Speaker SeriesUpcoming Speaking Engagements:
April 16, 2010 - Key note speaker at the NJ Physician's Advisory group's day-long conference in Union County where educators will hear from Dr. Cecil Matthews, an infectious disease specialist who directs an HIV clinic, along with experts in adolescent health programs, Dr. Nanci Coppola (Keynote) from the Bronx, and Bernadette Vissani, MPH, from Essex County. With a focus on the high-risk nature of teen sexual activity, educators will be provided with skills, activities, and techniques that will dramatically impact their classrooms.
April 19 - 20, 2010 Evaluating Community-Based Risk Prevention Programs for Youth: Informing Abstinence Education Conference Poster Presentation on Program Reach, Inc Healthy Respect at the Sheraton Crystal City, Arlington, VA on April 19 - 20, 2010 that is being hosted by the Family and Youth Services' Bureau's Center for Research and Evaluation on Abstinence Education
April 28 - Health Fair Speaker Roosevelt High School Yonkers, N.Y.
May 20, 2010 Fordham University RETC Center for Professional Development Workshop Series: Parental Influence and Parent Teen Communication Workshop
Previous Speaking Engagements:
1) A Swift Kick: The Truth About Your Reproductive System: Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Family Life June 2008 -National Conference2)Process & Evaluation Outcomes: Department of Health & Human Services: Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs: December 2009, Alexandria Virginia -National Conference
3) Break Through the Conventions! -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -Regional Conference March 2009
4) Changing Norms: Healthy Respect Character Education Poster presentation : Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs -National Conference December 2009
5)Infusing Psychosocial Principles & Character Education Into Abstinence Curricula Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs -National Conference December 2009
6) Programmatic and Evaluation Components of Contemporary Abstinence & Youth Development Programs:
St. John's Law School, Queens, N.Y. National Symposium : Annual Conference of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists October 2007
7) Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Teen Pregnancy: The Response Regional TeacherŐs Conference Brooklyn, N.Y. September 2007
8) Keynote Speaker on Teen Pregnancy and STI's: Medical Symposia on Sexual Health -Yonkers New York May 2006
9) Keynote Speaker on Teen Pregnancy and STI's: Medical Symposia on Sexual Health -Brooklyn, New York September 2007
10) Keynote Speaker on Teen Pregnancy and STI's: Medical Symposia on Sexual Health -Yonkers New York May 2007
11) Abstinence & The City: The Importance of Medical Accuracy & Debunking Medical Myths: JCCA Mini Forum New York, New York March 14, 2007 Medical Symposium -Brooklyn, New York
Guest Lectures: 12) STI's and Reproductive Health: Dominican College November 2007
13) Hofstra University June 2007
14) Hofstra University September 2008
15) The Truth About Comprehensive Sex Education: Fordham Law School New York, New York 2007
16) The "Culture Wars" in America: Past, Present, and Future -New York University New York, New York November 2008
17) The "Culture Wars" in America: Past, Present, and Future -New York University New York, New York November 2009