You Know, Sex
2022-09-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us as we welcome Cory Silverberg to talk about You Know, Sex (Cory’s new book), as well as the books What Makes a Baby? and Sex is a Funny Word. Learn about these inclusive resources, their language, illustrations, and why and how they were written the way they were.

A New Breed of OWL: Formatting for K-1 and Beyond!
2022-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us as we welcome Mary Benard, Publicity Director for the UUA, to discuss our new easily updatable format for OWL, beginning with OWL for K-1, 2nd ed. We’ll also get a glimpse into our new OWL Portal, which we hope will be operational in 2023.

Sex on Wednesday with Martha Kempner
2022-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us as we welcome Martha Kempner! Martha is a writer and sexual health expert. She writes about sexual behavior, contraception, STDs, and her efforts to raise sexually healthy girls in a sexually unhealthy world. Her articles and newsletter, Sex on Wednesday, explain new research, provide commentary on current events, analyze social trends, and bust myths.

The Importance of Continuing Education in Sex Ed
2023-01-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Tanya Bass, Founder of the NC Sexual Health Conference and Training, LLC, who will share her research on sex educators and continuing education.

I Heart Orgasms--Pleasure, Sexual Health and Consent
2023-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller join OWL Taking Flight to discuss their newly revised and updated book, I Heart Orgasms. Drawing on their over twenty years of experience teaching audiences about sexual pleasure, plus the voices of thousands of survey-takers who share their experiences in these pages, Dorian and Marshall bring wisdom to the intersections of pleasure, consent, and sexual health.

OWL Taking Flight - Child Safety and Mandatory Reporting: Advice from a Pediatrician
2023-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dr. Verena Brown, pediatrician and educator who specializes in cases of child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect, will join us for a discussion about child abuse and mandatory reporting. Dr. Brown is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee of the Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Mental Health Awareness While Offering OWL
2023-05-03 12:00 - 13:00
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund UCC Minister for Mental Health and Disabilities, and Jennica Davis-Hockett UUA Youth Ministry Specialist, will join us for a conversation about youth, mental health, and intersections with Our Whole Lives.

OWL Taking Flight - Trans Action
2023-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
We will lift up ways that the UCC and UUA are creating support for trans beloved.

OWL Taking Flight - Parent Orientation for OWL and Sexuality and Our Faith: Tips for Success
2023-09-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join some seasoned OWL coordinators for information about how to make your Parent Orientation a success!

OWL Taking Flight - LGBTQ and Aging
2023-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us as we discuss issues specific to LGBTQ+ people and aging.

OWL Taking Flight: Reclaiming Sexual Identity Through Carnival
2023-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
In this session, Onika Henry revisits what many traditionally think about carnival. She challenges the idea that carnival is about unbridled debauchery but rather is a time to reclaim our sexuality.
Onika is a Caribbean Sexologist in private practice, with a background in Expressive Arts. She was a 2019 TEDxPortofSpain Speaker, a USA Fulbright Scholar (2012) and is the cofounder of a top performing arts company in Tobago.

OWL Taking Flight with Author Airlie Anderson
2024-01-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Airlie Anderson is the author illustrator of Neither, Cat’s Seasons, Cat’s Colors, and several other children’s books. She has won the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, and the Practical Preschool Award. You can visit her online at airlieanderson.com.

OWL Taking Flight: Updates for Grades 10-12
2024-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join Rev. Amy Johnson (UCC) and Dr. Melanie Davis (UUA) for an introduction to what’s new with the forthcoming 2nd edition of Our Whole Lives for Grades 10-12, 2nd edition.

Yes, Your Kid
2024-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Livestream
Join us as we welcome Debby Herbenick, author of Yes, Your Kid: What Parent’s Need to Know about Today’s Teens and Sex. Dr. Herbenick is an award-winning, internationally recognized sexuality researcher, a professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health, and lead investigator of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior.

OWL Taking Flight: Reproductive Justice Advocates
2024-04-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us for an interfaith panel of reproductive justice advocates.

Menstrual Health and Justice for All
2024-05-15 15:30 - 16:30 | Livestream
Women’s and Gender Justice is releasing a new toolkit to help congregations plan menstrual health and hygiene period pack projects to address the needs for people in transitional situations such as natural disasters or homelessness. Join Dr. Sherry Warren, Minister for Women’s and Gender Justice, as she speaks with partners in menstrual justice from Church World Service and introduces the new period pack toolkit.

