The Sessions
In Solidarity
We shine our brightest—together.
In solidarity, we turn silence into support, hesitation into harmony.
In solidarity, we commit to healing, caring for ourselves and each other.
In solidarity, we build community and make movements, defying what seeks to divide us.
In solidarity, we seek joy and justice, especially when the weight of the world seems too heavy to bear alone.
In solidarity, we discover action in anger, radiance in resistance.
Join us in Atlanta for #HealthyTeen25. In this extraordinary city, we’ll draw lessons from movements everywhere and those who’ve come before us. We’ll look inward, reflecting on our own roles in the age-old struggles for truth, justice, and liberation. We’ll uncover new ways to channel support for sexual and reproductive health care and education into shared purpose and lasting change. Ready to rise at every new challenge, book ban, or hate bill with determination and unity, we’ll dream of new potentials and possibilities, bright and boundless.
In solidarity, we uphold our right to control our bodies and shape our own destinies, settling for nothing less than true liberation.
Shine your light at #HealthyTeen25, the 45th Annual National Conference, on October 6-8, 2025, in Atlanta, GA.
Learning Add-Ons
These intensive, skill-building training sessions are an additional cost to the general conference ticket and have a limited capacity.
About Colleen
About Crystal
Take A Seat
Colleen Lee-Ursy & Crystal Ellis
Full-Day Training Session: Monday, October 6, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Cost: $221 (Early Bird Rate)
Developed in partnership with The Institute for Intimacy & Sexuality and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, the Sexuality Educator Antiracist Training (SEAT) empowers sexuality professionals of all racial identities with skills to confront, interrupt, de-construct, and challenge racism in personal attitudes and sexuality education instruction.
SEAT was developed from a pluralistic viewpoint, designed to go beyond centering “white supremacy culture” standards. SEAT is designed to move through an experiential learning cycle, in which participants address affective and attitudinal responses to racist incidents and gain skills to apply outside the training to reduce harm, interrupt racism, and utilize trauma-responsive care in a school environment.
Finally Enough Love: Building Transgender & Non-Binary Affirming Schools
Jaymie Campbell
Full-Day Training Session: Monday, October 6, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET
Cost: $221 (Early Bird Rate)
Finally Enough Love is a four-part education series designed for adults working with transgender and non-binary young people. The series is part of the Trans Affirming Schools Project at Advocates for Youth and covers community perspectives; implicit and explicit bias against transgender people and communities; recognizing, reflecting, and responding to anti-transgender misinformation and disinformation campaigns; and strategies for supporting transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive young people in schools and beyond.
Participants will have an opportunity to use the TASP Resource Guide and develop a specific action plan for their school. All four parts of the series will be covered in this Learning Add-On.
About Jaymie
About Jaymie
Jaymie Campbell, PhD (he/him), is a Black, gay, and transgender educator and activist from Philadelphia, PA. He began his non-profit journey in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, CA, where he quickly fell in love with the harm reduction model and working with queer and transgender youth of color. Dr. Campbell has worked with Black and Brown queer and transgender populations in various non-profit capacities such as HIV/STD testing, case management, community mental health, community event planning, and sexuality education. He has a doctorate in Human Sexuality Studies and is currently the Associate Director of Trans Health and Rights at Advocates for Youth.
About Jesse
Reimagining Sex Education Through Play: A Collective Dreaming Experience
Jesse Greenfield
Half-Day Training Session: Monday, October 6, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Cost: $105 (Early Bird Rate)
We cannot predict or control the future, but we can learn to tune in, to recognize patterns, to observe the seasons of human behavior from our unique perspective, to expect surprise and unpredictability, and to build our collective capacity to respond in creative and resilient ways.
Capitalism, white supremacy, and settler colonialism depend on our collective disembodiment in the form of exhaustion and disconnection from ourselves, our communities, and the Earth. Gross!
