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		<title>Please Send Your Suggestions for Reading List</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/07/please-send-your-suggestions-for-reading-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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Tell Them needs your help.
We’re putting together a series of suggested reading lists on a number of topics and we want your suggestions.
Please send us the books you have found helpful and insightful on teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, contraception, comprehensive sex education, and any other topics you think we would be interested in.
We’ll go through the suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV Vaccine Awareness Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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Today is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD). Today, we celebrate the millions of volunteers, health professionals, scientists, advocates and community members who are fighting for a safe and effective vaccine for HIV. We also come together to acknowledge and raise awareness of the need for continued research and funding for this vaccine.
While there is currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/05/national-teen-pregnancy-prevention-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM). This annual campaign is “designed to help communities recognize that the effects of unintended teen pregnancy and early childbearing are far-reaching.”
Teens need proper education and instruction on the importance of reproductive health.
The Guttmacher Institute has provided these facts:

Each year, almost 750,000 women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Overall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, Marchers</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/thank-you-marchers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, more than 3,500 South Carolinians are marching together, virtually, in support of responsible reproductive health policies. It’s an important step in letting members of the South Carolina legislature know thousands of their constituents believe the best way to solve many of the great challenges we face in this state is by educating our young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I Passionate About Responsible Reproductive Health Policies?</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/03/why-am-i-passionate-about-responsible-reproductive-health-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina statistics read like a laundry list of reproductive health problems. We currently have the 3rd highest rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the country, and 9th highest rates of AIDS cases. In fact the Centers for Disease Control has called South Carolina one of the Top 10 HIV “hot spots” in the country.]]></description>
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		<title>HIV and AIDS Are Real Threats</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/02/hiv-and-aids-are-real-threats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Chitty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a dangerous misperception afoot in South Carolina that HIV is no longer a threat and we have the situation under control. By not acknowledging the huge problem of HIV in our state, we are putting our children – and ourselves &#8211; at risk.
South Carolina’s HIV and AIDS rates place our state in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monika Carey-Green</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/02/monika-carey-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell Them is very proud to present Monica Carey-Green, Founder and Executive Director of DIVA International, Inc, a private nonprofit organization in South Carolina, providing comprehensive programs for girls and young women. Monika is the former Director of seven medical practices in Washington, DC and Maryland, and has three children of her own. Watch Monika as she gives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equip Our Young People with Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/01/equip-our-young-people-with-knowledge/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2010/01/equip-our-young-people-with-knowledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to equip our young people with the knowledge they need to make the best sexual choices for themselves.  With a full understanding of all the risks of sexual activity, however, we can better trust teens to make healthy sexual choices for themselves during some very vulnerable years.]]></description>
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