OWL Taking Flight: Sex Ed and Disability Justice
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Join us as we welcome Miranda Estes, State Policy and Action Manager for SIECUS for information and advocacy around Sex Ed Week of Action!

OWL Taking Flight: AI Impacts on Youth
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00
Join us to hear from health educator Brett Niessen, about the impacts of AI on youth.

Our Whole Lives Taking Flight: Augmenting Your OWL Program--No Fooling!
2026-04-01 12:00 - 13:00
Join Amy Johnson and Melanie Davis for a lively discussion about ways to augment your Our Whole Lives program and support sexuality education in your faith community. Get ideas for Sex Ed for All Month in May!

Our Whole Lives Taking Flight: Sex Ed For All Month with the UMC!
2026-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join us as we welcome Rev. Heather Gottas Moore with the United Methodist Church to talk about how Our Whole Lives in the UMC is one way we are all celebrating Sex Ed for All Month this year. Hear the grass roots story about how the UMC is embracing Our Whole Lives and be inspired to spread the word!
