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First-of-its kind resource will bring Americans accessible,
accurate information on sexual health, education and rights
WHAT:
Official opening of the National Sexuality Resource Center
(NSRC) in San Francisco and the launch of its website www.nsrc.sfsu.edu.
The first of its kind resource in the United States, NSRC is a
project of the Human Sexuality Studies Program at San Francisco State
University
with funding from the Ford Foundation. The opening is by invitation
only.
WHEN:
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Ribbon Cutting at 2:00 PM
WHERE:
2017 Mission Street (at 16th Street) Suite 300, San Francisco,
California
WHO:
Speakers at opening ceremony and Web site launch will include:
• David
Satcher, M.D., Director, National Advisory Council on Sexual
Health and National Primary Care Center, Morehouse
College of Medicine; former Surgeon General of the United States
• Gilbert
Herdt, Ph.D., Director, National Sexuality Resource Center
• Robert
A. Corrigan, Ph.D., President, San Francisco State University
• Judy
Young, health educator, University of California Berkeley;
community representative
WHY:
Americans are in desperate need of accurate information about
sexuality -- at the most basic level of knowing what research
and policy have to say about biological facts, disease prevention,
and how to sustain a healthy and pleasurable sexual relationship
across life. NSRC will serve as a bridge to this information
for the public, academics, and community advocates. NSRC will
be a
research center as well as a clearinghouse, connecting science
and training and conducting conferences and workshops that will
provide positive knowledge to replace the fear-based image of
sexuality now so pervasive. NSRC’s innovative web-based
tools will be user-friendly, free and accessible to all.
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NSRC Director Gil Herdt available for interviews at and before
opening. Contact Geoffrey Knox at 917-414-1749.
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