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Press Release: 2007-11-28

EMBARGOED UNTIL WED., CONTACT: Richard Urban NOVEMBER 28, 5:30 PM 202-544-5081 202-255-4567 (Cell) Washington, D.C. – A directive abstinence program offered to Washington DC public school youth is set to be eliminated and the program’s provider, ULTRA Teen Choice, barred from the city’s schools if new Health Standards are adopted, according to the non-profit group. The group claims that since ULTRA Teen Choice doesn’t promote the acceptance of homosexuality, abortion, and contraception, activists, including those from METRO TeenAIDS, another provider, are lobbying for its ouster from the...

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Emails from the Local School Restructuring Team and the Chancellor's Office

From: Eatman, Brandon (MS) [mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:14 AMTo: Richard UrbanSubject: RE: STOP HIV/AIDS & support our youth! Mr. Urban, The LSRT is against Ultra Teen Choice continuing at Stuart-Hobson Middle School. They say that your program does not match the DCPS health standards and they do not want an abstinanace only program at Stuart-Hobson. If you have any questions you can email LSRT chairperson Rachel Kimboko ... This email address is being protected from...

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Response to Proposed Health Education Standards

DC Youth Need Character-Based Sex Education, Not More Condoms        District of Columbia Public Schools first released draft Health Learning Standards on July 2, 2007. There is much that is good about the standards.  The majority of the material is appropriate in terms of age and learning standards.  However, there are serious flaws in the materials.  The standards lack an overarching directive approach that seeks the best for our youth by encouraging them to abstain from sex before marriage.  Youth should be asked, encouraged and supported to live up to the highest standards, not...

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Testimony on the Proposed Health Standards for DC Public Schools

Chancellor Rhee and Honorable Members of the DC State Board of Education. My name is Richard Urban. I am the Executive Director and co-founder of ULTRA, or Urban Life Training & Reality Assessment, Teen Choice. ULTRA Teen Choice is a youth empowerment program that guides youth toward the formation of two parent families and positive character development by emphasizing the benefits of abstinence from drugs, alcohol, and sex before marriage. We serve schools, community based and faith based organizations.  The program provides HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy prevention education plus...

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Tina May Email

Eatman, Brandon (MS) From: Ed Lazere [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.] Sent:      Friday, March 09, 2007 7:04 AM To:       Tina May; Sherry Trafford; Jackie & Daryl Sink; TownsendPineFamily; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Kathleen Brown; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Laurie Heim; Riehie, Barbara; Robert...

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