Jenny Briggs 05/19/2022

Jenny Briggs, program director of Amplify Youth Health Collective, describes her experience growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and her career as a sexual health educator. She talks about the work Amplify does in Tulsa Public Schools and the importance of sexual health education. Briggs discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her family and work including having to transition to a virtual educational environment and the concern of cutting students off from necessary resources and support systems. She describes some of the strategies they utilized to continue to support students and emphasizes the need for support, care, and empathy when working with students and providing sexual health advocacy.