Deeply inspired by the Black Liberation Movement, specifically the teachings of Octavia Butler, adrienne maree brown, and Tricia Hersey, we will be guided through brainstorming exercises, games, and gentle somatic movement to play and dream together to envision the future of comprehensive sex education that young people deserve.
This workshop is for anyone looking to practice awareness of their body’s feelings and experiences, cultivate connections, and tap into their creativity to brainstorm how we move forward—in solidarity.
Build-A-Skill: Designing for Skills-Based Family Communication
Lauren Barineau
Half-Day Training Session: Monday, October 6, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Cost: $105 (Early Bird Rate)
If we can’t rely on institutions to teach sexual health education, it’s essential that we return to teaching it within our families. That means it’s critical to intentionally build the comfort and confidence of the families in your community to talk with their kids about sexuality early, often, and in shame-free ways.
This workshop will outline why family communication about sexuality is crucial; introduce key components of designing an objective-driven, skills-focused workshop; and provide real-time guidance to build an effective workshop for families to talk about sexuality.
We’ll go beyond the PowerPoint presentations and discussion questions that we typically see in parent-and-caregiver workshops and introduce a framework for building clear objectives, chunking workshop content, and knowing what content you can do without. You’ll literally leave this Learning Add-On with a workshop ready to go and skills to use in future workshop development at your organization.
About Lauren
About Lauren
Lauren Barineau, MPH, CHES, is the founder of Talk More, which is focused on positive and proactive conversations about sexuality among families. A dynamic facilitator with almost 15 years of experience in sexual health and youth development, Lauren has a depth of experience working with schools, youth, and communities in support of effective sexuality education. Lauren started Talk More to change the narrative around sexuality conversations in families and support families in talking earlier, more often, and in shame-free ways. Lauren has led sexual health implementation strategy and capacity-building work with national and state organizations such as Advocates for Youth, Healthy Teen Network, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Answer at Rutgers, and the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential. Lauren lives and works in Atlanta, GA, with two kiddos who challenge her to think creatively about this work every day.
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All times are in Eastern Time (ET).
***Times and content subject to change***
Monday, October 6
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Full-Day Learning Add-On
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Half-Day Learning Add-On
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
General Session
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Networking Reception
Tuesday, October 7
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
General Session
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Workshops
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Awards Lunch
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Workshops
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Workshops
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
BIPOC Connect
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Queer Connect
Wednesday, October 8
8:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Workshops
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Workshops
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Roundtables
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
General Session
You've Got What We Need
Thank you for your interest, but the #HealthyTeen25 Call for Proposals is now closed!
The #HealthyTeen25 Call for Proposals is open! Submit your proposal by April 10, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
All About the Sessions
We warmly invite you to submit a proposal for a skills-building workshop, roundtable presentation, or learning add-on (formerly pre-conference institute) experience. And as always, we especially encourage you to collaborate with young people to prepare your proposal and join you to present.
This year, we are especially interested in sessions on topics, such as…
- Access to comprehensive education and services, including abortion
- Building solidarity in support of justice and liberation
- Building support, finding common ground for adolescent sexual and reproductive health goals, education, and care
- Engaging with parents/caregivers
- Engaging with young people
- Healing-centered and trauma-informed approaches
- Innovation
- Reproductive justice
- Social justice
- Using technology to recruit young people
- Working in more conservative communities
- Young parents and families
- Youth-friendly programs and services
But don’t let this list stop you! If you’ve got something you think is relevant and of interest to others in our field, we welcome your submissions! We know you’ve been doing amazing work, and we can’t wait to connect and share with you!
Submit your proposal by April 10, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
Is presenting not really your thing? No worries! Maybe you’d like to one of our exhibiting and advertising sponsorship opportunities?
