With Natoya "Toya Sharee" Brown & Katrina Antoine
 
 
Navigating Sexual Self-Confidence As a POC: Adolescent to Whole Ass Adult” will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on the harmful and often conflicting messages that young women of color are often subjected to, in many circumstances as an attempt to keep them safe from sexual violence, trauma and pain. Unfortunately, these messages often limit them from opportunities to explore their own sexuality freely, and to become confident in seeking sexual partners, sexual experimentation, pleasurable experiences as well as clearly communicating their wants and needs and feeling comfortable in their own skin. This workshop will also
provide attendees with tools to start these conversations with youth and concrete steps on building sexual self- confidence such as body literacy, accepting and celebrating bodily changes that come with aging bodies/postpartum bodies and identifying situations that feel unsafe or harmful and how to confidently communicate your boundaries in those situations.