Awards

Every year, The CFLE honors an outstanding leader in sexuality education with the Golden Brick Award.  Named in honor of legendary sexuality educator Peggy Brick, the award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of sexuality education both in New Jersey and throughout the nation.

This year, we will be introducing a new award:  The Sex Ed Impact Award.  This new award will be given to an individual, organization, and/or media (books, television, films, etc) that has positively impacted the field of sexuality education in the last year.  Note – the individual or organization’s primary work does not need to relate to sexuality education.   

This year’s Golden Brick Award recipient will be Susie Wilson.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy will receive our first annual Sex Ed Impact Award.

 

Susan N. Wilson, MSEd, served for 23 years as the executive coordinator of Answer (formerly the Network for Family Life Education), located in the Center for Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Ms. Wilson now serves as Senior Advisor to Answer.  Considered a state and national leader in the fight for effective sexuality education with a particular emphasis on teen-to-teen communication, Wilson planned and managed the operations of a resource, advocacy, and technical assistance organization committed to creating sexuality education programs in public schools and community agencies. While serving on the New Jersey State Board of Education, she led the effort to adopt a policy requiring sexuality education in elementary and secondary schools.

Past Golden Brick Award Recipients
2005 – Peggy Brick
2006 – Joan O’Leary
2007 – Dr. Robert T. Francoeur
2008 – Carole Adamsbaum
2009 – Sue Montfort
2010 – Dr. Eva S. Goldfarb    

 

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is “to improve the well-being of children, youth, families, and the nation by preventing unplanned and teen pregnancy”.  The CFLE is pleased to recognize and honor The National Campaign for its research, advocacy, and initiatives supporting effective sexuality education.  Some of its current initiatives include www.Bedsider.org, www.SexReally.com, and www.StayTeen.org, as well as collaboration with MTV’s teen reality programs “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom”.