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- Prescott, AZ: North Star Youth Partnership will be hosting a variety of events to recognize the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy as well as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month:
- They will begin with their annual kick-off event, Teen Maze, a life-size game board, which will be attended by over 1,200 area teens. Teen Maze will present information on STDs, teen pregnancy, depression, media influence, safe dating, date rape, legal advice, substance abuse, and much more. At this event, they will distribute materials to encourage teens to take the National Day quiz.
- On May 5th, they will host their annual Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Breakfast which is attended by governmental officials, school personnel, youth and community leaders. Attendees are given information to help distribute throughout the community and offer suggestions on how to educate others about teen pregnancy. During this breakfast, they will also recognize their Teen Leaders and Peer Mentors and showcase their activities and projects, as well as announce their 4th Annual Community Youth Advocate Award.
- Their Teen Leaders and Peer Mentors will also host lunchtime booths at local high schools to help educate their peers about teen pregnancy, encourage them to take the quiz, and distribute National Campaign materials.
- On May 15th, they will host their 9th annual Girls & Sports Day for 350 girls ages 7-16 which combines health information, motivational speakers, and a variety of sports stations -- all to help girls make good choices in their lives and promote a healthy lifestyle.
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- Grass Valley, CA: Nevada County Citizens for Choice is working with the Connecting Health Options, Individual Choices and Educational Services (CHOICES) club at Sierra College to make National Day posters, hand out literature about pregnancy prevention, and distribute condoms with information about their resources pasted inside. They will also distribute flyers promoting CHOICE and the services provided by their reproductive healthcare clinic.
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- Cororado Springs, CO: General William Mitchell High School will host a student assembly with messages about safer sex and resisting peer pressure. They also plan to have a group of teen moms help make a PSA about the struggles of being a teen mom. This group, along with the school’s peer counselors, will distribute materials and encouraging students to take the National Day Quiz during lunch periods.
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- Waterbury, CT: Participants from the Leadership Greater Waterbury program will host a forum on May 6th at the University of Connecticut campus in Waterbury for middle and high school students and their parents. Guest speakers will include teen parents and professionals who have had first hand experience working with pregnant and parenting teens. The professionals will discuss issues related to teen pregnancy prevention and the importance of parent-child communication. The goal of this event is to help eliminate boundaries and foster discussions between teens and their parents.
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- Broward County, FL: Hispanic Unity of Florida is recognizing the National Day for the first time with their Wise Teen Time Monopoly Game. The objective of the game is to make students reflect on the importance of the life choices they make as teens and the long-term consequences of poor decisions, such as teen pregnancy. At the end of the game, students will discuss the game’s main lessons and winning students will receive prizes.
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- Joliet, IL: The Housing Authority of Joliet’s Unity in Service program will conduct the National Day Quiz at their family site computer labs for the third year in a row. They also plan to host a panel discussion with teen parents discussing how life has changed since becoming parents.
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- Baltimore, MD: The Baltimore City Health Department Bureau of Adolescent and Reproductive Health’s family planning clinics will conduct waiting room presentations and distribute safer sex kits to the community to educate and increase awareness about teen pregnancy prevention. The teen participants in the Carrera Young Executives after school program will also participate in the National Day Quiz.
- Oxon Hill, MD: Parents Empowering Families & Communities (PEFAC) will work with the Prince George’s Hospital’s Sexual Assault Center to host a May 1st seminar, “Things to Consider Before You Consider Having Sex,” for youth and their families. The seminar will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the Oxon Hill Library located at 6200 Oxon Hill Road in Oxon Hill, MD. Attendees will learn the importance of planning how to handle sexually charged situations, how to respond to sexual pressure, and tips for parents/grandparents to help their youth avoid teen pregnancy. Attendees will be encouraged to complete the National Day Quiz.
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- Everett, MA: The Empowering Youth in our Community Program at Everett High School is planning a day-long Teen Pregnancy Prevention event on the National Day. All Health classes (more than 450 youth) will be invited to interactive presentations on teen pregnancy prevention and a quiz-show event. The day will culminate with a Q&A panel with a teen parents.
- Lowell, MA: The United Teen Equality Center, Inc. is planning an afternoon event on National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Their Young Women’s TOP group is organizing the event to raise awareness of teen pregnancy, STI prevention, and other related issues. The event will include games, discussion groups, and other fun activities for teens.
- Springfield, MA: Tapestry Health's Springfield family planning clinic plans on having a teen “drop in and take the quiz” event on May 5th from 3-5 pm. Computers will be available for teens to take the quiz and stay for some interactive activities around the issue of teen pregnancy. Flyers will be distributed to advertise the event, as well as a press release. The YEAH (Youth Empowerment and Adolescent Health) Network in collaboration with Tapestry Health is holding a daylong conference on May 6th. The main topic of the conference will be regarding access issues for teens seeking reproductive health services.