Learning Objectives
By the end of the #HealthyTeen25 Conference, attendees will be able to:
- Explain at least two new strategies to build support for adolescent health and well-being;
- Summarize at least three new ways to address challenges in providing health education and healthcare to adolescents;
- Apply at least three new skills learned, or enhanced, during breakout sessions;
- Utilize at least four relevant resources obtained during sessions and/or from exhibitors; and,
- Establish at least five new professional relationships.
Your Deadlines
| Deadlines | Dates |
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Submit session proposal |
April 10, 2025 |
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Accept or decline invitation to present |
By May 13, 2025 |
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Register and pay for conference |
July 10, 2025 |
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Email copies of slides and/or handouts |
July 31, 2025 |
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Request additional AV support |
July 31, 2025 |
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All items must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on each date. |
All the Details
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
It Has to Fit.
All sessions at the Healthy Teen Network conference must be aligned with our Guiding Principles:
- All content must be youth-friendly;
- Inclusive and affirming of all young people;
- And comprehensive, age-appropriate, information and/or services about sexual and reproductive health—such as the complete range of birth control methods and all pregnancy options: abortion, adoption, and parenting.
For example, information/services promoting sexual risk avoidance education, abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, crisis pregnancy centers, or anti-abortion campaigns are not in alignment with Healthy Teen Network Guiding Principles and are not eligible to be promoted at the Healthy Teen Network conference.
Yep, We’ve Got the Final Say.
We reserve the right to reject any session proposal, at our discretion. We may need to change your session type, room setup, or other details (we’ll still talk it through with you first).
Show Us the Magic!
We highly encourage interactive, diverse, and unique sessions. Need some tips on how to make your presentation fabulous? Our trainers have got your back!
Not Your First Time? That’s Ok!
Session proposals do not need to be original—if you’ve submitted it or facilitated it before, that’s just fine.
What Are My Options?
You don’t have to choose only one, but these are your options:
Workshop Sessions
- Feature a 75-minute individual, group, or panel presentation
- Must be engaging, interactive, and skills-building
- Plan time to answer questions
Roundtable Sessions
- Share information with a smaller group, conversation-style
- Plan to present for a maximum of 15 minutes (slides optional)
- Lead a discussion for another 30 minutes without slides
Learning Add-Ons
- Training opportunity for up to 30 participants that happens before the first general session of the conference
- 3 or 6 hours in length providing a deep dive into one specific topic area
- Separate, additional cost for attendees
Ready to get this party started?
Want to make sure you’ve got everything ready to go? Check out a preview of the form, but this is everything you’ll be required to give us:
All About Your (Adult) Presenters
- Contact information
- Headshot (file types: png, jpg, jpeg. Max file size: 2MB)
- Resume/CV
- Brief summary or bio statement for each (150-word limit)
All About Your Youth Presenters
- Name and affiliation
- Brief summary or bio statement for each (150-word limit)
The Rundown for Your Session
- Title
- Description (150-word limit)
- Focus areas and populations of interest
- What you want your participants to know and be able to do at the end of your session (50-word limit)
- Why it matters for the attendees (150-word limit)
- What makes your session engaging and interactive (150-word limit)
- And, if your session is about a curriculum or program…
- Tell us what it is and share any related links or other materials.
- If relevant, share any supporting materials, such as evaluation studies, for the curriculum or program (PDF format, 1MB maximum, up to 10 files).
Learning Add-On Submissions Only
- Resume or CV (PDF format, 1MB maximum)
- Mini session outline (One-page maximum, PDF format, 1MB maximum) which explains:
- The different segments of your session
- Time allotted to each segment
- Engagement tactics
- SMARTIE learning objectives that align with the segment
- Why this topic is more important to showcase as a learning add-on (150-word limit)
- Selected finalists will be required to participate in a virtual interview to discuss their proposal
What do I need to bring?
What We’ve Got
All sessions get standard AV:
- Wireless internet
- LCD projector and projection screen
- Speakers
- Presenter remote
- Easel, paper pad, and markers
BYOC
You must bring your own computer, if you want to display a presentation on the projection screen and connect to the LCD projector.
