SYRF at IU-Bloomington!
Read about the new IU SYRF group in an article in the Indiana Daily Student (12/7/2007)
They were also featured in the Fall 2007 issue of the IRCRC newsletter, Faith & Freedom. Here's the whole newsletter in pdf format, or just read the article below:
SYRF action coming to the IU-Bloomington campus!
Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) has hired two new student programmers on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus to engage in comprehensive sex education with students and build a community that believes that you can be spiritual as well as pro-choice. The two programmers, Nina Loftspring and Jenn Queen, have been active in their campus community and are excited to work with the pro-choice community of Indiana.
Nina Loftspring, a junior, is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a triple major in History, Jewish Studies and Nonprofit Management. She hopes to be able to teach her peers about safe sex and how religious beliefs support pro- choice legislation. Jenn Queen is also a junior, double majoring in Jewish Studies and Sexual Health Education and Advocacy through the Individualized Major Program. She is excited for the opportunity to explore creative methods of broaching the subject of sexuality on a college campus, as well as planning and executing comprehensive sexuality education and sharing her knowledge with fellow IU students.
After Thanksgiving break, Nina and Jenn have planned an informal educational program called “Cookies & Condoms” where they will be distributing cookies and condoms as a way of encouraging safer sex practices. This semester they will also be engaged in a “Safe Sex Fact Campaign” where they will plaster their university campus with facts to show their campus the importance of sex education.
They are in the process of planning an interfaith panel for next semester in which members of clergy from a variety of faith-based communities will discuss how their pro-choice views relate to their spiritual background, in addition to views on love and relationships.
To get in touch with Nina or Jenn, contact IRCRC at info@ircrc.org. |
