## Upcoming Regional Events and Activities

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[**Region 1 - Boston**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region1/)\
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont

March 16, 2007 *The Boston Father's and Family Network* Boston, MA

> Richard Claytor, an ACF grantee, is a national leader in the
> fatherhood movement. He will give an overview of perspectives on
> responsible fatherhood and proven strategies for building and
> enhancing programs. Richard will also address the trend toward
> public/private partnerships to enhance projects and support marriages
> and healthy families.

March 21-22, 2007 *Exploring What Dads Want and Need* Wakefield,
Massachusetts

April 2-4, 2007 *Exhibitor at New England Regional Minority Health
Conference --*

> *Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities by 2010: Moral and
> Economics Imperatives* Mashantucket, CT

**[Region 2 - New
York](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region2/index.html)\
**New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

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[Region 3 -
Philadelphia](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region3/index.html)**\
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
West Virginia

March 6-9, 2007 *Virginia Family Strengthening Conference* Hampton, VA

June 9, 2007 *2007 Philadelphia Fatherhood Festival, A Change in
Progress: Fatherhood is the Solution*

[**Region 4 -
Atlanta**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region4/index.html)\
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Tennessee

April 29, 2007 *Alabama Healthy Marriage and Fatherhood Forum,
Connecting, Educating and Networking* Montgomery, Alabama

[**Region 5 -
Chicago**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region5/index.html)\
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

April 25, 2007 *Strengthening Your Family Ministry, Meier\'s Clinic
Foundation, (CALMA/Arusi)*

*Indiana Community Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition,
Lunch-and-Learn Event*

April 25-28, 2007 *3rd Annual Indiana Community Healthy Marriage and
Family Coalition, Indianapolis, IN*

> *Keynote Speaker: Deloris Jordan, mother of Michael Jordan*

May 9-13, 2007 *Within Our Reach Training, Meier\'s Clinic Foundation*

May 26-28, 2007 \"How to Strengthen the Black Family?\" Family\'s Digest
\"Power of Family Get Together\"

> Fun-filled, Three-Day Event on Memorial Day Weekend Brings Together
> Black Families & Couples and the Leading Black Experts on Family,
> Relationships, Health, and Parenting

September 29, 2007 *Meier\'s Clinic Marriage Conference*

[**Region 6 -
Dallas**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region6/index.html)\
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

Greater Houston Healthy Marriage Coalition Newsletter

March 20, 2007 *Protecting Your Kids By Protecting Your Marriage* Fort
Worth, TX

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[Region 7 - Kansas City](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region7/)**\
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

[**Region 8 -
Denver**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region8/index.html)\
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming

  

March 11, 2007 *The Fourth Annual Pure By Choice Abstinence Rally*
Broomfield, CO

> Up to 5000 teens, parents, and faith-based and community leaders are
> expected.  Regional Administrator Thomas F. Sullivan sits on the
> planning committee for the event.  ACF staff will provide information
> on initiatives and key priorities, as well as local resources. 

 

March 16, 2007 Grantee *Faith Initiatives of Wyoming* will host a
*Community Marriage*

> *Covenant* signing for Natrona County.  Faith and lay leaders will
> sign an agreement to help couples prepare for marriage.  The Laramie
> County Marriage Covenant, signed in November, 2005, has nearly 300
> partners. 

 

June 28, 2007 *Grantee WAIT Training will host a Colorado Family
Strengthening*

> *Workgroup* in conjunction with SmartMarriages Denver, CO
>
> This full-day event will bring together state and local human services
> managers and nonprofit human services providers in a mobilizing effort
> to develop and expand working relationships and strengthen families
> across Colorado. 

**\*\* NEWS**

The State of Utah has agreed to allow 1% of TANF funds to be used for
marriage education and healthy marriage initiatives.  The estimated
value of this investment is \$750,000.  The Director of the Utah
Marriage Commission, Melanie Reese, submitted a formal plan for use of
the funds which includes research, public awareness, and education
services.

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[Region 9 - San
Francisco](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region9/index.html)**\
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall
Islands, and Republic of Palau

March 19-20, 2007 *Mobilizing to End Domestic Violence in the African
American*

> *Community: A Contract for Change* Long Beach, CA

[**Region 10 -
Seattle**](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region10/index.html)\
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

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**March 24, 2007 *Celebrating Black Marriage Day in Washington* Seattle,
WA