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A MEMORIAL
ENCOURAGING YOUNG MEN TO BE ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
FAMILIES AND COMMENDING A PROJECT IN ALBUQUERQUE'S SOUTH
VALLEY FOR ITS SUCCESSES IN ENCOURAGING YOUNG MEN TO BECOME
ACTIVE.
WHEREAS, the south valley male involvement project since
2004 has encouraged young men to become more closely involved
with their communities and families through innovative
outreach integrated with clinical services; and
WHEREAS, young male involvement in sexual reproductive
health, including discussions on abstinence and comprehensive
sexual education, information on clinical services and
testing and discussion of risky behaviors, is key to ensuring
that young men understand they are mutual contributors to
pregnancy; and
WHEREAS, fostering young men's self-respect helps
encourage them to respect their partners and the community as
a whole; and
WHEREAS, the south valley male involvement project has
initiated a special bilingual Spanish-English project
focusing on weekly discussion of male issues among fourteen
to eighteen-year-old men; and
WHEREAS, discussion sessions within the project as well
as songs and public service announcements written by project
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members have motivated the young men and others to become
more involved with family and community; and
WHEREAS, basketball tournaments and teen dances
sponsored and organized by the south valley male involvement
project help to combat obesity as well as providing positive
resources and healthy alternatives; and
WHEREAS, such social outreach to young men gives them a
chance to become active contributors to a sense of community
and to a betterment of community as well as helping the world
become safer from violence; and
WHEREAS, decreased rates of teen pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections are likely to result from more male
involvement in family and community;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the south valley male involvement
project be recognized and endorsed for its innovative and
creative approaches to reaching out to youth and addressing
public health issues; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the south valley male
involvement project be encouraged to increase its financial
resources and replicate itself throughout the state; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the south valley male involvement project.