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QUOTE
“Any time you stand up for what you believe, there’s value in it.”
- A.C. Green (former L.A. Lakers forward, on promoting abstinence despite recent surveys questioning virginity pledges, The (WA) News Tribune, January 6, 2009)
RESOURCES
www.isittherighttime.com
May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. For more information check out this website dedicated to the topic.
CDC says 1.1 million Americans are HIV positive; 20% don’t know it
As survival of HIV/AIDS patients increases, so do new infections which in turn increase the burden on health care. New reporting methods indicate that more people are being infected annually than previously estimated.
John Randolph Advocates for Abstinence Education
“John Randolph is a licensed social worker who has worked extensively with HIV/AID clients. His experiences have caused him to become an advocate of abstinence education, after seeing so many individuals affected by this health crisis who practiced ‘safe/r sex’! Click here to read his open letter to abstinence education providers in our country. The thoughts and opinions reflected in this letter are solely those of Mr. Randolph’s. They do not reflect the position of any social work agency or medical facility that he has been associated with.”
Teen Sex & Pregnancy: Part of a Bigger Problem
There is nothing worse for any physician than to find a dangerous medical problem in a patient and feel powerless to help. That’s how the whole country seems to feel as it hears about gloomy statistics on teen pregnancy released this month from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Abstinence Education Association
Looking Ahead: 2009 Policy Brief for Abstinence Education” defines abstinence education and its value to our country. www.abstinenceassociation.org
Helping America’s Youth is a nationwide effort to raise awareness about the challenges facing our youth, particularly at risk boys, and to motivate caring adults to connect with youth in three key area: family, school, and community.
The A.C. Green Youth Foundation is about building character, building strong bodies, and strong minds, winning and losing with dignity, teamwork, and sacrifice. We provide programs that ignite dreams and an abstinence program that says it’s O.K. to wait until marriage. In short, we are building team leaders. Leaders who, in their individual capacity, no matter what their station in life, will be able to stand up for what is right instead of wrong, and in fact, will be their brother’s keeper.
