Pastors: emphasize sexual abstinence until marriage in your sermon.
Teach a lesson about sexual abstinence in Sunday School.
March 7
5:30 pm
Forum: Sex; What They Don’t Tell You. Why Wait for Marriage?
Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 75 Rhode Island Ave. NW; enter at ramp on Rhode Island Ave.
5:30 p.m. Reception: (refreshments served)
6:00 p.m. Program; Speaker Tara White, author of "Don't Curse Your Wedding Bed Before You Say I Do", Youth & Adult Panel, Entertainment
March 10
6:30 pm
DC Council At-Large Candidates forum
1330 7th St. NW Building, Washington, DC, 20001 (near the Convention Center)
Community Room.
Moderator Robert Brannum. Focusing on HIV prevention including sexual abstinence, youth and family health, including encouraging both the mother and father to rear children within a family (i.e., marriage). Candidate Questionnaire
March 10
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
National Abstinence Education Association Youth Leadership Conference
Capitol Hill
Again this year, we are pleased to offer a Youth Leadership Conference. This year's event will assist young people in being articulate voices for the healthy choices they have chosen. More Information
March 11
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Abstinence Day on the Hill
Capitol Hill
The most effective communicator on behalf of abstinence education is the teen who resides in the district of a Member of Congress. The next best communicator is an abstinence supporting voter who resides in the same district. More Information
All Month
WFWP Essay Contest
For High School Youth: $500 first prize: Deadline extended to April 8, 2011
For more information, or to help:
Contact:
Richard Urban
by email
or: 202-558-5550
Abstinence Awareness Week 2011 Flier and bulletin insert: Side ASide B
Please download the flier (PDF format) by clicking on the above links, print the flier
on both sides, and distribute it or insert in your church bulletin on Sunday, February 20, Sunday February 27, and/or Sunday, March 6.
