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Upcoming Workshops
WISE GUYS CURRICULUM TRAINING
Date: October 23-24
Trainers: Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro, Inc.
Location: SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Office
Intended Audience: All youth service providers working with boys
Fee: $245 w/ curriculum; $125 w/out curriculum
Overview: Want to learn more about an award-winning program targeting young men? Wise Guys is an adolescent pregnancy and STI prevention program for young men. It is an evaluated program that has been proven successful in helping young men make better, wiser decisions about sexuality. Attending this training will prepare you to be a successful facilitator of the curriculum.
Registration available online at www.teenpregnancysc.org.
Safer Choices
Date: October 24
Trainers: Erin Johnson and Polly Edwards-Padget
Location: Trident Urban League
Fee: None
Intended Audience: Educators/Teachers
Overview: Safer choices is an integrated (HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy Prevention) research proven curriculum targeting ninth and tenth graders. This program is designed to reduce the number of students engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse during high school years.
Regional Roundtables
Dates: November 12-14
Trainers:Eric Rowles
Locations:
Region I- Mary Black Foundation
Region II-St. Andrews Methodist Church
Region III-Florence County Library
Fee: $10
Intended Audience: General Audience
Overview: In this highly interactive RRT session, participants will utilize a 4-Part Networking Tool to gauge and build upon the 4P's of their work- Program, People, Promotion and Politics. Get ready to move, smile, laugh, and share with your colleagues the work that you are engaged in and challenged with.
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Join Our Online Discussions!
Have a question that you just know other providers will be able to answer, but no time to call everyone? Well the SC Campaign's online discussion boards are a great way to network with providers from all around the state. You can become a member, post questions and have providers and other registered members answer them in a timely well-organized forum. There are already a wide range of topics being discussed on our discussion boards right now.
Registration is simple. Visit our Technical Assistance page and click the online discussion link. Create your own user name and password and begin posting questions or responses to your colleagues.
This month's topic is Calling All MAPPS Vendors.
Click here to join an online discussion.
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The BUZZ- Project Vote Smart
For some Americans there is no doubt who they will cast their votes for on election day while some are still straddling the fence between the two candidates, but one thing is clear: either Senator Barack Obama or Senator John McCain will be our next Commander in Chief. Project Vote Smart is dedicated to helping people understand the issues that are important to them and make an informed decision before heading to the polls.
Click here to view the project. |
Interested Parties
In an effort to try to shed more light and less heat during this political season, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has developed a memo to advance the conversation about preventing unplanned pregnancy. They hope it informs the discussion and inspires some new questions of candidates at all levels. They encourage you to ask specific questions as you have opportunities to interact with candidates for public office, whether at debates, forums, online, or through your local media.
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Let's Talk Month
Let's Talk Month is a national public education campaign celebrated in October and coordinated by Advocates for Youth. Let's Talk Month is an opportunity for community agencies, religious institutions, businesses, schools, media, parent groups and health providers to plan programs and activities which encourage parent/child communication about sexuality.
In the last edition of the Friday Broadcast we gave providers tips to celebrate Let's Talk Month. This week we are giving some tips for talking to young people about sexuality. Here are some door openers to having a healthy conversation:
- "What do you think?
- "That's a good question."
- "I'm trying to understand what you're feeling."
- "Do you know what that word means?"
- "I'm glad you told me that."
And these are some examples of "door slammers" in a conversation:
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"You're too young."
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"Where did you hear that?"
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"If you say that word again, I'll.."
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"That's none of your business."
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"I don't care what your friends are doing."
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That's just for boys (girls)."
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"We'll talk about that when you need to know."
Click here for more Let's Talk Month Tips. |
New Spartanburg Youth Council Billboard
The Spartanburg Youth Council has implemented an anti-alcohol, tobacco, and drug billboard campaign as part of its 2008-2009 media campaign.
The newest board highlights Red Ribbon Week, which will begin Monday, October 20. In addition to the billboards young people from Imagine That, Youth Voices, the Mayor's Service Board, SADAC YAB, and Wofford Bonner Scholars collaborated to create a film and public service announcement for the city channel.
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Palmetto Biz Buzz is Back
After an overwhelming response from so many willing reviewers Palmetto Biz Buzz has extended its Give Back Program again until December 31, 2008. As part of the Give Back program reviewers are able to give $1 for every review completed to an organization of their choice. Some special reviews are worth $2.
Reviewing local businesses is fun and easy. Simply log in to Palmetto Biz Buzz, review a business and select the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy in Columbia as your special organization for the Give Back program.
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Workshop Opportunities
TECHNO HEALTH: Health Education Conference
Save the Date for SC DHEC's Techno Health Conference to be held on October 23, 2008. Communication is at the core of effective public health. DHEC's mission to promote the public's health depends more and more on the ability to use new technology and to connect with all users. Join them at Brookland Baptist Church Conference Center in West Columbia to learn more.
For additional information, contact Molly Hayes at 803-898-3304.
E3: Celebrate Women Summit
Call the sitter. Re-arrange the bridge game. Catch the flight on the AM of the 24th. Bring the study group with you. Take a personal day--whatever you need to do! Whatever you MUST DO--you must NOT miss this event. The United Way of Anderson County presents Celebrate Women Summit. This conference will be held on October 23, 2008 at the Hilton Garden Inn and Destination Pointe Conference Center.
