Thursday, September 4, 2014

TEEN Center planning three-day event focused on helping youth thrive in Mobile Sept. 18-20


 
MOBILE, Ala. -- The Mobile County Health Department's TEEN Center is planning a three-day event: "Nurturing the Roots: Building the Village & Helping Our Youth Thrive Adolescent Conference," scheduled for Sept.18-20 in Mobile.

The goal of the initiative is to strengthen area organizations and those who serve youth throughout the community. TEEN Center team members will focus on sharing strategies to educate, engage and sustain youth and youth programming as it relates to reproductive health, organizers said. Anyone who works with teens, including through local schools, churches or at other venues throughout the community, are welcome to attend. Parents and guardians, also are invited to take part in this three-day event, health officials said.

Thurday, Sept. 18, a documentary about the importance of fatherhood will be presented by Jordan Thierry at the Ben May main branch of the Mobile Public Library downtown. The program begins at 6 p.m. and will include a discussion with Thierry, the film's director, about how to motivate active fathers and men to engage boys, especially boys of color.

Friday, Sept. 19, a day-long event is planned from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. with breakout sessions on topics that include "Effective facilitating: Making youth feel safe," "How to develop youth without judgment," "Being an askable adult," "Organizing for success: Engaging parents to reinvest in their kids" and "Tools for a successful male mentoring program." All break-out sessions will be held at The Bright Spot. in Mobile.

On Saturday, Sept. 20,  from 9 a.m. until noon, a youth rally and march will be held at The Bright Spot in Mobile, and will include speeches and presentations by the TEEN Center's Youth Leadership Team.

For more information, contact Pebbles King, a program administrator with the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, at 251-690-7525.

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