The last 30 years of sex education have been shown to have had major positive impact on the welfare of young people—particularly in the areas of child abuse and interpersonal violence prevention and increased appreciation for gender and sexual diversity. Much of that same history, however, has gone unchecked when gauging its impact on students of color, particularly in the areas of racial justice and inequity. 

The Sex Education Collaborative’s Practice Paper—Centering Racial Justice in Sex Education: Strategies for Engaging Professionals and Young People—dives deeper into: 

• The need for racial justice and equity in the K–12  sex education space;

• Methodology of the research conducted with key informants;

• Content of racially just sex education;

• Qualities of a racially just sex educator;

• Administrative and management practices that support sex educators of color; and

• Measurement and evaluation practices to enhance sex education for youth of color.

But what does racial justice and equity in a sex education classroom look like? Check out the Sex Education Collaborative’s latest Practice Paper, Centering Racial Justice in Sex Education: Strategies for Engaging Professionals and Young People, to learn more!