ACHMI Update

These monthly newsletters are sent to our family resource centers, community partners and other professionals who are working on behalf of marriage education in the state of Alabama. Please feel free to select the issues that are of interest to you and use the material as you work with your marriage education programs. All we ask is that you credit the author or source when you use our material.

 

June 2007 : Community Partnerships; Using M&M's in marriage education classes; Lessons from Gottman's Love Lab.

July 2007: Etowah County Kickoff; Getting Good Old Boys into Marriage Education; How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk - the Book.

August/September 2007: Now that you've Got 'Em, How do You Keep 'Em?; Alabama billboards, State Conference.

October 2007: Lights, Camera, Action: ACHMI is in the Film Business; Photos and comments from the first State Conference.

November 2007: Marriage Education for My Heart?; Tuscaloosa Kickoff.

December 2007: Love Notes; Eighth Grade Essay Contest - The Best Marriage I Know; Research results from PY1.

January 2008: Fathers in Fragile Families; Stay Married Save the Planet; Start Soft When you Want to be Heard.

February 2008: Governor's Reception for Alabama Healthy Marriage Month; winners of Eighth Grade Essay Contest; Family mealtime and youth outcomes.

March 2008:  Black Marriage Day; Dates that Won't Break the Bank; Can a College Degree Help Your Marriage?

April 2008:  Introducing our new Teen Advisory Board; Using Busses as Portable Billboards; How Marriage Education Reduces Child Abuse.

May 2008:  The African American Healthy Marriage Initiative; Dates for the 2009 State Conference; What's Up at ACHMI?; Tension in Stable vs. Unstable Marriages.

June 2008:  High Five to the Family Success Center of Etowah County; Quick Steps: Information to Help Your Stepfamily Thrive; Relationship Education May Prevent Partner Violence