OWL Taking Flight: Raising Kids Beyond the Binary
2024-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Jamie Bruesehoff, author of Raising Kids Beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children, joins us to discuss her book, in which she helps us dream of a church and a world transformed by the bold celebration of all children.
Jamie Bruesehoff is an award-winning LGBTQ+ advocate, speaker, and mother of three, including a transgender child. Jamie has twenty years experience working with youth and adults in and outside the church, she strives to create a world where LGBTQ+ people thrive.
Your Hosts: Rev. Amy Johnson is the UCC (United Church of Christ) Minister for Sexuality Education & Justice and part of the Gender and Sexuality Justice Ministries Team in the National Ministries of the UCC. Dr. Melanie Davis is the UUA (Unitarian Universalist Association) OWL Program Manager within the Lifespan Faith Engagement in the UUA.

OWL Taking Flight: Learning About Bodies Book Series
2024-09-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller join us to talk about their new book series for young children. Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller are the authors of the Our Whole Lives K-1 (2nd ed.) curriculum, and the picture books for young children All About Vulvas & Vaginas and All About Penises (learningaboutbodies.com).

OWL Taking Flight: Let’s Talk Month with Advocates for Youth!
2024-10-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Lauren Barineau from Advocates for Youth joins us to talk about Let’s Talk Month. How do we talk to kids about sexuality and why is it important?

POSTPONED: Our Whole Lives Taking Flight: Celebrating OWL for Grades 10-12, 2nd edition and More!
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
POSTPONED – more information will come later.
Amy Johnson and Melanie Davis will give you the latest Our Whole Lives curriculum info, including what to expect with the next edition of OWL for Grades 10-12, the difference between “editions” and “reprints,” and how the new format is rolling out across levels of OWL.

OWL Taking Flight February 5: 25 Years of OWL!
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us as we celebrate 25 years of Our Whole Lives! Special guests will share historical context and we’ll look at where we hope the next 25 years will take us.

OWL Taking Flight: Sex Ed and Disability Justice
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join Our Whole Lives leaders in a discussion about sexuality education and disability justice.

Interfaith Comprehensive Faith-Based Sexuality Education Partnerships: Our Whole Lives in the Global South
2025-04-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education has been a partnership between the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association for over 25 years. Because faith components are available to integrate with sexuality education material, Our Whole Lives offers a unique opportunity to bridge faith and sexuality education through dismantling shame and stigma and embracing relationship, community, and empowerment.
Over the past eight years, various international faith groups have requested training and materials in order to share the Our Whole Lives approach in their communities. Through creative relationships with the Church of Sweden, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, INERELA (https://inerela.org), the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines, Our Whole Lives trainers have provided several trainings and pilot projects that have enabled interfaith groups to engage in transformative experiential learning and to integrate the learning in a wide range of local and regional contexts.
This event will include panelists who have participated in some of these events who will share the international impact of these trainings and materials.

OWL Taking Flight: Under Your Wing for Parents of 4th-6th Graders
2025-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Rev Amy Johnson and Kirsten deFur will discuss a new free resource: Under Your Wing videos for parents and caregivers of children in 4th-6th grades.

OWL Taking Flight: What Fresh Hell is This? The Impact of Identity Erasure
2025-06-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Heather Corinna, founder of Scarleteen.com, joins Rev. Amy Johnson and Dr. Melanie Davis to discuss the impact of policies, laws, and executive orders on the lives of trans/intersex/nonbinary/queer people of all ages. Scarleteen is the largest online resource for comprehensive and highly inclusive sex and relationships education, information and support centering young people.

OWL Taking Flight: Building a Trans/Nonbinary-Inclusive Teen Library
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join Melanie Davis and Sloane Kazim for a discussion about how to make sure your library at home, at church, in your community–is inclusive of trans/nonbinary representation. Now, more than ever, this matters!

OWL Taking Flight: Sex Ed in the South
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Tanya Bass, Southern Sexologist and Our Whole Lives Trainer, will join us for an engaging discussion about the importance of Sex Ed in the South.

OWL Taking Flight: Inclusive Our Whole Lives Programs
2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Dan Long, Student Services Supervisor, Special Education in the Seattle Public Schools, joins us for a conversation and expansive view of inclusion and accommodations for participants.

OWL Taking Flight: What's Faith Got to Do With It?
2026-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
What does faith have to do with sex ed? Join us to hear why two faith organizations continue to partner to provide comprehensive, inclusive and faith-based sexuality education.

OWL Taking Flight: Sex Ed Week of Action
2026-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us as we welcome Miranda Estes, State Policy and Action Manager for SIECUS for information and advocacy around Sex Ed Week of Action!
