Who should have a say in a college student’s sex education?
Join Brown Prof. Jim Green and his panel of sexperts and Brown directors as they discuss the role of students, educators, institutions, and censorship in how sex education gets brought and taught to today’s college campuses.
The panel, called “Sex Panic!: When Educators Are Censors” is inspired by the need for a forum for the Brown University community to discuss the stigmatization of certain kinds of speech, notably conversations about sexuality, and the relationship between free speech and education.
Date: Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Time: 6-8pm EST
Where: Brown University’s Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106
95 Cushing Street, Providence, RI 02906
Cost: FREE – open to eveyone!
Panelists:
- Meitar Moscovitz [community organizer]
- Megan Andelloux [certified sex educator]
- Aida Manduley [student/organizer]
- Reid Mihalko [Brown alum '92, sex and relationship expert]
- Ricky Gresh [Senior Director for Student Engagement at Brown University]
Moderator:
For those of you interested in how this panel came about, check out panelists Meitar Moscovitz’s excellent post and Aida Manduley’s blog entry which should bring you up to speed. Thanks, Aida and MayMay!
Prof. James N. Green, Professor of History and Brazilian Studies: James N. Green works on the political, social and, and cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Brazil. His books include: We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States(Duke, 2010) and Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil (University of Chicago, 1999. He is currently working on a biography of Herbert Daniel, a Brazilian guerrilla leader, political exile, and AIDS activist.
James N. Green received his doctorate in Latin American history at UCLA in 1996. He has traveled extensively throughout Latin America and lived eight years in Brazi. He served as the Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University from 2005 to 2008. He is a past president of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) and served as the President of the New England Council on Latin American Studies (NECLAS)in 2008 and 2009.
Meitar Moscovitz: Meitar “maymay” Moscovitz has been an active member of alternative sexuality communities since 2002. He’s a technology professional and makes his living building online presences through web development and social media consulting. Meitar is a published technical author and (semi-)regular blogger on well-known sites like SitePoint.com about the state of the art of developing Web technology. His passion lies in analyzing the intersection of technology and human sociosexual behavior. When he’s not writing Web code of one sort or another, he’s a sexual freedom community organizer and loud gender justice advocate. “Maymay” authors several blogs on sexuality issues and is the co-founder of the BarCamp-style sexuality unconference, KinkForAll.[7]
Megan Andelloux: Megan Andelloux is a nationally certified sexuality educator through The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and is a board certified sexologist through The American College of Sexologists. She is the founder and director of The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health, a sexuality resource center located in Pawtucket, RI.
Ms. Andelloux has worked full-time in the field of Sexual Education for more than 12 years. She is an Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine and lectures internationally at colleges, universities, medical schools, and sexuality institutions on issues surrounding sexual pleasure, sexual health, politics, and erotic justice. She developed the Gynecological Training Program for Boston University School of Medicine, and in addition works as a Gynecological Teaching Associate at medical institutions on the East coast.
Ms. Andelloux is a sought after media contributor for sexuality related issues in print, online, television and documentaries. She is a regular contributor at www.carnalnation.com. and www.sexualhealth.com and is also an author in the book, We Got Issues, a Feminist Response to Cultural Attitudes On Feminism.
Aida Manduley: Aida Esther Manduley ’11 is a student and sexual freedom activist from Puerto Rico, double-concentrating in Comparative Literature and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Brown University. She volunteers with community organizations and works with a variety of on-campus groups, such as the Queer Alliance and the Sexual Health Education & Empowerment Council (both of which she chairs), to foster diversity and promote awareness of issues pertaining to gender, sex, and sexuality, as well as their varied intersections with other aspects of life and identity (e.g. language and ethnicity). Aside from this work, Aida is also part of the Brown University Activities Council and Zeta Delta Xi, a local co-ed fraternity.
Ricky Gresh: Senior Director for Student Engagement at Brown University, Ricky Gresh provides leadership to divisional efforts to facilitate opportunities for student engagement including the Campus Life Diversity centers and the Stephen Robert Campus Center. Ricky also serves as a liaison to the Office of the Dean of the College and the Graduate School.
Reid Mihalko: Reid Mihalko of www.ReidAboutSex.com helps adults create more self-esteem, self-confidence and greater health in their relationships and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression of those happen to be.
From his rated-PG/PG-13 workshops (Cuddle Party, Speed-Flirting) to the rated-R (Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown) to his explicit, NC-17 rated, Show-N-Tell sex education workshops (where audiences get to watch, take notes, and ask questions), Reid has worked with thousands of individuals from myriad walks of life, orientations, relationship styles, countries and religions. Known for his charisma, wit and emphasis on integrity, Reid travels the country teaching, coaching, consulting and collaborating on fulfilling his mission: Create more self-esteem, self-confidence and health adults in and out of the bedroom.
Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality and is a sought-after presenter and teacher at colleges and sex positive stores across the country.
Reid has been a writer and producer on a number of films and television projects about sex and relationships, and appears regularly in the media. He has also appeared on the Emmy award-winning talk show Montel, Fox News, VH1’s Scott Baio is 45 and Single, Showtime’s Penn & Teller’s Bulls**t!, Canada’s The Sex Files and SexTV, and the short-lived Life & Style, on NPR, Sirius’ Maxim Radio and Cosmo Radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, Details, People, Newsweek and The National Enquirer, as well as media across the globe in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.
