This would be the biggest venue to date seats and the highest profile event in my 8 years of creating and producing youth-driven, cutting-edge feminist theater. My time on the road opened my eyes, and in many ways reaffirmed my instincts.
I heard from students, teachers and parents in big cities and small towns that what they really want, what they really need, is comprehensive education and access to information. For most high schoolers in the US, sex ed is about mechanics rather than dynamics.
Yet, exploring dynamics is the key to safer, healthier relationships and sexual interactions among young people. We also knew if we wanted to effectively impact lawmakers and the media, we needed to show a unified front of movement leaders dedicated to this effort, so we invited twenty local, national and international organizations to join us.
Most importantly, we got the kids. Over students and their teachers from twenty-five public, private and special needs schools attended the performance and post-show discussion forum. We also need to empower young people of all genders to communicate clearlyβ to learn to read the signs of consent, to understand how to give consent and receive consent.
The time for consent education is now. Students all across the country are ready. And we know you are too. Finally, we pitched the development of a Consent Education Tool Kit for schools.
