Lisa Schulze is the first VTT guest, teaching us how to be more Askable Adults

Lisa is the Education and Training Manager over at the Women’s Fund of Omaha. She’s also been an educator for Planned Parenthood of the

Heartland, a guest reviewer for the American Journal of Sexuality Education, and a trainer for Answer on sex education for persons with intellectual disabilities at

Rutgers University. For our breakout Virtual Table Talks, Lisa sat down with our Program Partner Katherine to talk about what it means to be an Askable Adult.

This is a great forum for anyone who interacts with youth to hear about creating open, non-judgmental and affirming environments to hold space for challenging but important conversations with youth and young adults.

Why We Choose to Say Physical Distancing

You'll notice that we made a switch in terminology from "social" distancing to physical distancing. The concept of social distance predates our current circumstances, and has typically been used to describe the degree to which social interaction is accepted or rejected among individuals of different groups (racial, ethnic, gender, culture, or class). We believe that to call our current practice "social distancing" would be a misnomer, because what we're actually doing is remaining physically distant. In fact, as social interactions have moved more online, we feel as though we've seen a greater level of social interaction.

We've also heard a number of first hand reports from members of our Asian American community who have been subject to threats and overt violence since the outbreak of COVID-19. We are vehemently opposed to such acts. As such, we want to reinforce the message that the physical distancing that we're engaging in right now does not and should never mean social exclusion.