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po Hive time, free of nxiety
nd fe r that exu I encounters
"A frl nd'
upport I v ry
Important with
girl' d cl Ion ."
inevitably ere te," ay Elayne
Bennett, Be t Friend program
director, who, together with
Phylli Magrab, M.D., the
Georgetown Center's director:
de igned the progr m.
Initi lIy the developers
thought about putting Be t
Friend in the high chool ,
ay progr m coordinator
Andrea Ma englle .. But high
chool tudent said the
message was coming too late.
"I THINK that you should
present the program to
younger people," one girl aid.
Many girls our age [15-16]
have already been 'forced'
into h ving ex and w nted to
be a s y 'no:" The girls
agreed, owever, that peer
upport as a key to
prevention. "A friend's
upport is very important with
a girl' decisions." aid
another girl. "I think often the
only reason girls do have sex
in high school is because of
pressure from peers and a lack
of support from friends."
So Best Friends starts with
girls in the sixth grade, then
continue the program through
junior high. Since the program
began four years ago, no gi rl
participating in Best Friends
has gotten pregnant.
The girls become part of a
trong network of friends who
meet several times a month
with a trained counselor to talk
about friendship, love and
d ting, responsible
decision-making, and
self-respect. In addition, each
girl asks a teacher whom she
likes to become her mentor
and meet with her at least 45
minutes each week 0 talk.
THE GIRLS ALSO have
regular opportunities during
their group meetings to talk
with succe ful women in the
community. Kay Jame and
Deborah DuCre of the
One-to-One Foundation, which
. supports mentoring programs,
visited several Best Friends
groups not long ago. Both
wome n' found the gi rls '
re ponsivene and enthusiasm
for the program were
heartening-" not to menu-
all the hugs," says Ms. Jame ...
"The program means the world
to the girls," says DuCre. "I
could ee it in their
, relationships wi th their
mentors and in the way they
related to each other. II
With a grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Best Friends is
expanding into schools in
Denver. Los Angeles, and
Dade and Lee counties in
Florida. For more information
contact Andrea Mas engile,
2233 Wiscon in Ave., N.W.,
Suite 215. Washington, D.C.
20007.
Marian Wright Edelman is
president of the Children
Defense Fund, a national voice
lor children.
HIOH 0 P - The High-
I nd P r Ci'Y Coun il ref ed to
m e ny motion in re po e to
yor Marth O. Scott' reque t for
council penni ion to tem-
porary finance director.
In tead council members urge
that th Mayo appoint a p rman nt
finan director.
Fin nee Director Milton Hall aid
ccount. there w not enough money in the
Ford ugge ted that th pre nt . budget for CPA, which would
cont ion reg rding th mount of competative with industry.
money in the drug forfeiture fund Council Pre ident Linsey Porter
might not h ve exi ted, If the council aid the council could add more
greed to n udit Scott reque ted money to the po ilion's alary. He
when h first too office. added that the charter did not ay a
Franklin dmitted it wa cus- finance director had to be a CPA.
tomary for the council to do this Council woman Chris tine
when th m yor first too office to Franklin aid th charter pecified
clarify the city' financial situation that the mayor-was obligated to ,ap-
S •• CONFLICT, Page 18 point a permanent finance director.
. ORD P IZED he does
not know whether there . problem
in regard to money in t drug forfei-
ture fund, but ted if there i , it
ul from tin pro dure
which go k to the p t admini tra
tion of former Mayor Robert B.
Blac ell.
He aid Mayor Scott recently
made improvements in ccountin
procedure .
Council Pre ident Lins y Porter,
H.P. City Coun II oppo
of t mpor ry fin nc dlr
y 0
idency," he
,
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