Calling All YouTubers: What does it mean to be a healthy young person?
If you are between the ages of 13 and 24, or know someone who is, we invite you/them to create a 30-to-60-second video public service announcement that answers the question “what does it mean to be a healthy young person today?” Selected videos will premiere on May 7, during MOAPPP’s Annual Conference. They will also be featured on MOAPPP’s YouTube channel and prizes of a $100 gift card will be awarded to three PSAs. Click here for more information.
Conference Sponsors
Thanks to these generous 2010 Conference Sponsors!
Leader Level
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Funding made possible in part by cooperative agreement #5U58DP524993-05 - Children's Trust Fund, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Partner Level
- Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health Program, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department
- Minnesota Prevention Resource Center
- Planned Parenthood - Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
- Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health
The 2010 conference brochure will be here soon, and you know what that means...Get ready to register!
The MOAPPP Annual Conference is Minnesota’s most comprehensive training event covering current research, educational resources, policy initiatives and emerging issues related to adolescent sexual health, pregnancy prevention and support for adolescent parents. It promises to be two days filled with renowned speakers, challenging, informative, skill-building workshops and countless opportunities for networking and conversation. Early Registration deadline is April 16, 2010.
Confirmed keynote speakers are: James Wagoner, Hector Sanchez-Flores and Michele Ozumba. For more than a dozen years, James Wagoner, a respected public policy and reproductive health expert, has been the President of Advocates for Youth, a leading national organization on adolescent reproductive and sexual health. Héctor Sanchez-Flores has presented throughout the country on such topics as: preventing unintended fatherhood, developing male relevant health services, engaging fathers in prevention and social services, and the development of culturally appropriate services for boys, men and fathers. A Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, he maintains close contact with local programs, measuring the impact they have on young and adult men. Michele Ozumba is President and CEO of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention. She joined the organization in 1999 as its first Policy Director. Previously she was a lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Nigeria and earlier, an urban planning consultant to New Brunswick Tomorrow, a public/private redevelopment organization spearheaded by the Johnson & Johnson Corporation. In addition, Ms. Ozumba recently completed a term on the National Advisory Council on Sexual Health chaired by Dr. David Satcher, former US Surgeon General.
Beyond the three keynote addresses, the conference will also offer 26 skills and capacity building breakout sessions on a wide range of topics as well as exhibits and opportunities for networking among practitioners who care about current research, science-based approaches, educational resources, policy initiatives and emerging issues related to adolescent sexual health, pregnancy prevention and adolescent parents.
For more information, contact Sally Mandler, MOAPPP Training Coordinator 651.644.1447 x 13 or sally@moappp.org.
Call for Exhibitors
For information about having an exhibit or to apply to be an exhibitor, please click here (PDF).
MOAPPP Annual Awards - Call for nominations
Again this year, MOAPPP will confer awards in the following categories at its annual conference:
- Advocate of the Year
- Outstanding Individual of the Year
- Program of the Year
- Teen of the Year
To nominate a person or organization in any of these categories, please complete a nomination (PDF) and send it to Brigid Riley, MOAPPP Executive Director at brigid@moappp.org.
Information from past conferences
View presentations, conference brochures and other information from previous MOAPPP conferences.