DOES YOUR STATE FOSTER BELONGING OR REJECTION?

You are invited to be a part of the
Second Annual Index of Family Belonging and Rejection
Release and News Conference

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Speakers include:

• Dr. Pat Fagan, Senior Fellow and Director of MARRI
• Dr. David Armor, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at George Mason University
• Dr. Nick Zill
• Pat Ware, Former Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

There are two ways to participate:

Live broadcast via the internet, or on location!

Click here to download the Index of Family Belonging and Rejection.

Most American teenagers' parents have rejected each other, through divorce, separation, or choosing not to marry, and rates of parental rejection vary significantly across ethnic and regional backgrounds.

When parents belong to each other in marriage, children thrive most. The more parents reject each other (in divorce or never marrying), the less children thrive.

The Index of Belonging and Rejection delves into all of these statistics and rank-orders the states and the 25 largest cities by the strength of belonging in their family, showing that less than 50 percent of American children reach adulthood having grown up in an intact married family.

Belonging and rejection within the family have significant impacts on the strength of the nation and its communities, as well as on America's future leadership capacity. This second release of the Index of Family Belonging and Rejection delves into the relationship between the Belonging Index and the issues of poverty, educational attainment and teenage out of wedlock births.

For those who would like to watch it live online, and then log on at 12:00 pm EST to watch the live webcast!

12:00-1:00 Release