For the past five years Mojave High School, in conjunction with the Hesperia Pregnant Minor Program and the March of Dimes, has sponsored a Babies and Youth Conference for pregnant and parenting teens and those who care about them. Four hundred students from as far a Yucaipa, San Bernardino, and Barstow converge at the Holiday Inn in Victorville for this event. There is also a play about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome presented by the local Safe and Sober Teen Theatre.
Participants are then able to attend two workshops of their choice.
The workshops are followed by a luncheon, a Mommy, Daddy and Me fashion show, and a play on domestic violence and drugs. It has become an exciting annual event in the High Desert. Copyright 1998 by the California Continuation Education Association.