/shop/index.html
Today I Found Out A
14-year old girl tries to make sense of the world around her when she
learns
her best friend is pregnant. Today I
Found Out deals with choosing abstinence, peer
pressure, and self-awareness.
Watch: www.scenariosusa.org/watchfilms/films
Shop: scenariosusa.org/shop/index.htmlClick
here for the National Day brochure: www.thenationalcampaign.org/nationalClick
here for StayTeen.Org: www.stayteen.org
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Scenarios USA 2010 Awards and Gala
 Our
annual fund-raising event will be held on Tuesday, April 27th. We hope you will be able to join us
for this wonderful event!
Tickets are
available online now: www.acteva.com
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Scenarios USA Shop
Purchase our REAL DEAL films online!
Scenarios USA
asks
young people to write about the issues that shape their lives for the
annual
"What's the REAL DEAL?" writing contest, that has a different topic each
cycle.
The winning writers are partnered with some of Hollywood's finest
filmmakers to
transform their stories into award-winning short films. We now have 19
short films in our collection, most of which come with a lesson plan and
a behind-the scenes documentary.
15 million people a
year watch the Scenarios USA films nationwide.
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See you next month!
Sincerely,
Ernestine
Heldring
Education and Outreach Manager
Scenarios USA
Ernestine@ScenariosUSA.Org
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