Real Life. Real Talk.® is a bold, nationwide, social change effort. Its aim is to positively change the social climate in communities by creating more open, honest, and balanced talk about sex and health. A more positive social climate will, over time, help to ensure that people — particularly young people — have adequate information and services to enable them to make healthy sexual choices. As examples from social movements show, getting people to talk openly and publicly about an issue — particularly a sensitive or stigmatized issue — is a critical step in making social change happen. Once people believe they are allowed to talk honestly about sex, and once they question the consequences of silence, we believe a cascade of positive behavior change in sexual health will follow.

Real Life, Real Talk in New Haven, Connecticut

Real Life. Real Talk. in New Haven is a coalition composed of 37 local partner organizations from across the cultural and ideological spectrum: parent groups, public health agencies, faith groups, educators, civic leaders, public officials, libraries, and others. Real Life. Real Talk. provides New Haven parents with the tools, understanding, and motivation to talk about healthy sexuality by engaging them in a series of free parent workshops hosted by the coalition partners.

Real Life, Real Talk in Maine

me.rlrt.org is the website of Real Life. Real Talk., initiated by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, along with a broad coalition of diverse community organizations who have come together to do something we all think is necessary: reframe sexuality as a component of healthy relationships, instead of as a commodity, the way it is often promoted in popular media. Partners include local and community public health organizations, faith organizations, schools, civic leaders, media, and public libraries. me.rlrt.org aims to create a safe and interactive online community of parents who are seeking guidance and support on how to have those conversations in their families and communities.

Real Life, Real Talk in Rhode Island

Real Life. Real Talk. among the Central Falls, Pawtucket and Providence communities in Rhode Island is a coalition composed of a broad swath of partner organizations from across the cultural and ideological spectrum: parent groups, public health agencies, faith groups, educators, civic leaders, public officials, libraries, and others. Real Life. Real Talk. provides Rhode Island parents with the tools, understanding, and motivation to talk about healthy sexuality by engaging them in a series of free parent workshops hosted by the coalition partners.