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Ninety-eight percent of the
girls in the program are black,
she said.
"We would really like to expand
that," she said. "We have
recruited white girls to Teen
Talk. Teen pregnancy is not just
a black problem. In WinstonSalem
it's more visible in the
black community. But we know
that a large number of kids from
all racial backgrounds are sexually
active.'*
Ms. Brandes said that she
doesn't know why more white
girls do not participate in the program.
,
"I don't know if it is a location
4ssue or what," she said.
"The white girls we do have,"
she said, "have come and
stayed."
Ms. Brandes said that the girls
have adopted a motto, "Make a
life for yourself before you make
another life."
. "A lot of what Teen Talk is
about is expanding options to
kids and giving them coping
skills," Ms. Brandes said.
"We try to have fun," she said
about the meetings. "We talk a
lot about making responsible
decisions, about sexual involvement
and dealing with pressure
from guys. We also do things on
fashion and beauty and on feeling
good about yourself."
Ms. Brandes said that if the
program is to be successful, then
it can't take a one-prong approach
like many statewide programs
aimed at postponing sexual
involvement.
"The reality is that a lot of kids
are going to be sexually active
and will need support and information
about it," she said. "I
think kids will have to have
something to hope for. 1 see a lot
of 12- and 13-year-olds who
don't have hope. They don't have
any goals, and they see nothing
out there for them. So they say,
'Why not? Why not have a
baby?' "
Ms. Brandes said that while she
uses a lot of community resource
people to talk to the girls, she
doesn't believe fancy speakers
keep the girls coming back to the
program.
441 think relationships keep the
kids," she said. 4'We try to have
interesting programs, but in the
long run relationships keep kids
in the program."
The nice thing about Teen Talk
is that the kids reinforce each
other as well as get adult input,
Ms. Brandes said.
44Kids will listen to each other
faster than they will listen to
adults," she said.
The combination of the adult
input with input from the girls
strengthens the program, she
said.
Besides being speakers, adults
also provide another important
function in the nrncram Wral
women in the community have
chosen to participate in the program
as Teen Links.
Teen Links are volunteers who
are matched with girls in the program
and agree to spend time
with them each week.
Participation in the match is
also voluntary on the girls' parts.
"Girls that come to the Teen
Talk group are interviewed and
asked if they want to be paired up
; with a Teen Link," Ms. Brandes
said.
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Women who want to participate
in the program have to go
through an interview and a training
session.
Right now there are 15 matches
in the program. More adult
volunteers are needed.
44We get a lot of strong leadership
from professional women in
Winston-Salem," Ms. Brandes
said. 'Tm real pleased about
that. I think black women have a
particular concern about teen
pregnancy and how it. has affected
black women ? politically,
economically and socially.'*
Four of the Teen Links were
teen parents, she said.
"They've been there and the
teens know that," she said.
_ "They have a real awareness and
'. sensitivity to what these kids are
going through."
Twenty-six-year-old Monica
Wilson, who is a Teen Link, has
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been there. A teen mother at 13,
she was one of the fortunate
ones, having gotten support from
both her family and her baby's
father.
She said she went on to finish
high school. During this time her
daughter's father remained supportive,
and four years ago they
were married.
Mrs. Wilson said that she
became interested in becoming a
Teen Link after she heard a talk
by Ms. Brandes.
She was matched in June to
15-year-old twins. One of the
twins is a teen mother.
"We haven't gotten close yet,"
Mrs. Wilson said. "We've been
on outings and they've been over
to my house. They really haven't
"Teen Talk alone is not going
to reduce the teen
pregnancy rate in Forsyth
County. If there were 40
Teen Talks in this city with
40 or more girls, then that
might be different. This is
the type of program that
can be duplicated by churches,
civic organizations,
etc."
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But Mrs. Wilson said that she
believes that with time the girls
will open up to her.
4'They seem like pretty levelheaded
girls," she said.
Yvonne Booker, another Teen
Link, is matched with a pregnant
13-year-old.
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relationship/' Mrs. Booker said.
14We spend on the average of 10
to 12 hours a week together. I feel
real good about the relationship.
We still have a ways to go."
Mrs. Booker said that having
recently experienced pregnancy
herself has helped her in her relationship
with her match.'Mrs.
Booker has an 8-month-old son.
4 This is her first and it was my
first," she said. VI was able to
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Infant and Children Nutrition
Program and the Head Start Program.
4'All of these federal programs
are important to poor people,"
he said.
Neal supports protecting the
American textile industry from
foreign competition. He voted
for the bill that limited imports of
textile goods to the United States.
That bill was vetoed by President
Reagan. An effort to over
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enough votes in Congress.
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Both Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Booker are employed with the
Head Start Division of Family
Services.
For 12-year-old Marneeka
Robbins, being matched with a
Teeri Link has meant being constantly
on the go.
Miss Robbins said that her
match has taken her to ballgames
and out for pizza.
"She's nice," Miss Robbins
said about her Teen Link match,
who is a nurse. "She took me
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sons. Those are my big brothers.
They call me little sister."
Miss Robbins said that in the
Teen Talk program she has learned
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she wants to follow in her
match's footsteps and become a
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Miss Robbins hopes that the
Teen Link program is around
when she grows up so she can
help others.
4'I want to be a Teen Link and
get out there and help kids to prevent
pregnancy," she said.
Ms. Brandes is enthusiastic
about the Teen Link participation
and about the Teen Talk
program itself, but she said it still
may not be enough.
'Teen Talk alone is not going
to reduce the teen pregnancy rate
in Forsyth County," she said, 'if.
there were 40 Teen Talks in this 1
city with 40 or more girls, then
that might be different. This is
the type of program that can be
duplicated by churches, civic
organizations, etc."
Teen Talk will continue
meeting during the fall months,
Ms. Brandes said, when there will
be a job fair.
Ms. Brandes said that she
would also like to start
employability training with 15- to
17-year-old girls.
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defense," he said. "It is important
to our survival."
Neal supports a mutual nuclear
freeze between the United States
and the Soviet Union. "We must
end this nuclear arms race," he
said. "It is stupid and '
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