Branding

If GCAPP could get a marketing firm to identify a "slogan or campaign" symbol, and all direct providers of adolescent pregnancy prevention initiatives in Guilford County decided to use this "slogan or campaign symbol" do you think we could brand teen pregnancy into the vision of our community. Until as a community we accept the fact that we must address this issue and attempt to alleviate unplanned,unwanted teen pregnancies, we cannot resolve the problem. Come on people- let's get on board.

Denial is not bliss

As a county, state and nation we continue to deny that adolesent pregnancy is a huge problem. As a county, our rate of adolescent pregnancy is worse than the State's rate. As a State, we are the ninth worse in the United States. As a nation, we have the worse teenage pregnancy rate of any industrialized country. Yet, we won't talk about sex and yet every commercial, song, advertisement, and billboard alludes to sex.. sells with sex. Wake up Guilford...Wake up North Carolina...Wake up America...Wake up parents. Talk with your children about sex. Everyone else does!!

Community Summit

Dr. Keith Debbage, Professor of Urban Development at UNCG, reports that a measure of a community's health is its teenage pregnancy rate. Furthermore, he states that Greensboro and Guilford County's high teenage pregnancy rate (56.8 per 1,000 teens age 15-19) provides bad economic news for our community. As a community, we have got to address this issue. Young people deserve the right to have a life - both as a teenager and as an adult. The two should not have to overlap and merge. I propose we have a community summit to address this issue and as a community, let's work together to prevent unintended teenage pregnancies. I know we can.