Plenary Sessions

Opening Remarks and
Plenary 1: The African American Family Experience: The Black Family in the 21st Century  [video]
Plenary 2: Remote Joint Session with NPCL  [video]
Plenary 3: Down But Not Out: Supporting Military Couples  [video]
Plenary 4: The Naked Truth: What’s Love Got To Do With It?  [video]
Plenary 5: Trials and Triumphs: Making the Case for
                 Faith-Based and Neighborhood Involvement  [video]
Plenary 6: A Social Determinant of Health: Linking the Relationship Between Marital Status and
                 Health Outcomes for Adults and Children  [video]
Closing Plenary: Keynote Speaker: Gloria Burgess, PhD, Seattle, Washington,
                 Author of Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside   [video]
Closing Remarks  [video]

TRACK A - Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

  1. Absentee Fathers in Black America: Where Are the Fathers?   [video]
  2. Strengths and Challenges in African American Relationships and Marriages:
    A Panel Discussion   [video]
  3. Practice and Implementation: Skill-Based Relationship Education Programs
    for African Americans      [video]
  4. What We Know and Don’t Know: The State of Research
    on African American Marriages and Relationshi      [video]
  5. Managing Relationships in Complex Blended/Step Families  [video]

TRACK B - Youth and Media Track

  1. It's All About LOVE…Isn't It?  [video]
  2. Launching a National Conversation About Marriage Through the NHMRC National Media Campaign   [video]
  3. Something Good in the Hood!  [video]
  4. Engaging Teens in Your Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CMHI)  [video]
  5. Unveiling Your Best Self--Yes You Can, Yes You Will!  [video]

TRACK C - Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

  1. Faith-Based Intervention: Empowering African American Fathers with Responsible Leadership  [video]
  2. Left Behind: Children and Families in Bondage  [video]
  3. Domestic Violence and the Black Church: Stepping Up and Stepping Out  [video]
  4. Trials and Triumphs: Making the Case for Faith-Based
    and Neighborhood Involvement      [video]
  5. Religion, Race and Relationships in Urban America  [video]

TRACK D - Relationship Finance: Economic Strategies for Families

  1. Community Development Solutions to Economic Issues  [video]
  2. The Best Things in Life Are Free  [video]
  3. The Best Things in Life Are Free (Repeat of 2D)  [video]
  4. Financial Management for Couples After Deployment: A Panel Discussion  [video]
  5. Financial Difficulty, Stress and Their Effects on African American Marriages  [video]

TRACK E - Health and Healthy Marriage

  1. BEYOND THE T4 CELL COUNT: The Far-Reaching Impact of HIV/AIDS   [video]
  2. Is It Me? Stress, Mental Health Outlook and Sustaining Relationshipsthrough Separation, Chronic or Terminal Disease   [video]
  3. An Ounce of: Reducing Inequities in Health Through Prevention  [video]
  4. Preaching to the Choir: Keeping Your Home Fires Burning While helping Others  [video]
  5. The Relationship Between Marriage and Obesity
    in the African American Community      [video]

Other Sessions


Luncheon  [video]
Evening Youth Activity: Positive Xchange in Action  [video]