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The Code / Sisters
627 W. Second Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
Katisha Blackwell, Program Director
Phone: 336-714-3205
Email: kdblackwell@charlottediocese.org
Kevin Welch, Case Aide
Phone: 336-714-3212
Email: klwelch@charlottediocese.org
The Code/Sisters program is designed to provide age-appropriate information and education to pre-teen boys and girls relative to exercising the skills and ability necessary to delay sexual activity, resist peer pressure and appropriately respond to social situations that would place them at risk of experiencing teen pregnancy, dropping out of high school, and/or becoming involved with drugs, tobacco and alcohol.
WHAT
Two sixteen-week sessions (Fall and Spring)
After school program once a week (2 hours) @ various schools around Winston-Salem
One week long summer session
WHY
To decrease teen pregnancy and increase personal responsibility
Increase self-respect and self-confidence
Improve communication between parents and adolescents regarding sex
Provide young boys and girls with pertinent information regarding the consequences of early initiation of sex
Emphasize the importance of practicing abstinence as a means of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and character development
WHO
Adolescent boys and girls (age 10-14)
Young men in need of positive male role models
Young women in need of positive female role models
WHO
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