About the Author
Christopher Pepper is an award-winning educator with a unique background in teaching, journalism, rape prevention, and curriculum development. He coordinates San Francisco Unified School District’s Young Men’s Health Project, which brings middle and high school boys together in small groups to talk about relationships, emotions, and healthy masculinity. After seeing a need for better sex ed lessons in his own classroom, Pepper helped create Be Real. Be Ready., a groundbreaking sexuality education curriculum that is now used in schools around the world. He also worked with the New York Times Learning Network to develop “The Reckoning: Teaching About the #MeToo Moment and Sexual Harassment,” a large package of discussion prompts and classroom lessons. He’s been published in The San Francisco Chronicle, Edutopia, and Greater Good Magazine, and interviewed in USA Today, Mother Jones, Mic, and on National Public Radio. In addition to being a father of two boys, he has also helped parent a foster son.
