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title: "Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy"
description: "Washington, D.C. Panelists John J. DiIulio, Ph.D., Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Senator Joseph Lieberman (invited) Bill Galston, Ph.D., Chair, National Campaign’s Task Force on Religion and Public Values Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D., Co-Director, National Marriage Project Brian Wilcox, Ph.D., Director, Center on Children, Families, and the Law, Univ. of Nebraska […]"
date: "2001-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2001/09/25/keeping-the-faith-the-role-of-religion-and-faith-communities-in-preventing-teen-pregnancy/"
categories:
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religion & Social Values"
  - "Teens & Youth"
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# Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Washington, D.C.

**Panelists**

- John J. DiIulio, Ph.D., Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
- Senator Joseph Lieberman (invited)
- Bill Galston, Ph.D., Chair, National Campaign's Task Force on Religion and Public Values
- Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D., Co-Director, National Marriage Project
- Brian Wilcox, Ph.D., Director, Center on Children, Families, and the Law, Univ. of Nebraska
- Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D., President, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- Sister Mary Rose McGeady, President and CEO, Covenant House
- Brenda Rhodes Miller, Executive Director, DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- Melissa Rogers, Executive Director, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
- Pat Funderburk Ware, President and CEO, Preserving Family Well-Being Foundation
- Rev. Tom Davis, Chair, Planned Parenthood Clergy Advisory Board
- Jennifer Hirsch, Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
- Stafford Armstead, Cultural Enrichment Director, Salvation Army/Boys & Girls Club, Richmond

**About the cosponsoring organizations:**

- **The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life**seeks to promote a deeper understanding of how religion shapes the ideas and institutions of American society by creating a platform for research and discussion of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs.
- **The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy**is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the well-being of children and families by reducing teen pregnancy. Its goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one-third between 1996 and 2005.

**Contact:** Bill Albert, Communications Director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, (202) 478-8510

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