Thursday - 10:45am- 12:15pm
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Teen Peer Education
Wendy Arnold, President
2 peer educators
1 speaker with HIV/AIDS
Peer Education Program of Los Angeles (PEP/LA)

Learn the highlights of HIV/AIDS prevention through peer education! PEP/LA youth peer educators will provide specific techniques for you to set up a program in HIV/AIDS prevention in your school, youth organization or club. Download session outline. Download handout.

Thursday - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
“Tranny Rockstars” (Transgender Youth and Their Lives)
Bamby Salcedo, Project Coordinator
Youth
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

This session will help you understand some of the issues transgender youth face in their transitioning process. Hear how they overcome obstacles and become productive members of society.

Thursday - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Where Do I Get My Five?
Aurora Flores, Project Coordinator
Sharlene Gozalians, Youth Coordinator
Healthy Eating Active Communities

Mike Blockstein, Principal
Reanne Estrada, Associate
Public Matters Group
Youth

“Where Do I Get My Five?” portrays five distinct stories about the challenges of healthy food access in South LA. Student written, shot and acted, these videos aren’t simple documentaries; they are part of an integrated project that resulted in direct community impact and benefits.

Thursday - 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Not Happy With Your School Environment? Start a YHAB!!!
Katy Atkiss, MPH
Noha Gracia; Jeniy Aroche
MAHS Student Youth Health Action Board representatives
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Manual Arts High School Health Center

Come hear what makes a youth health project successful in the voice of the participants themselves! Through presentation, photos, videos and activities, students and staff of the Youth Health Action Board at Manual Arts High School will teach you how to create fun and effective health projects on your campus or in your community.

Friday - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Afraid To Talk: Addressing Anti-LGBT Bias Among Youth
Amy Sharpf, PhD, Director of Educational Programs
Youth
The Respect For All Project

Through this workshop, participants will acquire and practice using tools, strategies, and vocabulary for addressing homophobic bullying among youth. They will better understand how anti-gay bias impacts all students and affects their healthy social development. After the session, participants will be able to facilitate discussions about anti-gay teasing with both their youth and other staff in age appropriate and sensitive ways.

Friday - 2:45pm - 4:15pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Activity
Rachel Kan, Peer Educator
Michael Majid, Peer Educator
Peers Advocating for Safety and Sexual Health Now! (PASSHEN!), City of Berkeley Public Health Department

Berkeley High School’s PASSHEN! presents their award-winning drunk and drugged driving prevention workshop. Come and learn about alcohol and other drugs and safer decision-making, and get some ideas for your own peer education program!

Friday - 2:45pm - 4:15pm
Starve the Beast
Kim McGill, Director of Peer Education Programs
Members
Youth Justice Coalition

The best way to pull thousands of youth out of the system's jaws is to keep them from getting caught up in the first place. Get information you can pass on to other youth and the community about what to do when you are stopped by the police. This workshop takes the law about the levels of a police stop - "general law right to inquire," stop and frisk, search and arrest - and breaks it down through four easy-to-remember real life stories that cover what the police can and can't do, and how to react to protect your safety and your freedom.