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2004 Reception and Awards |
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Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy announced a preliminary the 2002
(most recent) teen pregnancy rate for the District of Columbia at its
Conversation Changers Reception on Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the Arbor Ballroom and Conference Center, located on the campus of The Washington Times.
(right) Vincent
Gray (DC Campaign board member), Helena Valentine (award recepient),
Brenda Rhodes Miller (DC Campaign executive director) and Fred
Valentine at the reception following the award ceremony.
“Since DC Campaign began in 1999, the teen
pregnancy rate has fallen significantly.
Despite the good news,
this is no time for complacency. At 74.4 per 1,000 girls 15-19,
DC continues to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the
nation” said Brenda Rhodes Miller, executive director of DC
Campaign.
This
year, during Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, DC Campaign presented its
fifth annual Conversation Changers award to Mrs. Helena
Valentine. She was the former director of the Catholic Charities
after-school program, Teen Life Choices for 14 years.
Mrs. Valentine also pioneered developing partnerships, coalitions and
relationships to help make teen pregnancy a thing of the past.
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