Say it out loud. Say what you’re thinking. Say what you want. Say how you feel. Talk is hot. Say it first. Say it before. Say it after.

Say it out loud. Say what you’re thinking. Say what you want. Say how you feel. Talk is hot. Say it first. Say it before. Say it after.

The talk, actually

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Become a youth AMBASSADOR
Become a youth AMBASSADOR

SILENCE DOESN’T STOP SEX FROM HAPPENING, IT JUST MAKES IT LESS SAFE.

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someone in America is sexually assaulted

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And young people are the least equipped to protect themselves.

By talking about it, young people no longer have to navigate consent, boundaries, and intimacy alone.

Talk also creates pathways to change and healing. 

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Do you know yourself? Do you know what you like?

Do you have the words to start?

how do you talk to a person that you want to be intimate with?

How do you know How the other person feels? Do you?

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The Talk, Actually

A grassroots movement organized by young people for young people who are starting conversations that change the culture around sex, consent, relationships, and power. We teach others to do the same. 

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.

Consent starts with talk.

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Consent is freely given, informed, Reversible, enthusiastic, and specific. When there is uncertainty, talking about it is the safest way to establish it.

Consent isN’T being talked about.

And it needs to be.

Because consent isn’t happening…

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There are no consistent guidelines state to state for what young people are taught. And collectively, we pay the price for this. 

THERE ARE GAPS:

Without talk about consent, bodily autonomy + safety, Title IX, healthy relationships, statutes of limitations, sexual health, and age of consent, young people are left under-informed, unprotected, and stuck in cycles of harm and shame.

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The Talk, Actually invites us to transform talk into action, starting at home, in schools, teams/clubs, friend groups, and religious communities. 

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For most kids, the “talk” just doesn't happen. 

So, let's talk about it.