Girls Circle: How Girls Grow
The Girls Circle is a model of structured support groups for girls from 9-18 years. It is designed to foster self-esteem, help girls maintain authentic connection with peers and adult women in their community, counter trends toward self-doubt, and allow for genuine self-expression through verbal sharing and creative activity. Two-day staff trainings are provided by Girls Center at the Youth Learning Institute in Pickens, SC. Training dates for 2008 include: October 23-24.
For more information or to register, click here.
Healthy Teen Network 2008 National Conference and Scholarship Opportunity
This year's conference will address the increasing diversity of today's youth and ways that professionals can effectively address the challenges this poses. This year's theme is Speaking Many Languages: Respecting Diversity, Believing in Equity. The dates are October 29 - November 1 and the location is Albuquerque, New Mexico.
For more information or to register, click here. SISTA Training
SC DHEC will be offering a training of facilitators for SISTA (Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS) November 12-14, 2008. This group-level, gender-and-culturally-relevant intervention, is designed to increase condom use among African American women. Five peer-led group sessions are conducted that focus on ethnic and gender pride, HIV knowledge, and skills training around sexual risk reduction behaviors and decision making. The intervention is based on Social Learning theory as well as the theory of Gender and Power. Those trained in SISTA will also be able to facilitate the science-based program SiHLE, the teen version of SISTA. Early registration is recommended.
For more information contact James Harris, Jr. STD/HIV Division Training Coordinator at 803-898-0480 or harrisj@dhec.sc.gov.
The Center for Family Life Education
Save the date now - November 13, 2008 in Somerset, NJ - and plan to join Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ for their annual Sex Ed conference. Just as in past year's, this year's conference promises to be an exciting and useful learning forum!
For more information, click here. |
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In the News
State Budget Cuts
FreeTimes - Ounces of prevention that multiply into pounds of cure are being eliminated in a severe state budget crunch that is resulting largely from the national economic crisis. As is often the case in such situations, the neediest South Carolinians are feeling the pain worse and first.
Click here for full article.
Nonprofits Target Teen Pregnancies
Spartanburg Herald Journal - The children of teenagers pregnant in 2003 could fill 25 kindergarten classrooms in Spartanburg County this school year. The county had 700 pregnant teenage girls last year, and on average, only one in four teen moms graduates high school or earns a GED.
Click here for full article.
A Shortsided Cut
Rock Hill Herald - The decision to end a state program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy is a good example of how trying to cut costs in the short run is likely to cost the state more in the long run.
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Grants Available
National and International AIDS Awareness Programs FundedThe John M. Lloyd Foundation supports innovative, entrepreneurial projects that have a high likelihood of affecting social change with regard to HIV/AIDS. The Foundation makes grants for U.S.-based projects with a national or global scope, international projects, and locally-focused projects in California. One of the Foundation's objectives is to amplify global awareness of HIV/AIDS and to facilitate broad-based change in attitudes in order to reduce the stigma of AIDS as well as change behavior. The Foundation gives preference to nonprofit organizations that advocate for evidence-based policies, those that mobilize awareness and support for AIDS programs, and those that employ innovation to battle the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Deadline: December 15 Click here for more information.
Southern Reach Initiative
The National AIDS Fund, with support from the Ford Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, is pleased to announce the second year of the Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS) initiative. Through Southern REACH, the National AIDS Fund will award 20-30 grants, ranging from $20,000 - $75,000, to community based organizations in several states including South Carolina. Southern REACH will provide grant resources and technical support to broaden and strengthen community capacity to address HIV/AIDS for priority at-risk populations. This will be achieved through investments in the operations and programming of strategically positioned CBOs that have the demonstrated ability to reach those priority populations with HIV prevention and care services or to lead supportive policy advocacy efforts.
Click here for more information.
Youth Build Grant Competition
The YouthBuild program provides education and training to high risk youth, giving them tools to compete in today's quickly changing job market. This alternative education program provides a path to higher education in addition to tools for immediate work in high demand fields such as construction. The program aims to provide an education for young people who have been in the juvenile justice system, youth aging out of foster care, high school dropouts and other at-risk populations, and immediately uses the vocational tools learned to expand affordable housing in low income communities. This vocational experience strengthens the leadership and learning skills of participating youth to help in future employment. The program is sponsored by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Association, working to give at risk youth concrete tools to achieve sustainable employment. The Department of Labor will award $47 Million to various community organizations under this program.
Deadline: January 15, 2009
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Website of the Week:
Are You an "Undecided?" This year's presidential election has been on everyone's mind (and television) lately. However, many voters have yet to decide which candidate is worthy of their vote. If you are an 'undecided', or if you want to verify you've thrown your support to the right candidate for you, take this informative, interactive quiz. It's also a fun way for your young people to get involved in the election process!
Click here to take the quiz. |
2008 Petition for Preemies
In the United States today, more newborns die from premature birth than any other cause. One in six babies is born prematurely in South Carolina, and many children face serious health challenges or have trouble learning in school because they were born too soon.
It's time for our country to do more to help moms have healthy, full-term babies.
Sign the Petition for Preemies to help us make progress in preventing premature birth - the number of people who sign can really make a difference. The March of Dimes will urge the new president and Congress, federal and state policymakers, and the business and health care communities to move our nation forward in the areas below.
- Increase in federal support for prematurity-related research.
- Expand access to health coverage for women of childbearing age and to include smoking cessation programs as part of maternity care.
- Voluntarily assess C-section and inductions that occur prior to 39 weeks gestation to ensure consistency with professional guidelines.
- Promote a workplace that supports maternal and infant health.
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