Always Accessorize
These days laptops and tablets come in all shapes and sizes with various adapters and ports. Be sure to bring whatever you need to connect your device to a projector with an HDMI cord. If you have specific questions about your device and what adapter you might need, please let us know before you pack and hop on your flight!
What else is there?
You Gotta Register
All presenters must register and pay to attend the conference by Thursday, July 10th, 2025. Registration isn’t open yet, but you can check out last year’s rates.
What We Can Offer You
For Workshop and Roundtable Sessions, we cannot offer an honorarium or pay travel, per diem, or lodging expenses (we sure wish we could!). We do offer a discount of 15% on conference registration to the lead presenter only.
For the lead trainer of a Learning Add-On, we offer a 100% full conference registration; one complimentary hotel night; a travel stipend of up to $550 to cover flight and ground transportation costs (based on location and airport of origin); and an honorarium of $350 (for a 3-hour training session) or $750 (for a 6-hour training session).
We Hope You Won’t Cancel, But If Life Happens…
You must notify Healthy Teen Network no later than September 6, 2025 if you are not able to present at the conference or if you need to change presenters. If you do not let us know more than 24 hours before your session, you will not be eligible to present at a Healthy Teen Network event for two years.
Answer the Call
Submit your proposal by April 10, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
2025 Call For Proposals Form
Join us in Atlanta
The Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, located near downtown Atlanta, puts you in the center of this iconic neighborhood. It is home to remarkable architecture, exceptional restaurants, multiple shopping centers, and the financial district.
At Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, enjoy luxurious rooms and suites, a fitness center, two contemporary restaurants, a coffee bar, and a serene Japanese Zen garden.
Discover everything that this exciting suburb of Atlanta has to offer, all just minutes from the hotel. You can easily access the museums, shopping, and culture in Atlanta or stay in Buckhead with the world-class shops and restaurants at Buckhead Village District, Lenox Square, and Phipps Plaza within a mile of the hotel.
We have secured a special rate for a limited number of rooms. The discounted room block is expected to sell out, so we highly recommend reserving your room as soon as possible.
| ROOM TYPE | SINGLE/DOUBLE | TRIPLE | QUAD |
|---|---|---|---|
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Guest Room |
$229.00 |
$254.00 |
$279.00 |
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Guest Room: Federal Government |
$173.00 |
$198.00 |
$223.00 |
*Rate is dependent on the prevailing Federal Government Per Diem and is subject to change.
boost your brand
Grab the spotlight with these exhibiting and advertising sponsorship opportunities.
All Access Pass
Exhibitor
Attend the conference and showcase your services and resources by hosting an exhibit table with our all access pass. You’ll enjoy a space in a high-traffic area frequented by conference attendees for the duration of the conference.
Benefits include:
- Enjoy 1 full main conference registration for the exhibitor
- Host an exhibit table, featured in a high-traffic location with exposure to all attendees
- Feature your logo on the conference website and app, linked to your website
Social Butterfly
Social Media Posts
Expand your reach by sharing up to 3 posts on Healthy Teen Network’s social media platforms (Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn) before, during, or after #HealthyTeen25. We will help you identify the appropriate social media channels and time your posts.
Benefits include:
- Provide up to 3 posts (graphic and caption) to be shared on Healthy Teen Network’s social media platforms*
- Feature your logo on the conference website and app, linked to your website, and in the slideshow featured in general sessions
Highlight Reel
Conference App Advertiser
Without a printed program, the conference app is the place to be. Ads are a dynamic space in the app with prominent placement. Feature an upcoming event, promote a session at the conference, share a resource, sell an item, or highlight a call to action.
Benefits include:
- Share a graphic, with a link to your website, to be featured conference app throughout the conference
- Feature your logo on the conference website and app, linked to your website, and in the slideshow featured in general sessions