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Making Proud Choices - Training of Educators
August 10th-12th (2.5 days)
Making Proud Choices is a science-based sexuality
education curriculum for middle school youth.
Click here to learn
more about the MPC curriculum.
For more info about this training event,
view the flyer.
Click here to Register for
the Making Proud Choices Training.
Please Note: Space is limited to 20
participants and the registration deadline for this
training is July 17th at 5:00 pm.
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Raising the Bar: Putting the Promise to
Practice in Adolescent Reproductive Health and
Support for Young Families
Pre-conference: October 7th
Conference: October 8th & 9th
COAPPP's 2009 Raising the Bar Conference will be
held at
The Curtis Hotel in
Denver. To download the flyer,
click here.
Please visit
www.raisethebarcolorado.org
to register and to view conference details.
Article by COAPPP
Executive Director Lori Casillas
LOOKING FOR LEADERS: GRASSROOTS GROUPS PUSH FOR TEEN
PREGNANCY PREVENTION IN COLORADO
Policy change realized in Colorado's sex education
law is
due in large part to the efforts of grassroots
communities demanding safety nets for our youth and
communities.
Read the complete article on
RH Reality Check.
5/6/09: From The National Campaign
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE
"I send my warmest greetings to all who are
recognizing America's National Day to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy. Despite progress over the last
decade, three out of every ten women in the United
States become pregnant."
Read more...
5/6/09: From RH Reality Check
TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION DAY SPECIAL! JANE FONDA,
SHELBY KNOX AND MORE...
RH Reality Check is an online community and
publication serving individuals and organizations
committed to advancing sexual and reproductive
health and rights.
Read the May eNews update...
5/2/09: From The Pueblo Chieftain
EDUCATION KEY TO SLOWING TEEN-PREGNANCY RATE
Each year Pueblo County fills the
equivalent of about 15 kindergarten classrooms with
children born to teen mothers.
As you know by now, Pueblo has an epidemic of teen
pregnancy, and although the nation and Colorado have
experienced significant decreases in teen pregnancy,
Pueblo has not. Read more...
5/1/09: From The New York Times
WHEN THE CELLPHONE TEACHES SEX EDUCATION
The special cellphone, set on vibrate,
begins to whir. Throughout North Carolina,
anonymous teenagers are texting questions to it
about sex. Read more...
4/28/09: From the National Partnership for Women
and Families
MANY TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
FACE FUNDING CUTS
Hundreds of not-for-profit teenage
pregnancy prevention and comprehensive sex education
programs across the U.S. are facing budgetary
constraints as a result of the economic downturn and
reductions in public and private funding, which
could threaten the ability of many centers to
continue operations, the
Wall Street Journal
reports.
Read more...
4/23/09: From The Pueblo Chieftain
CITY SCHOOLS LIKELY TO USE
SCIENCE-BASED SEX ED COURSE
The Pueblo City Schools Board of
Education is likely to get a recommendation that it
continue to use the sex education program it has now
and not use a federally funded abstinence program.
Read more...
4/23/09: From The Pueblo Chieftain
CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN
PREGNANCIES COMING TO PUEBLO
Officials from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy will be in Pueblo May 6 to help local
health educators mark the National Day to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy. Katherine Suellentrop, senior
manager for the research program at the national
agency, said that representatives were going to be
in Colorado and state teen pregnancy prevention
officials suggested they come to Pueblo where rates
are rising and the problem is considered acute.
Read more...
4/23/09: From The Associated Press
FDA TO ALLOW 'MORNING-AFTER'
PILL FOR 17-YEAR-OLDS
Women's groups cheered the government's
decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the
"morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a
doctor's prescription, but conservatives denounced
it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.
Read more...
4/14/09: From Healthy Teen Network
FREE WEBCAST ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH DISPARITIES
Registration is now open for the
National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health's (NIIAH)
third of three free webcasts on adolescent health
disparities. Please join the stellar panel in
this important discussion on April 29, 2009.
To register for the webcast or to view the archived
webcast
click here...
4/2/09: From The Kaiser Family Foundation
MTV UNWRAPS GYT: GET YOURSELF TESTED
MTV and the
Kaiser Family Foundation, working with
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
and its nationwide network of health centers, and
other partners nationwide, today officially unveiled
GYT: “Get Yourself Tested,” a campaign to
increase testing for sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) among those under 25 years old.
Read more...
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