Education System

Building Awareness Across Initiatives

If you are leading an initiative or practice that is in alignment with the recommendations shared below, we want to hear about it, and would love to discuss how to elevate your work through this website or with partners. If you would like a partner to explore and discuss these recommendations with, please contact Trailhead’s Youth Sexual Health Program team to connect.

These anti-oppressive recommendations are a starting point for partners across sectors to convene conversations to learn from one another, build awareness for anti-oppressive initiatives happening within the youth sexual health field, discuss opportunities for collaboration, and engage in action planning.

Colorado Department of Education (CDE)

The following isms impact the policies, practices, and norms of the Colorado Department of Education: adultism, racism, patriarchy, heterosexism, transphobia, religionism, classism, capitalism, and ableism. This is not an exhaustive list. Visit the isms blog series to learn more.

Recommendations for Anti-Oppressive Action

School Administrators

The following isms shape the role and decisions of School Administrators : adultism, racism, patriarchy, heterosexism, transphobia, classism, religionism, and ableism. This is not an exhaustive list. Visit the isms blog series to learn more.

Recommendations for Anti-Oppressive Action

Teachers

The following isms impact the role educators play in sex education: adultism, heterosexism, religionism, and patriarchy. This is not an exhaustive list. Visit the isms blog series to learn more.

Recommendations for Anti-Oppressive Action

Students

The following isms create the structures, both formal and informal, that dictate how young people interact with their school: adultism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, and patriarchy. This is not an exhaustive list. Visit the isms blog series to learn more.

Recommendations for Anti-Oppressive Action

School Nurses and School-Based Health Clinics

The following isms impact the role school nurses play in sexual health for young people: adultism, classism, capitalism, colonialism, ableism, racism, patriarchy, heterosexism, and transphobia. This is not an exhaustive list. Visit the isms blog series to learn more.

Recommendations for Anti-Oppressive Action