ACHMI has been sponsoring Auburn basketball games this season and you can view some of our jumbotron images in our media room!
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ACHMI would like to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine’s Day!
For the 3rd year in a row, Governor Riley will proclaim February “Alabama Marriage Month” and will sign a proclamation on February 8th, 2008 declaring the importance of healthy, stable relationships and marriages for Alabama citizens and communities.
From 2-4 PM on Sunday, February 17, ACHMI will be hosting a marriage celebration at the Governor’s mansion in partnership with the Governor and Mrs. Patsy Riley. Winners of our eighth grade essay contest as well as couples throughout the state that have been married for 25+ years will be our honored guests for the celebration.
The ACHMI team is thrilled to announce that our 2009 conference will be Tuesday, February 3 through Thursday, February 5! It will be held at the River Walk Renaissance in Montgomery, Alabama. Please visit the new blog below throughout the year for more information about speakers, the registration process, breakout sessions, etc!
If you have not visited the ACHMI website lately, you need to check it out! We have made many changes to the main website and our media room, achmi.mymediaroom.com.
On our website you will find:
· Links for individuals, couples, teens, and marriage educators
· Information on our 8th Grade Essay Contest
· Marketing materials for nonprofits
· Information on our Community Partners
· …and much more!
In the media room:
· Our latest press releases
· Upcoming events
· ACHMI fact sheet
· ACHMI team biographies
· The latest articles written about ACHMI
· Pictures from all of our latest events
· Images of our statewide billboard campaign
· …and much more!
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week Dr. Jennifer Kerpelman and Dr. Francesca Adler-Baeder hosted a Relationship Smarts Plus seminar at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. Marriage educators from across the state came to learn new ways on how to teach preteens through young adults about healthy relationships.
This course offers the practical guidance that teens crave for building relationships that are not based on sex. “Relationship Smarts Plus” covers subjects such as attraction, infatuation, rejection, falling in love, emotions and breaking up. Students also learn specific dating skills: what to say and do in the early stages, how to get to know someone, how to assess a relationship and avoid attachment to problem people. This unit is designed for schools, youth agencies, clubs and faith based organizations.
November 5, 2007
This week the ACHMI team is heading south to the annual Peanut Festival in Dothan, AL. ACHMI is asssisting the Alfred Saliba Family Services Center in their booth at the festival. They are handing out Alabama Healthy Marriage Handbooks, brochures, flyers, etc. They are also getting people to sign up for marriage classes and looking for community partners to attend training classes. A big attraction to the booth is the Honeymoon getaway raffle. Any married couple is eligible to enter to win a three day, two night stay in a condominium on the coast of Savannah.
For more information on the festival visit: www.nationalpeanutfestival.com
October 31, 2007
We are currently mailing out packets about our student essay contest to teachers and administrators all over the state. We are asking 8th grade students to write a 1-2 page essay and tell us about a couple they know who have a great marriage. We want to know who they are, what makes their marriage great, and what the student has learned from them.
The essay winners will win $100, teachers of winners will win a $50 gift certificate, and the couple the student writes about will receive a $50 gift card to dinner. Winners, teachers, and couples will also be invited to attend a special celebration of marriage at the Governor’s mansion hosted by Governor Bob Riley and Mrs. Patsy Riley on February 17, 2008 during Alabama Healthy Marriage Month.
