Christine Ralph, Executive Director for the Community Needs Assessment Team and the Rhea County United WayEVENSVILLE, Tenn. – The presence of Briana Carter, a repeat attendee at the Rhea County United Way health council’s “Looking Beyond High School” annual workshop, reminds organizers of their program’s success.
Christine Ralph, executive director of United Way in Rhea County, called Carter the “poster child” for the group’s efforts to successfully reach teen girls at the workshop that promotes self-esteem and well-informed choices about careers and teen sex.
On Wednesday, members of the health council’s Teen Talk group led the after-school workshop for ninth- to 12th-grade girls at the Rhea County High School theater.
Attendees received resource booklets on topics about parental conversations, body weight and image, sexual abstinence and dating or domestic violence.
High school teacher Anita Defore shared a story about a young girl who had experienced a teen pregnancy and how the baby’s father had offered support, rather than simply abandoning her.