Youth: Choices and Change

WHAT: Press Conference on Youth: Choices and Change: A unique opportunity to hear what international experts working in the field of adolescence are saying about the power of early intervention to create positive lifelong behavior change.

WHEN: Thursday, March 17, 2005, 9:30 am - 11:00 am.

WHERE: The National Press Club (Murrow Room), 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20045

WHO:

• Dr. Edith Gortberg, Director of the International Resilience Project
• William Smith, Director Public Policy of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
• Dr. Viviana Mangiaterra, Youth Advisor, The World Bank
• Dr. Matilde Maddaleno, Regional Adolescent Health Advisor, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, PAHO/WHO
• Dr. Cecilia Breinbauer, Child and Adolescent Health Unit, PAHO/WHO