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Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Washington, D.C.

Panelists

  • John J. DiIulio, Ph.D., Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

  • Senator Joseph Lieberman (invited)

  • Bill Galston, Ph.D., Chair, National Campaign's Task Force on Religion and Public Values

  • Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D., Co-Director, National Marriage Project

  • Brian Wilcox, Ph.D., Director, Center on Children, Families, and the Law, Univ. of Nebraska

  • Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D., President, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  • Sister Mary Rose McGeady, President and CEO, Covenant House

  • Brenda Rhodes Miller, Executive Director, DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  • Melissa Rogers, Executive Director, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

  • Pat Funderburk Ware, President and CEO, Preserving Family Well-Being Foundation

  • Rev. Tom Davis, Chair, Planned Parenthood Clergy Advisory Board

  • Jennifer Hirsch, Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

  • Stafford Armstead, Cultural Enrichment Director, Salvation Army/Boys & Girls Club, Richmond

 

About the cosponsoring organizations:

  • The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

    seeks to promote a deeper understanding of how religion shapes the ideas and institutions of American society by creating a platform for research and discussion of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs.

  • The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

    is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the well-being of children and families by reducing teen pregnancy. Its goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one-third between 1996 and 2005.

 

Contact: Bill Albert, Communications Director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, (202) 478-8510


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