This talk is part of a sexual health series co-hosted by the Philadelphia Area Sexual Health Initiative (PASHI)--a program of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University. The audience for this discussion includes psychotherapists, sexual health educators, social workers, human service workers and anyone interested in sexual health.
This lecture will be follwed by a networking reception from 5p-7p, at the same location, where you can meet and interact with others interested in the field of sexuality. Appetizers, wine, beer and non-alcoholic refreshments will be provided. Space will be provided for attendees to share organizational/program materials with attendees. The networking event is FREE, but if you plan to attend, please indicate this by selecting the ticket option that includes the talk and networking event. This will help us keep track of how many people plan to attend to enssure we have enough refreshments. Please review the ticket section for options.
The lecturer for this event is Tracie Q. Gilbert, PhD,an educator, editor and consultant, with over 20 years experience serving urban youth, young adults, and their advocates and is the founder of Thembi Anaiya.
Lecture Description
Race is a well-established social institution, factoring into a wide range of health disparities, including those connected to sexual health. What is less understood, however, is how race has influenced not only present structural disparities, but contemporary experiences of sexuality, based on historic conceptual biases against racialized people, particularly those of African descent. Sharing highlights from historical record and present-day research, Dr. Tracie Q. Gilbert invites sexuality practitioners to consider how race informs the sexual development of clients they serve, and evaluate a unique model for advancing client-centered growth and healing.
Objectives
By the end of this lecture, participants will be able to:
- Recall 3 examples of how race and sexuality have been conceptually conflated among sexual health professionals within U.S. History.
- Describe 3 contemporary effects of racialization on contemporary sexual conceptualization among African Americans.
- Evaluate how a Black Sexual Epistemological framework could be used to increase service quality to African American populations, with particular interest in adolescents and young adults.
Presenter Bio
Tracie Q. Gilbert, PhD is an educator, editor and consultant, with over 20 years experience serving urban youth, young adults, and their advocates. She received her Masters of Science in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and her doctorate from the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University. Ms. Tracie was the 2011 winner of Women for Social Innovation's Turning Point Prize, which was used to begin the Empowered Mom's Think Tank, a 10-month initiative geared toward helping African American female caregivers talk to their young people about sensitive sexual topics. She has provided presentations for a variety of special events, including the 2012 Black Male Development Symposium, the National Clack Child Development Institute's Annual Conference, and Congressman Chakah Fattah's National Conference on Higher Education.
As an entity, Thembi Anaiya delivers fun, creative, and insightful workshops for a wide range of youth and teen audiences, as well as training and curriculum support for caregivers, teen educators and youth serving organizations. Beyond the birds and the bees, Tracie works to help everyday young people be intentional with all of who they are, and to take responsibility for their whole lives, including their sexual selves.