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Association for Couples in Marriage Encrichment (Winston-Salem, NC)

Center of the American Experiment (Minneapolis, MN)

Center for the Family, Pepperdine University

Center for Marriage and Family, Creighton University

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Dallas Healthy Marriage Initiatiave Community Coalition

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Sacred Vows, Public Purposes: Religion, the Marriage Movement, and Marriage Policy (PDF)

The State of Our Unions 2004

Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America (PDF)

Why Marriage Matters (PDF)

Why We Support the Administration's Marriage Initiative (PDF)

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The Administration’s Marriage Initiative: Misconceptions and Realities
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon National Press Club 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC


10:00 a.m.	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