National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention (NTPP) Month! Join us as we continue our efforts to prevent teen pregnancy among the nation’s youth! This year we are focusing on reducing health disparities, which will be highlighted in our webinar:
Advancing Racial Equity: The Time is Now!
Join us on May 27 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST to listen to Cerise Hunt, PhD, MSW, discuss racial equity. Participants will learn practical strategies to act individually and collectively to address challenges and systemic barriers that impact the communities we serve.
There are also lots of other ways you can celebrate NTPP Month. Here are some more suggestions!
Although U.S. teen pregnancy rates have reached historic lows, these rates are still substantially higher than in other western industrialized nations, and disparities among racial/ethnic minorities and geographic regions persist. Watch our video, “We’re Not Done Yet,” to learn more.
Remember to use the #NTPPM hashtag in your social media posts this month.
Wear yellow on Thursday, May 13th to recognize NTPP Month and download our Virtual Background for your online meetings and calls this month.
Ways to Use The Exchange this Month
- Take a look at our NTPP Month Digital Media Kit for information and tools you can use to help spread the word about teen pregnancy prevention.
- Search more than 90 resources — sortable by topic, format, and grantee type — designed to provide tips and strategies to support the delivery of effective education to prevent adolescent pregnancy and other risky behaviors as youth prepare for successful transition to adulthood.
- Get tips and tools for ramping up your social media. Use our Social Media Toolkit to enhance messaging that addresses common challenges, like securing community buy-in and recruiting and retaining youth participants.
- Customize and add your organization’s logo to promotional materials, including web badges, tip sheets, and infographics that have already been fact-checked and approved by FYSB with our award-winning Studio Tool.
- Share how you plan to celebrate NTPP Month and connect with other grantees by posting on The Exchange’s Comment Wall. You can also post videos and photos highlighting NTPP Month events and activities in your community.
