From: Joneen Mackenzie <joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:27 PM
Subject: TIME SENSITIVE AND EXCITING INFO RE: NARME
To: Joneen Mackenzie <joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org>
Dear Champions for Marriage, Fatherhood and Children,
My name is Joneen Mackenzie. I am the president and founder of the Center for Relationship Education. More importantly I serve on the NARME (National Association of Relationship and Marriage Education) Board of Directors. Just this morning I read the data outlining marriage is down 11% since the late 60’s and continuing to trend downward. Non-marital childbearing is at 40% and rising. Divorce rates are way too high. Children do better in a healthy two-parent bio mom and dad or adoptive married family structure (See attached study). Poverty is on the rise.
NARME is a voice to restore this nation once again toward healthy relationship development, success sequencing, poverty prevention, marriage enhancement, family strengthening, and responsible fatherhood.
As the membership chair of NARME I am committed to increase our voice and national footprint by asking all of you to become members at the highest level possible. Please check out the www.NARME.org website for the different levels of membership.
We need to be a powerful advocacy and informational organization to promote and engage the language of research and data on the benefits of marriage and family to the entire country including policy makers and influencers.
The next generation of young people who are afraid of marriage (and they have every right to be) need to know that cohabitation is not without risk or heartbreak. They need to know that there are strategies, skills and secrets to healthy relationship development, partner selection and marriage enhancement. They need to know that lifetime commitment is possible and pleasurable. The need to know the benefits of marriage and committed love.
Please help restore this nation by restoring marriage and the family unit.
Either renew your NARME Membership, upgrade to the next level of membership or become a member for the first time. I guarantee you will be glad you did.
NARME is excited to be hosting monthly webinars that are sure to be fascinating.
TIME SENSITIVE
The next national webinar will be held on Wednesday Nov 19, 2014 featuring Dr. Galena Rhoades Ph.D, research professor at the University of Denver Center for Marital and Family Studies. She will be talking about the amazing study entitled, What Happens in Vegas, Doesn’t Always Stay in Vegas. Please check the www.NARME.org website for the times in your location.
Also this summer NARME is hosting not a conference but a national event entitled:
RESTORING A NATION, NARME’s Family Reunion and Leadership Summit … Leading the way for healthy relationship development, family formation, poverty prevention, and child well-being.
The organizers are continuing to shore up the details at the hotel but most likely this event will be in Atlanta, Georgia on June 15, 16 and 17. Please mark your calendars and save the date.
I am committed to contact each and every one of you champions. In the next couple of weeks I will be calling you and introducing myself to you to hear your heart about this issue and to hear what you are up to as you work tirelessly and relentlessly for this issue.
Thank you all for your service and sacrifice.
The next generation of children will be indebted to you as you build their family legacy which is defined by commitment, kindness , love, sacrifice, economic development and health.
Please be patient with me as I know some of you have received this e mail twice.
With much respect,
Joneen Mackenzie
Joneen Mackenzie RN, BSN, CPS II
The Center For Relationship Education
President / Founder
joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org
8101 E. Belleview Avenue
Suite D-2
Denver, CO 80237
Cell: 303.888.1895
Fax:720.214.2001
Reducing poverty by strengthening families!
When people fail to form lifetime committed partnerships /stable marriages, the first result is a vast expansion of government attempts to cope with the terrible social needs that result. There is scarcely a dollar that the state and federal government spends on social programs that is not driven, in large part, by non-marital childbearing, family fragmentation: crime, poverty, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, school failure, mental and physical health problems.