Let’s Talk About Sexuality!
About the Presenters
Susan Nussbaum works at Access Living in Chicago. She is a youth planner. She started a girls support and action group nine years ago named the Empowered Fe Fes.Hundreds of Chicago Public High School girls have been through the Fe Fes program in that time. The Fe Fes from 2005 made a movie called "Doin' It": Sex, Disability and Videotape"which explores relationships, sexuality, reproductive rights, abuse, and sexual orientation. The movie has won many awards. It as been shown all over the U.S. and the world.
John Lemus has been an advocate for people with developmental disabilities for three years. John works as the coordinator of self advocacy at The Arc of Spokane County. John is also working on becoming self employed. He will launch his consulting business in 2010. It will be called Abilities Consulting. He speaks on disability and other types of issues. John puts a big focus on teaching relationships and safe sexuality to the disability neighborhood. He uses a “rights and risks model” for his training. John believes in the value of people with disabilities making their own decisions when it comes to relationships. Please check out john’s website for more information.
Jillian Kaiser is a member of the NYLN Governing board. She is 26 and lives in Minneapolis Minnesota. She studies Human Services. She puts a big focus on working with minority youth groups. Her specialties are:
- youth with disabilities and
- the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) community.
Jillian works with inner city youth with disabilities. She puts focus on acceptance and self advocacy. She has been an activist in these communities since she was 16. She is an openly gay member of the disability community. Because of this, she can help break stereotypes about both communities. She helps create inclusion and acceptance for everyone.
Amy Litzinger is going to school at Southwestern University. This is in Texas. She is a sophomore. Her majors are English, political science and religion. Going to graduate school is one of her goals. She is a former vice chair of the Youth Advisory Committee for the National Council on Disability. In the past, she was the chair of NYLN’s Mentorship Committee. She likes advocacy, transportation, and assistive technology.She serves on the state Children’s Policy Council in Texas. She also helps with the Youth Leadership Forum. On campus Amy participates in Theatre for Social Justice. Last year they worked with high school students. Together they wrote a play about racial issues. Amy also serves on Student Congress and on the Faculty Affairs Committee.
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