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- Royal Oak, MI: School District of the City of Royal Oak is planning to support the National Day with numerous activities at Royal Oak High School and Royal Oak Middle School. At the high school, they plan make computers available for students to take the National Day Quiz on May 5th. They also plan to distribute flyers and National Day promotional items to encourage teens to participate. In addition, the are holding a "Stay Teen in Royal Oak" Youth Resource Fair on May 13th during luch where they will encourage teens to get involved. They are also planning teen pregnancy discussions for various clubs, including their Be the Change Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and Gay-Straight Alliance . In the middle school, the plan to reach out to the parents of 7th and 8th grade students with information about the event. They will also link to the National Day Quiz from their website, issue a press release in support of the event, submit articles and letter to the editor to local newspapers, and reach out the local community groups to encourage them to get involved.
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- Minneapolis, MN: The Independent Living Skills program at YouthLink, a drop-in center for homeless and precariously housed adolescents, is a planning a sexual education expo for the National Day. They will have 15-20 vendors at the event with information on various sexual health topics. They also plan to offer a series of five workshops on various issues, including pregnancy prevention, STI/HIV testing, and more.
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- New York, NY: The Young Mothers Mentoring Program at Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC will acknowledge the National Day and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month by hosting an event called "Teen Talk." At the event, teen mothers from their program will talk to mentees from their other programs about the realities of being a teen parent.
- Oswego County, NY: The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services program of Oswego County BOCES is currently hosting a YouTube Public Service Announcement (PSA) Video Contest. The contest is open to 9th-12th graders in their nine country school districts. The wining PSA video will be shown at their legislative proclamation ceremony declaring May National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month in Oswego County. Please email cbuzzanca@oswegoboces.org or call (315) 963-4360 for more information about the contest.
- Penn Yan, NY: Family Planning Center, a division of Finger Lakes Community Health, is working with their trained Peer Educators team for a week long event in their local high school and middle school. They plan to host tables at lunch time with information about pregnancy prevention; convene peer educator sessions with middle school students about teen pregnancy prevention; reach out to parents through an open house night; allowing students to participate in the National Day Quiz during class time; and host a teen pregnancy-themed movie event for teens.
Additionally, their newly established Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force will be putting together resource packets about teen pregnancy prevention and community resources to send to local schools and organizations. They will also making library displays that will encourage everyone to take the National Day Quiz and become educated about teen pregnancy.
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- Portland, Oregon: Teen Council, a peer education group with Planned Parenthood - Columbia Willamette, is planning the following activities to support the National Day.
- Info Bags: Teen Council will be tabling at their individual schools and handing out information bags containing condoms, applicable statistics about teen pregnancy, and common sex myths among teenagers.
- Movie Night: Teen Council will be showing movies about the responsibilities and challenges surrounding getting pregnant at a young age. Students will host the movie night in their new teen space and teens from all Portland schools are invited to attend. They will give an opening presentation informing attendees about the issue. Following the viewing of movies, a short debriefing session and discussion will be run by the Teen Council members.
- Burma-Shave Awareness Signs: The Burma-Shave technique is a way to post ideas, signs or advertisements along the edge of roadways, spaced for sequential reading by passing motorists. Teens will make signs indicating the need for sexual health education and statistics about teen pregnancy on a local, state and national level. They will be placed outside of the new Planned Parenthood building.
- School Announcements: Teen Council members will create an informative morning announcement about the National Day. Students will be encouraged to ask Teen Council members questions about teen pregnancy, safe sex or resources and they will receive answers, stickers, and resource information.
- Potty Press: Students will create a “Potty Press” newsletter filled with important facts and information about how to prevent teen pregnancy. These awareness newsletters will be posted on the inside door of bathroom stalls for people to read.
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- Dallas, TX: Girls Living Life On Purpose, Inc. is collaborating with several other community organizations to host an event entitled “No Baby! You Ain't Ready Rally for Teen Girls” to raise awareness around is issue of teen pregnancy. The event will take place on Saturday, May 1st at the Center for Community Cooperation.
- Galveston, TX: The Galveston County Teen Parenting Coalition will distribute fact cards detailing local teen pregnancy statistics with the goal of raising awareness in the community. They are also hosting their Annual Teen Parent Roundup in April where they will encourage students to participate in National Day activities. At this workshop, teen parents from various schools in the Galveston area will present on various issues, including education, health concerns, and the realities of teen parenting.
- Houston, TX: The teenREACH Program of Planned Parenthood Houston and Southeast Texas is hosting their 2nd Annual R.E.A.C.H. Summit in honor of National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The summit focuses on Responsibility, Education, Action, Choices, and Helping others prevention unplanned pregnancy and other negative consequences of sex. Attendees will participate in interactive workshops, be able to take the National Day Quiz, access information from partnering agency booths, and share experiences. Sessions will be offered for teens, teen parents, and adults separately.
- San Antonio, TX: Project WORTH and the Healthy Futures Alliance will host a National Day press conference on May 5th, inviting local officials, parents, teens, schools and community partners. The event will kick-off four city wide town hall meetings across San Antonio. The town hall meetings will include recent data on teen pregnancy, local programs that work on teen pregnancy prevention, provide an overview of the local media campaign Me Now Baby Later (www.MeNowBabyLater.com) and promote the online quiz. The town hall meetings will take place on May 6th, May 13th, May 20th, and May 27th.
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