STAR Guides Shine; Speak Out for Abstinence & Healthy Relationships

STAR Guide Yun-a Johnson (American U.) speaks on "Maturing Your Love" Click here to see more pictures.

   STAR Leadership Training at Lovin' Life is helping both the young adult STAR Guides who teach the program and the teens who attend find clear purpose and direction in their lives. Here are comments from an interview with STAR Guide Yun-a Johnson (senior, American University):

"I like the emphasis on abstinence education, but I feel that it is really good because it ..gets you thinking about your life and your goals and what you really want to achieve and also it shows the reality of what happens when you get involved in sex before marriage, and stds and AIDs. So I think it's a very holistic program. We also have great opportunities to discuss it, both in interactive lectures and through the sermon before, like a kind of more spiritual aspect. Tell us something about yourself. I am 24, and I waited until marriage. I have been recently married for a year now and definitely waiting until marriage has made my marriage better and more special, I think."Click here for her full comments

So far, 21 different participants have enjoyed the Leadership Training. One high school participant commented "I like that the program teaches teens my age to keep their virginity sacred". A parent commented "From this program you can learn many things. I love the discussion sessions. It's great to hear out loud the different views people from different backgrounds walk with. It's really refreshing."

STAR Leadership Training continues on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., November 27, December 4, and December 11 at the Emergence Community Arts Collective, 733 Euclid St. NW, Washington, DC 20001. Light dinner is served. Pre-registration is not required.
to support STAR Leadership Training

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Click here to find out more at http://urbanlifetraining.org, call Richard or Stacey Urban at 202-544-5081 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..   

Legislation and Governance

We Need Real Ethics Reform

I agree with DC for Democracy(The Mail, November 13th),that outside employment for Councilmembers should be banned.  The blatant conflicts of interest now seen must be stopped.  Just announcing that you have a conflict of interest, as is now the practice, without any sanction or consequence, is virtually meaningless.  We see David Catania receiving $120,00 per month from OpenBand, LLC, Jack Evans receiving $240,000 per year from law firm Patton Boggs, Michael Brown introducing gambling legislation, seemingly on behalf of the law firm he received $200,000 from, and the list goes on.  One of the qualification for DC Council should not be self-enrichment.  And Muriel Bowser herself, in overseeing the ethics legislation, has serious conflicts of interest herself, as reported in the Washington Times.  Public service means just that, and putting some teeth behind our ethics laws, including an independent ethics panel with enforcement power is the right thing to do.

Email all DC Councilmembers plus the mayor now and ask them to support a bill that provides real ethics reform by using the ULTRA Teen Choice email tool: Click here for the email tool

Update on Dangerous HPV Vaccinations for 6th grade DC Girls

Important Note: You do not have to vaccinate your 6th grade daughter with the HPV Vaccine: You can opt out for any reason: You can find the opt out form here: Click for opt out form

Find out more about the vaccination:click here

View crucial testimony before the DC Council on May 5, 2011:click here

Services Provided

HIV/AIDS, pregnancy prevention, and relationship education Presentations
are available for your school, church or organization.

Form left, Alexis, Daryn, and Brieanna during peer counselor training. View more pictures on Flickr

ULTRA Teen Choice is a premier provider of HIV/AIDS prevention services and peer counselor training that is abstinence centered and evidence based. Call Richard at 202-544-5081 to schedule sessions for your school, church or organization. Click here for more information.

STAR (Students Teaching Abstinence & Responsibility) Guides are young adults who practice sexual abstinence. STAR Guides teach other youth about the benefits of abstinence, and serve as positive role models. To apply to be a STAR Guide, visit our website and fill out a volunteer application: Click Here.

Abstinence-based Resources

Forum 2011:
Sex; What They Don't Tell You. Why Wait for Marriage?
DVD Video Release
View Video Highlights:

If you can't see the image above
 Click here view video highlights; or view video highlights at ULTRAteenchoice.org: click here

Purchase the 43 minute DVD video for just $10 at the ULTRA Teen Choice store: Click here to purchase, or call 202-544-5081 to order.

Every family should have a copy. This video is a great conversation starter and a great source of information and inspiration for everyone who wants the best future for all of our youth.