Safer Sex is Sensual & Essential©

SEXX Party

Safer Sex Educational Experiences©

AAWE conducts workshops to show women and men how to have safer, healthier sexual experiences. Through its Safer Sex Educational Experiences© (SSEX), individuals not only learn about HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease prevention and transmission, but they also learn about ways to spice up their sexual encounters, as well as healthy intimacy alternatives.  SSEX is designed to help women and men enjoy safer sex, make informed decisions and choices, and respect themselves and each other.  AAWE has conducted the SSEX trainings for colleges and universities, women's and community groups, and churches.  AAWE also hosts AAWE-sponsored SSEX workshops throughout the year.

In addition to conducting trainings for the general public, AAWE trains individuals to be AAWE SSEX Facilitators.  As a SSEX Facilitator, you'll be trained to use AAWE's SSEX curriculum to teach others how they can have safe, enjoyable, and fulfilling sex. The trainings provide you with a basic understanding of female and male reproductive health, human sexuality, and sexual transmitted infections. After the training, you’ll know how to teach SSEX participants how safer sex is both sensual and essential.  A 12-hour training, they are held twice a year.  To receive the training for free, trainees must make a one-year commitment to facilitate two trainings on behalf of AAWE.  There is a nominal fee for individuals who are unable to make the one-year commitment.  SSEX Facilitators receive the SSEX Facilitators Resource Manual and regular updates on sex education.

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Empowering Black Women to Make Change

AAWE has been doing some exciting advocacy and policy work.  We work on five issue areas:  1) Emergency Contraception, 2) Public funding for abortion (The Hyde Amendment), 3) Feminine Hygiene products and Black women, 4) New Reproductive Technologies, and 5) Microbicides and HIV/AIDS.  We work to remove the barriers to reproductive health.  In particular, AAWE is doing its part to help make sure information is distributed to Black women about the harmful affects of certain hygiene practices like douching, and making manufacturers responsible for the misinformation that is marketed to us about the need to sanitize our bodies.  We also hold intensive training programs to groom new advocates to fight for reproductive justice for Black Women.  In June, 2007, we trained eight new advocates and are looking forward to training more at our September advocacy training.  Visit our "Publications" page to see some of our policy documents.

We have been holding community talks where Black women come together to discuss various reproductive health issues and will be holding townhall meetings with local legislators and other community leaders.  If you know of a location that would be most beneficial and accessible to Black women please contact us.  If you would like to host a community talk for women that you know, give us a call.  It would be our pleasure to help you coordinate one!