Description
This webinar will discuss sexuality and self-advocates. We will address challenges and strategies to support and empower self-advocates to explore their sexuality in safe and healthy ways. We will discuss the recent sex education law for self-advocates and resources for providers. Topics covered will be consent, contraception, sexual orientation, and sexual activities.
Speaker
Jae Jin Pak is a social justice advocate, educator, and ally with over 25 years of experience working on issues of domestic/sexual violence prevention ant-trafficking, mental health, disability, anti-oppression, and cultural competency. He has conducted thousands of hours of training with diverse communities and professionals. Jae Jin serves as the Self Advocacy Training Coordinator for IL LEND, Community Education & Training Coordinator for the Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University of IL at Chicago (UIC), & Project Specialist for the IL Self Advocacy Alliance. He serves on the Statewide Independent Living Council of IL, IL Imagines Chicago Team, and The National Human Trafficking & Disability Working Group Steering Committee. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and an IL LEND Fellow.
Recorded on January 27, 2021