Post on 07-Aug-2015
Sex Ed OnlineThe Developer’s Approach to
Creating Safe Space
Clarissa HermanSexuality Studies
San Francisco State University
@Clarissa Condom#YTHLive
“It’s about meeting young people where they’re at and where they’re at is with highly engaging, rich media, rich content.” –Jamie
“This is the place they go because they’ve figured out that they can get information that no one else wants to give them and they have a safe community with people who are nice and also wanna be supportive.” –Casey
“Kids who live in [like] 200-person towns where they really are the only gay kid. . .they can actually find community.” –Sidney
“Interactive engagement is just so clear from a pedagogical perspective. People learn better.” –Sidney
“Do you take money that could be spent on programming for those young people and put it into evaluation? Or do you sink it all into programming ‘cause you can’t look one more young person in the eye and say ‘we don’t have space for you’?” —Pat