SNYWC activists = fantastic lobbyists

On Monday, March 23rd, 9 SNYWC activists and our three co-directors flew up to Carson City, Nevada to educate state legislators on the importance of comprehensive sex ed in Nevada. We had an awesome trip, and we made sure that Nevada's elected officials knew that young women in southern Nevada are NOT okay with living in a state that has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country and NO plan for giving us the right to be responsible about sex.

Prior to our trip, SNYWC activists collected over 150 petition signatures, even while facing disapproval and refusal from high school teachers and administrators. Once we got to the legislators, we were able to convince the following awesome assembly members and senators to ask the Department of Health to reject federal funding for abstinence-only programs:

Senator Maggie Carlton

Assemblywoman Ellen Koivisto

Senator Spiegal

Senator Joyce Woodhouse

We're now working on getting other Nevada officials and organizations to sign-on to the letter. If you are from an organization that would like to sign the letter or get involved, please email erin@snywc.org for more information.

NEXT STOP: Department of Health!!