Young Women Of Distinction
" It's choosing to listen that makes all the difference! "
Almost no one thinks
it's a good idea for unwed teenagers to become parents. It would be the
odd parent, indeed, who counseled their own teenage son or daughter to
start a family. Most parents hope that their children will finish
school, find a job, and marry before they take on the burdens of
parenthood. But what the majority of parents, almost regardless of race
or social class, want for their own children is not what we have.
Instead, 40 percent of all girls in the United States become pregnant before their twentieth birthday, and one out of every five goes on to become a teen mother. The overwhelming majority of these young mothers are unmarried and end up poor and on welfare. Certainly, recent social trends are encouraging. Teen pregnancy rates have declined almost as sharply during the 1990s as they had increased in the preceding two decades. And for the first time, teen birth rates are dropping not because more teens are having abortions but because fewer of them are getting pregnant in the first place.
These recent declines auger well for the future, but it is worth remembering that teenage pregnancy rates in America are still at least twice as high as in other industrialized countries and about as high as they were in the early 1970s. About half of these pregnancies are carried to term while the remainder either end with a miscarriage or are terminated by an abortion. Very few teen mothers put their babies up for adoption, or marry the baby's father, a marked departure from practices 30 or 40 years ago.
When members of Congress enacted
the new welfare law in 1996, they put at least as much emphasis on
reducing teen and out-of-wedlock pregnancy as they did on requiring
work. Yet states have been reluctant to take up this challenge,
preferring to emphasize job placement and other strategies designed to
move recipients into the workforce. in my view, that's shortsighted:
Much greater attention should be given to encouraging young people to
defer childbearing until they are ready to be parents.
"Welfare Reform and Reducing Teen Pregnancy" written by Isabel V. Sawhill
Only 1 of 2 students graduate high school in US cities: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Three out of 10
US public school students do not graduate from high school, and major city
school districts only graduate one out of two students, according to a study
released Tuesday. In a report on graduation rates around the country, the EPE
Research Center and the America Promise Alliance also showed that the high
school graduation rate -- finishing 12 grades of school -- in big cities falls
to as low as just 34.6 percent in Baltimore, Maryland and barely over 40 percent
for the troubled Ohio cities of Columbus and Cleve- land. And it said that black
and native American student's have effectively a one-in-two chance of getting a
high school diploma. "Our analysis finds that graduating from high school
in America's largest cities amounts, essentially, to a coin toss," the study
said. "Only about one-half (52 percent) of students in the principal school
systems of the 50 largest cities complete high school with a
diploma."
"Pregnancy
Pact"
Based on 2003-2004 data, the report said that across the country the graduation average for public school students is 69.9 percent, with the best success rate in suburbs--74.9 percent--and rural districts--73.2 percent. Asian-Americans score the highest graduation rate, at 80 percent, with whites at 76.2 percent and Hispanics at 57.8 percent. Women graduate at a much higher rate than men, 73.6 percent to 66.0 percent. In the country's city schools, the study found that in urban areas generally, just 60.4 percent graduate, and in the principal school districts of the top 50 cities, barely half graduate. Detroit's main school district scored a graduation rate of 24.9 percent. New York, the country's largest city, has a graduation rate for its main school district of 45.2 percent, and L.A, the second largest, of 45.3 percent. Only five of the principal school districts topped the national average.
Young Women Of Distinction
Presents:
"Living Life Over Starting Life!"
"It's choosing to listen that makes all the difference!"
Presents:
"Today's Girls, Tomorrow's Leaders"
To Acknowledge, Uplift & Empower!
Helping To Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Empowerment Campaign
2010-2011
"The Uncompromising Young Women Of Distinction Award"
To create a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for selected high school girls' who set their standards high on their journey into womanhood. To graduate high school without pregnancy is such a mature, responsible and monumental choice to make that we want to show our deep, profound appreciation. They deserve to be acknowledged! For most of these young ladies, travel even 100 miles outside of their respective hometowns (except to visit family) and to also meet and connect with successful women is unheard of and to be afforded the opportunity to do so will leave an exciting an indelible impression that will last a lifetime! As far as we're concerned, the only thing a 18-21 yr old woman should be worrying about is if she will start her own business or go to college and what items she will bring to her new college dorm, which sorority she will join and what contribution her education will allow her in giving back! We are proud to acknowledge these wonderful, young women in our communities!
We want to be able to award and arm our young women with something that will last, follow and fund her for a lifetime...a membership into an elite vacation club! Global Resorts Network is one of thee most exciting, prestigious income producing, personal vacation clubs around! For our young women to be able to have one in her possession will not only allow her to get away and relax when she wants to but it will also allow her to create a financial portfolio that will support her in whatever endeavor's she so chooses. Global Resorts Network is the key to her future and the key to allowing her to reach back and help someone else!
"Living Life Over Starting Life!"
"It's choosing to listen that makes all the difference!"
Remember:
"It takes an ENTIRE village to raise a child but it first must start with a willing participant."
"Make a plan and take action so your dreams will become a reality. You first must desire to be more than you are now, and then you must have steady goals so your dreams can come true!"
Tuskegee University's Womens Glee Club
Tuskegee University Womens Glee Club's rendition of The Clark Sisters-
"You brought the sunshine"
Crossing The Threshold:
Opening Your Door To Successful Relationships
By Talayah G. Stovall
Opening Your Door To Successful Relationships
By Talayah G. Stovall
Choosing a life mate is a serious decision which will impact the rest of your life. It is a decision that can make or break you. Don't settle for second best; it is not worth it in the long run. Solid relationships are built on friendship, honesty and sincerity.
Proverbs 7:5 warns us to: "Beware of the stranger who flatters us with words." Some people will tell you what you want to hear, but their actions will reveal that they are totally insincere.
"Some people are occupying a front row seat in your life, when they ought to be in the balcony. We need to become ushers and escort them to their appropriate place in our lives and leave room in the front row for the special person who should occupy that front row seat."
The Connecticut Teen Pregnancy Prevention Website is designed for service providers on the front lines. Our goal is to provide
you with current and useful information about preventing adolescent
childbearing in Connecticut.
This Web site is a product of the Family Planning Program in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of
Connecticut Health Center. Funding is provided through a grant from the
Connecticut Department of Social Services.
SPOT LIGHT Presents:
Tracy Burton:
A beautiful wife, mother and no holds barred, executive on the move....
Jane Hudson/Her magazine
Tracy Burton:
A beautiful wife, mother and no holds barred, executive on the move....
Jane Hudson/Her magazine
Tracy Burton, 37, says her passion is education and the arts. The owner
of Diamond Pointe Properties and BVS of Eastern N.C., she says her
proudest accomplishment is starting a scholarship fund for seniors in
the Pitt County public schools.
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Be Encouraged...
The only survivor of a shipwreck had washed up onshore of a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for GOD to rescue him and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forth-coming. Exhausted, he managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements and store his personal possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he returned to find his little hut up in flames, with smoke billowing into the sky. The worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried.
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his recuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.
It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.
Remember that the next time your hut seems to be burning down to the ground. It may just be that smoke signal that is summoning, God.
