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    MashUps in Youth, Tech, and Sexual and Reproductive Justice

    By Deb Levine, Exec. Director and Founder, ISIS   My ISIS challenge to you, for the next year, is to mash it up. What’s a mashup you say? “A musical genre that involves cutting and pasting samples and loops from two or more popular tracks to form a new track, often forming a suprisingly catchy [...]

    Young People, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health in the Digital Age: Fifth Annual Conference for Researcher, Advocates, and Young Leaders

    San Francisco, CA, March 25, 2012 — Sex::Tech 2012 will bring more than 600 attendees from the United States and abroad to generate awareness, insights, and advocacy around youth sexuality and reproductive health. The conference will be held April 1-3 at the Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco Hotel. 89% of youth learn about menstruation, pregnancy, [...]

    SPRING FEVER? WE’VE GOT SEX::TECH FEVER!

    If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Sex::Tech schedule (tentative.) Registration for Sex::Tech is almost full. As always, there are special attendee rates for adults who bring youth! Register now. Our special hotel rates are good for two more days until March 8th –don’t miss out, make your hotel reservations today! Many thanks to our latest sponsors, Mobile Commons, which offers companies, non-profits and [...]

    We are so excited to be back at the Stanford Court Renaissance Hotel

    We are so excited to be back at the Stanford Court Renaissance Hotel. Get your calves in shape for walking up and down the hill (so San Francisco!) or take the famous cable car up Powell Street to get the incredible views without huffing and puffing. The peeps at the Stanford Court love us, and [...]

    News and Views, February 2012

    NEW WEBINAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND YOUTH SEXUAL HEALTH Earlier this month, ISIS Executive Director, Deb Levine led an informative online discussion with over 40 grantmakers. Many thanks to the three funders networks who hosted the event: Funders Concerned about AIDS, together with Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health Rights and Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media. Listen to the webinar or [...]

    News and Views, January 2012

    MILLIONS OF EYEBALLS Between the 500+ attendees (and their national reach), the 2,000 streaming video viewers, and the front page press (see recent New York Times article), you won’t want to miss out on 2012 Sex::Tech ops. – Program ads from     $250-$1,000 – Exhibit booths from $2,500 – Custom sponsorship packages (oh, we can have [...]

    Arai Buendia is a college student at San Francisco State.

    Arai Buendia is a college student at San Francisco State. The views of the bloggers/writers on the Sex::Tech blog do not necessarily reflect the views of ISIS, nor is ISIS associated with the content of these bloggers/writers on other sites. Los Angeles residents may soon vote on an initiative to make condom use mandatory in [...]

    PhotoVoice gives a participatory voice through photography to vulnerable communities for social change.

    PhotoVoice gives a participatory voice through photography to vulnerable communities for social change. PhotoVoice designs and delivers tailor-made participatory photography, digital storytelling and self-advocacy projects for socially excluded groups. Cool! At Sex::Tech this year, our PhotoVoice panel features: Luis Guitterez-Mock from the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at UCSF, using photovoice for  gender-variant, marginally [...]

    You may have heard of the The Kinsey Institute

    You may have heard of the The Kinsey Institute – a trusted source for more than 60 years, investigating and informing the world about critical issues in sex, gender, and reproduction. But did you know that the Kinsey Institute… Has over 48,000 photographs in their library, including a recent acquisition of Robert Mapplethorpe beauties? Conducts [...]

    Sex Education Gets Directly to Youths, via Text

    The New York Times By JAN HOFFMAN Published: December 30, 2011 Health groups and school districts are using Web sites and texts to reach teenagers. While heading to class last year, Stephanie Cisneros, a Denver-area high school junior, was arguing with a friend about ways that sexually transmitted diseases might be passed along. Ms. Cisneros knew she could [...]