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Why are young people so important in defining our shared future? The international community has long waited for the U.S. government to keep its promise to support voluntary family planning. Meanwhile, the U.S. public desperately needs honest dialogue about sustainable family planning solutions-including strategies to reduce teen pregnancy. The time to advance public discourse about real population solutions is now! We recognize that youth voices are key to changing U.S. policies that affect young people around the world. As future leaders, youth deserve access to information that will enable them to make empowered decisions about their lives, and speak out for sustainable family planning and development solutions here and abroad. Young people must have a voice and a seat at the decision-making table when it comes to ensuring the health of their own bodies, and the planet! Where we work and what we do! We work to develop an empowered movement of students in six states (CA, FL, IL, NJ, OH, & WA) to advocate for sustainable development solutions, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and information for young people. With our annual National Training in Washington D.C. and bi-annual state-wide youth summits, we collaborate with coalition partners to recruit student leaders, and train them with the information and skills necessary to advance population solutions. Throughout the year, we also deliver interactive "Sex and the Environment" workshops to college campuses, led by international and U.S. youth leaders. By providing campuses with all the resources necessary to publicize these events-including interactive tabling materials, posters, fact-sheets and tool-kits-we help students to truly make a difference on their campuses.
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