Agenda

10:00 Release of Statement, “Why We Support the Administration's Marriage Initiative”

Panelists
William Doherty , University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Rozario Slack , First Things First (Chattanooga, TN)
Marline E. Pearson , Madison Area Technical College (Madison, WI) and author of the curriculum, Love U2: Getting Smarter About Relationships, Sex, Babies, and Marriage

10:25 Comments on Backgrounder, “Framing the Public Debate on the Administration's Marriage Initiative: An Analysis of Media Coverage, 1/1/04 to 2/16/04”

Commentator
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, National Marriage Project, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

10:30 Q & A

11:00 Panel Discussion: “Can Government Strengthen Marriage?”

Release of Report, Can Government Strengthen Marriage? Evidence from the Social Sciences

Moderator
Roland Warren, National Fatherhood Initiative

Panelists
Maggie Gallagher , Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Lorraine C. Blackman , African American Family Life Education Program, Indiana University
Norval D. Glenn , University of Texas
Rev. Sarah Woods , Healthy Homefronts (Anne Arundel County, MD)

Closing reflection by Roland Warren

Q & A

12:00 Adjourn

Event Sponsors
Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
The Dibble Fund for Marriage Education
Institute for American Values
Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Marriage Project