Teens Needed to Interview for Documentary

Angel (L) and Tierra, School Without Walls Seniors, testify at the City Council Youth hearing.

Are you a teen that wants to speak out on why sexual abstinence is important to you? Backstage Access Company is shooting a documentary on the real lives of teens. This shoot will happen on Saturday March 13 at 10:00 a.m., which is the last day of Abstinence Awareness Week. Please call Richard Urban at 202-544-5081 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to sign up to participate in this interview/discussion.      

Insert this flyer in you church, mosque or temple bulletin this Sunday, March 7

With a new study showing that abstinence programs are effective at reducing teen sexual activity, the celebration of Abstinence Awareness Week in Washington, DC takes on even greater importance this year. Sunday March 7 is Abstinence Awareness Sunday. Please reprint and distribute this insert to everyone in your congregation. If you would like us to publicize your Abstinence Awareness Week event, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can find activities and mini-posters here. Read Abstinence Awareness essays here.You can purchase the following ULTRA Teen Choice videos from the ULTRA Teen Choice store to facilitate education and discussion at your location:

•     Youth Forum III (Howard University-2009)
•     I Am Abstinence Working DVD
•     Youth Forum 2008 DVD
•     High School Club Formation DVD
•     STAR Guide Mentor Testimonies DVD
•     Why Wait: Classroom Peer Counseling DVD
•     Youth Forum 2007 DVD

Washington, DC Abstinence Awareness Fact Sheet
Download the fact sheet here.

• Abstinence works every time
• There is a solution for the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Abstinence
  before marriage and faithfulness within marriage.
• Abstinence is the only 100% sure way to avoid the
  negative physical, intellectual, emotional, social,
  spiritual and financial consequences of sex outside of
  marriage.
  Did you know that?:
• 1 in 16 teen girls 15 to 19 years old gets pregnant each year in DC, and in
  many DC communities, up to 60% of all teenage girls will get pregnant at least
  once?
• 2.6 % of black females and 6.5% of black males in DC are infected with
  HIV/AIDS that is diagnosed, but the actual rate is much higher?
• Over 9300 DC residents have died of AIDS?
• 93.2% of new AIDS cases among women in DC are among Black women?
• 42% of DC high school students have never had sex with twice as many
  now abstaining as compared to 1994?
• Girls who experiment with drugs or sex are two to three times more likely to
  be depressed than those who don’t.?
• Boys and girls who are sexually active are also much more likely to drink
  alcohol, smoke cigarettes, smoke marijuana, be suspended from school, or be
  arrested?
• Condoms do not provide any protection against HPV (human papillomavirus,
  the primary cause of cervical cancer) or trichomonas vaginalis, and only
  50% protection (at best) against genital herpes, gonorrhea and syphilis and
  Chlamydia?
• The number of Washington DC Chlamydia infections among teenagers almost
  doubled from 2006 to 2007 with almost 2400 teenagers infected? Chlamydia
  can lead to sterility if not treated.
• In DC’s Wards 7 & 8, 82% of all births are to single mothers?
• Prevention through abstinence will improve future outcomes for youth
  and for our city:
• Studies reveal that even in high-crime inner-city neighborhoods, well over
  90 percent of children from safe, stable, two-parent homes do not become
  delinquents. More youth waiting means more stable homes in the
  future.
  Abstinence works every time. Condoms have limited effectiveness, and do
  not deal with the emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual consequences
  of having sex. You are worth waiting for.

Download the fact sheet here.

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