We are committed to ensuring every young person has access to medically accurate, inclusive, and comprehensive sex education. #RJResolutions

We will make sure the organizations and campaigns we are a part of center the voices of youth of color and system-impacted communities. #RJResolutions

We will fight back against teen parent stigma and shame, and support young parents by taking a strengths-based and positive youth development approach. #RJResolutions

We will work to advance transgender liberation and amplify the voices and stories of transgender and gender nonconforming youth. #RJResolutions

We are committed to making sure that every young person gets to make their own decisions about their health and control their bodies and their futures! #RJResolutions

"If we dig deep enough, we find that the root of all of it, of all of these things, COVID or police brutality or lack of reproductive justice, a lot of it is rooted in structural inequalities around race and around class..." bit.ly/3hhPuRE MOASH Public News Service PNS-Michigan

Join us and other advocates at 4pm today the #SexEdForAll Twitter space chat, hosted by Advocates for Youth! One of our youth advisory council members, Arlo, will be speaking :)

Applications are OPEN for MOASH's Youth Advisory Council Collective! 🎊 Interested in being part of the 2022-2023 cohort? Learn more and apply: bit.ly/MOASHYAC22

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Exciting news this morning from the Reproductive Freedom for All press conference! 753,759- the most signatures for a ballot measure in state history. 💪 SO grateful to all of the youth we have worked alongside in this step towards protecting reproductive health in Michigan. 💜

Reproductive freedom is about ensuring folks have the means to thrive. It's about dismantling centuries of racial, gender, and economic injustice. Learn more from Shakti Rambarran at MOASH, a partner with Michigan Voices, Reproductive Freedom for All, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, and NIRHealth.

Experts from ACLU of Michigan and MOASH will discuss the importance of reproductive freedoms, impacts of abortion restrictions on communities, and approaches to advocacy in a live online Q&A on 8/18. Learn more. ⤵️ ai.umich.edu/blog-posts/roe…

Check out our new resource, the Michigan Youth Healthcare Access Resource Toolkit (MY HART)! Written, researched, and compiled by MOASH’s youth advisory council members, MY HART is a guide to navigating healthcare for adolescents and young adults. ➡️ docs.google.com/document/d/1FD…

MOASH is now hiring for two positions- Communications Manager and Program Director! Check out the postings on our website to learn more and apply: moash.org/get-involved.h…

You hear about it all the time, but what does relationships and sexuality education really mean? Our ED, Jaclyn “Queer as in Fuck You” Friedman 🩸🦷, and incredible student activists from Pride Liberation Project & MOASH break down what sex education means in this article by USA TODAY. tinyurl.com/yhxh9den

Polls are still open! 💜

Happy #GivingTuesday! No matter the size of the contribution, every dollar makes our programming and advocacy work possible. 💜✨

BREAKING: Just now, on the opening day of the 102nd Michigan Legislature, lawmakers have introduced an amendment to the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for LGBTQ+ people. EQMI and the LGBTQ+ community have been fighting for this amendment for 40. Years.

Read Abby, Amanda, Nicole, Kai, and Ben's reflections on Prop 3 and reminders of why we must keep fighting so this legal right meaningfully translates to access for all Michiganders — especially for Michigan youth like them: gandernewsroom.com/2023/01/25/op-…

Have you seen this groundbreaking survey from the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health? New in the SSAIS.org library at bit.ly/3G0kT9c. Watch for MOASH's blog coming soon.