They Did What On Facebook!?
Haylee Williams
Oct 20, 2016
The Brookings Harbor High School YAC Takes Advocacy to Facebook
The Brookings Harbor High School YAC wanted everyone to know why SBHCs are so important to the community. They also wanted the district and their fellow students to know exactly what services are available at the SBHC. They wanted to take their advocacy to the next level so….
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They say not all superheroes wear capes but can we get neon green tights? No seriously Aquaman looked America’s Next Top Model ready in a pair of those
Haylee Williams
Sep 12, 2016
Who are these people that want neon green tights?
Well “these people” are actually the Statewide Youth Action Council aka Superheroes of Health as we dubbed ourselves at this year's Awareness Day. Sounds exclusive? In a way it is-- superheroes of health are youth health advocates. (More on how you can join the squad later). We are the Statewide Youth Action...
OHEA Mend the Gap Report Released
OSBHA
Nov 17, 2015
The Oregon Health Equity Alliance has released a new report called Mend the Gap to address health care deficiencies for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians.
Today in Oregon, 383,000 people remain uninsured, threatening the prosperity of every county and the economic future of our state. Communities of color, LGBT communities, rural Oregonians, immigrant communities, women and low-...
Healthy Youth Relationship Summit Recap
James Biggers
Jun 1, 2015
On May 9 in beautiful Eugene, Oregon right in the middle of allergy season, I got the opportunity to help facilitate the Oregon School Based Health Alliance’s first ever Healthy Youth Relationship Summit. The summit had a total of ninety young people and adult coordinators and allies from over twenty different schools, organizations, and other agencies in attendance. Speaking from my...
Youth Advocates in Action at the State Capitol
Tobias Rubel
Apr 9, 2015
On February 26, I woke up, hopped into my white 1986 Cabriolet, and drove from my home in Portland, Oregon, to the state’s capital, Salem, for Awareness Day 2015.
The capitol building was sleepy when I arrived—I was alone as I made my way up the marble steps into the building. Downstairs in Room 50, the largest rentable space in the building, the Youth Action Council of the Oregon...
Eye to Eye: Discussing Sensitive Topics with Youth
Tobias Rubel
Sep 29, 2014
There is a flurry of activity at the Oregon School Based Health Alliance lately as our Youth Action Council prepares for our 2014 School Health Conference pre-conference workshop: Eye to Eye on Thursday, October 9th from 1-4 PM. We attended the July national School-Based Health Alliance Convention in Seattle and we also went down to Eugene to partner with Planned Parenthood Southwestern...
"It Will Never Happen to Me" (but what if it does?)
Ketchura Antoine
Jul 16, 2014
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside, Oregon. Of the many workshops I participated in, the most memorable was It Will Never Happen to Me led by four young mothers as a senior final project, each young woman told us about the broad range of changes and struggles they face as teen mothers. They led us through their individual experiences from...
Relationships and Social Networking: Why You Should Block Your Significant Other on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vine
James Biggers
Jul 7, 2014
Nearing the end of my Sophomore year of high school I began dating Jane. Her name isn’t Jane but that’s not important to this story. Jane and I met through following each other on Twitter and we began our relationship sometime around mid May of 2012 and things were great. We’d hang out and watch Gossip Girl or Teen Wolf or Vampire Diaries because I’m not one to argue and I...
