Youth Ambassador & Advocacy Program
Calling brave 15-25 year olds to lead screenings, discussions, and advocacy in their communities.
The Talk, Actually is a grassroots movement to identify the patterns of sexual harm. Organized by young people for young people, we have the ability to work outside the system and stop harm head on. Growing up in a digital culture saturated with sex but lacking in real information on how to navigate it is why we are the most vulnerable.
Young people shouldn't just hear the “The Talk”; they should have the opportunity to lead it. Through our Youth Ambassador & Advocacy Program in partnership with I Have The Right To, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing sexual assault through education, advocacy, and community engagement, we're training young people to lead conversations and facilitate film screenings in their own communities. We want to give them the knowledge, language, and confidence to ask difficult questions, challenge harmful attitudes, and help their peers do the same.
How It Works:
To become an ambassador, you will take part in an online intensive with a youth cohort led by other young people and trained professionals. This isn't lecture-style, it's real hands-on practice that combines comprehensive foundational sex education, healthy relationships, recognizing and preventing sexual harm, and trauma-informed approaches to responding when someone shares an experience of harm.
You’ll practice facilitating conversations around the film’s discussion guide - leading a talking circle with a live group of their peers, getting honest feedback, and leading their peers to do the same.
Through interactive workshops, leadership programs, and practical resources, the Ambassador and Advocacy program invites us to recognize harmful behaviors, understand boundaries, speak up for one another, and build relationships rooted in respect and accountability. Prevention, intervention, and recovery are interconnected: survivors of sexual assault are more likely to be harmed again or to harm others, so stopping harm means addressing the whole cycle. Unhealed harm can keep the cycle going, so we will learn about the whole cycle.
Sexual harm doesn't happen in a vacuum.
It happens in communities where harmful behaviors are excused, boundaries are ignored, and people are taught to stay silent instead of speaking up.
Trained Ambassadors will lead discussions on ending cycles of harm at the individual, interpersonal, and communal levels. Our Ambassadors are young people learning how to lead conversations, recognize when someone needs additional support, and connect their peers with trusted adults and appropriate resources. Ending cycles of harm starts with our own healing, then grows outward as Ambassadors bring what they’ve learned into their relationships and communities.
At the heart of this work is a simple belief: preventing sexual assault starts with education, and as young people, we have the power to change the culture around us.
Participants leave with:
A workshop outline and film discussion guide to help you lead conversations with your peers.
Presentation slides, handouts, and educational resources you can use in your school, college, sports team, youth group, or community.
Hands-on experience leading discussions, asking difficult questions, and creating space for different perspectives.
Practical tools for recognizing harmful behaviors, understanding consent, and supporting peers who may have experienced sexual assault.
Guidance on responding to disclosures, respecting privacy, understanding the limits of confidentiality, and helping someone connect with trusted adults or appropriate professional support.
The confidence to start conversations that can challenge harmful norms and encourage others to take action.
learn to talk and leave the campsite better than you found it.
Through education, honest conversations, and community action, we invite you to recognize these patterns and challenge them before they continue.
That starts with understanding our own boundaries and how we treat others. It grows when we speak up for our peers, challenge harmful attitudes, and bring what we've learned into our schools, friendships, teams, and communities
Talk to ya soon.
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