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L" <br />In meeting individually with parents, and by conducting two <br />needs assessments, the NIP's project coordinator identified <br />concerns of Ridgefield parents. These included: (1) getting <br />assistance in preparing a household budget, (2) drug <br />education, (3) building self- esteem, (4) setting limits for <br />adolescents, (5) teen pregnancy prevention information, and <br />(6) reproductive health information. All these concerns are <br />being addressed in NIP programs, by PPOD, or by other <br />agencies coordinated by us. <br />In November, a Ridgefield resident agreed to host a meeting <br />for parents. Margo Crawford, of UNC's Black Cultural center, <br />has facilitated the four meetings held to date. Five mothers <br />attended the first meeting. Their main concern was a feeling <br />of helplessness in dealing with the school system. Their <br />children were being labeled as learning disabled, and the <br />parents did not understand how this determination was made, <br />how it could be challenged, or what they could do to help <br />their children succeed in school. <br />Attendance increased for the second and third meetings, where <br />sexuality and (once again) the problems their children were <br />having in school dominated the conversations. Fifty people <br />attended the fourth meeting! These included parents, a few <br />teens, school principals, guidance counselors, special <br />resource teachers, and the assistant superintendent of <br />schools. <br />The parents had taken the initiative and arranged for the <br />school personnel to attend the meeting. The resulting <br />dialogue clearly left the parents feeling more involved in <br />their children's education and lives. We believe that this <br />feeling of empowerment will raise the parents' self- esteem <br />and consequently that of their children. Research on teen <br />pregnancy prevention suggests that, with increased self - <br />esteem, adolescents are more likely to succeed in school, to <br />set goals, to delay sexual activity, and to use birth control <br />if they do become sexually active. <br />These meetings have had the additional benefit of reducing <br />the parents' initial suspicion of PPOD and its services. The <br />meetings also have served to familiarize school personnel <br />with the Minority Involvement Project and Planned Parenthood. <br />On November 17,, the NIP co- sponsored a "Fall Family Festival" <br />at the Hargraves Center. Seventy parents and children <br />attended, enjoying the Chuck Davis African- American Dance <br />Ensemble, the Impromptu Teen Expression Theater from Planned <br />Parenthood of Greater Raleigh, and the hotdogs sold by the <br />parents to raise money for the Airport Gardens Tenant <br />Association. This is yet another example of the parents' <br />support for, and willingness to participate in, PPOD's <br />Minority Involvement Project. <br />
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