9:00-9:30
REGISTRATION
9:30-9:45
Welcome
9:45 - 11:00
Opening Remarks and Hartford Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative overview
by Dr. Raul Pino - Acting Director City of Hartford Health and Human
Services
Discussion AE: Adolescent Sexual Health
in Our Community Panel
The vision for this grant is:
Hartford will be a community in which all
youth will be educated and equipped to make informed decisions about
their reproductive health, and every young person is healthy and self-sufficient.
We have invited a panel of community members from different professions
and walks of life to talk about how the community can come together
and support the vision of this grant.
11:00 - 12:15
Discussion BA: What are the plans for
Community Mobilization
Discussion BS: What are the plans for Community Mobilization (Spanish
Only)
This dual session will happen at the same time but in different rooms.
For the grant, Hartford Action Plan has formed a small working group
of adults called the Community Action Team. And we have a Youth Leadership
Team as well. The purpose of both groups is to guide us as we are mobilizing
the community around the overall goals and mission of the grant. In
this discussion today, we would like to share with you more details
of our plan and receive your feedback. Your advice and experience will
help us to have a more successful plan. Please come ready to share and
exchange ideas.
Discussion BY: Video
and Discussion (Youth Only)
This session is concurrent with the ones above but in a separate room.
We are going to use a 16 min. video as a jumpstart to their discussion.
This video was written and performed by youth but directed by professional
director. It is about young lovers who struggle to make the right decision
about becoming parents. The Choices We Make addresses
relationships, fatherhood and unintended pregnancy
You can preview the video HERE
on the Scenarios website.
12:15- 12:45
BOX LUNCH and Networking
- and then on to next session.
12:45 - 2pm
Discussion CA: Study Circles & Video
Discussion CS: Study Circles (Spanish Only)
One of the most important activities in the community
mobilization plan will be the use of study circles in the neighborhoods.
Study circles or dialogue to action is the format we will use to share
the vision for the grant and engage community members to discuss the
ways we can all support it and in the end reach the CDC mandated goal
of reducing the teen birth rate in Hartford by 10% by 2015. To learn
more about study circles click HERE.
VIDEO: The last 15 mins of the discussion
will be used to show the same video the youth watched in their morning
session. This will prepare the adults to have joint discussions with
the youth in the next sassion at 2 pm. NOTE for Spanish Only:
This video does not have a spanish version. We will show the video in
a separate room and have it interpreted as it plays. We will also identify
a few spanish speaking youth to join this discussion group.
Discussion CY: What
is your role in community mobilization? (Youth Only)
We will share the community mobilization plan with the youth and discuss
ways they would like to be involved in the community and at their school.
2 - 3pm
Discussion DA-Y: Round Table discussion on the video
Discussion DS: Round Table discussion on the video (Spanish Only)
This is a time for youth and adults to share their view points on the
video The Choices We Make. We will randomly assign
youth and adults to a table discussion. Each table will have a list
of facts and questions about the video, The Choices We Make. After an
allotted time for table discussion we will ask each table to share some
key points with the rest of the group.
3:00-3:30
Closing Comments
Registration is FREE
and the deadline is
3pm on Friday Feb10th
Register early because seating is limited to
the first 60 people. In order to promote rich and open dialogue we are
limiting the number of people who can attend.
Registration allows you to identify which workshops
you will attend and let's us know whether you will be eating lunch with
us.
You will NOT be provided lunch if
you do not register.
Youth: If you are registering youth
for this conference, please contact Kier Kailas at 860-805-5481 or
email him at kkailas@teenpregnancyhartford.org .
Spanish Only: Please have spanish
only speakers contact Maria Martinez at 860-560-2733 ext 100
or mmartinez@teenpregnancyhartford.org to register.
