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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 43
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Learning Curves: Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Fall 2005
Sen, Rinku; Fellner, Kim
Applied Research Center
Support in the United States for comprehensive sexuality education is overwhelming. Yet a small, vocal opposition and increasingly hostile public policy have deterred its implementation in many communities across the country. The chasm between community needs and public policy prompted the Ms. Foundation for Women and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to launch the New Partners/New Initiatives Project in 2001 to help build non-traditional constituencies who would stand up for reproductive health. The three-year initiative, housed at the Ms. Foundation with funding from the Packard Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, ultimately supported eight groups in two underserved regions--Eastern Washington State and Southern Arizona. This report describes the New Partners/ New Initiatives Program, details the experiences of the foundations and the grantee organizations and reflects on the lessons that emerged.
Descriptors: Public Policy, Sexuality, Community Needs, Sex Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Community Action, Activism, Politics of Education, Comprehensive School Health Education, Educational Policy, Partnerships in Education, Advocacy, Grants, Curriculum Development, Minority Groups, Parent Attitudes, Spanish Speaking, Females
Applied Research Center. 3781 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611. Tel: 510-653-3415; Fax: 510-653-3427; e-mail: arc@arc.org; Web site: http://www.arc.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA.; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.
Authoring Institution: Applied Research Center, Oakland, CA.; Ms. Foundation for Women.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona; United States; Washington
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