2008 Conference
Proceedings


Plenary Sessions
Welcome and Opening Remarks
1. Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Poverty in America
2. BFF? The Media as Teens’ Best Friend Forever – How Media Impacts Teens’ Thinking, Culture and Expectations
3. In Sickness and In Health
5. The State of the Union: When States Invest in Family Formation
6. National Fatherhood Initiative Legacy Campaign
7. Speak, Brother! A View of Media, Marriage and Faith in America

Track A - Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood
1. Strengthening Families – Connecting Fathers
2. How to Keep the Fire Burning in Your Marriage
3. Supporting Young Families: Understanding Young Fathers
4. Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons
5. Overcoming Trends In African American Family Formation

Track B - Youth and Young Adults
1. The Toolbox: Tools for Building and Maintaining Relationships
2. It’s More Than Romance: Becoming “Relationship Smart”
3. The Toolbox: Tools for Building and Maintaining Relationships (Repeat)
4. Kiss and Tell: What Teens Say About Love, Trust, and Other Stuff
5. Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons (Repeat)

Track C - Faith Based and Community Initiatives
1. Does Marriage Stand a Prayer? An Examination of a Research and Practice Model
2. Churches Re-connecting Ex-offenders to Family and Community
3. PEN OR PENCIL: “For Better, For Worse,” The National Alliance of Faith and Justice Strengthening Marriages and Families Initiative
4. Making Marriages That Last
5. Black Church Engagement: A Perspective on Healthy Marriage, Fatherhood, and Prisoner Re-entry

Track D - Media
1. Teen and Media by the Numbers: Using Media to Encourage Positive Behaviors.
3. The New Media: Using Arts, Activism and Media to Reach and Challenge Youth
5. Teen and Media by the Numbers: Using Media to Encourage Positive Behaviors (Repeat)

Track E - Health
1. Sweet as Sugar: The Impact of Diabetes and Other Health Challenges on African American Marriage and Relationships
2. Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up: Overcoming the Challenges of Depression in Marriage
3. Till Death Us Do Part: A Look at Violence in African American Relationships and Marriage
4. Sweet as Sugar: The Impact of Diabetes and Other Health Challenges on African American Marriage and Relationships (Repeat)
5. Till Death Us Do Part: A Look at Violence in African American Relationships and Marriage (Repeat)