What Regan Hofmann Can Tell Us about HIV, AIDS ... and Life

She walks into Boro Bean, a small coffeehouse in Hopewell, N.J., and you can't decide if she's a ray of sunshine or a beam of moonlight. She shimmers. She has long blonde hair and wears brown, high-heeled boots. Tall and model-thin, she is elegant even in torn jeans – and suddenly it seems like everyone who's staring at her wide smile and blue eyes feels better. She is so alive.

This is Regan Hofmann, who has been living with HIV for 14 years.

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Recent Abstinence-Only Study Promising But Insufficient
A study published in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine reporting on the effectiveness of an abstinence-only educational intervention shows promising but far from comprehensive results, says Elizabeth Schroeder, Ed.D., M.S.W., executive director for Answer. Follow the link for our full news release in response to this study. >read more

Special Birthday Wishes to Susan N. Wilson!
This week, we at Answer are celebrating a very special occasion: Sunday, January 17 is the 80th birthday of Susan N. Wilson, the person whose hard work, vision and dedication has been the most influential in making Answer the organization that it is today--an organization that has helped millions of young people, educators and parents throughout this country for nearly thirty years. And so, this week, we are preempting Susie's blog with our own celebration of Susie, which we hope you will enjoy and then use to share your own birthday greeting for her. >read more

We Need to Talk
Over 150 guests at Answer's fourth annual fundraising breakfast, on October 8 at Jasna Polana, enjoyed a thought-provoking presentation from our teens and a powerful keynote speech by our executive director, Elizabeth Schroeder, Ed.D., M.S.W. For those unable to attend that morning--and those who were there who would like a repeat "performance"--here is the text of Dr. Schroeder's speech. >read more

Answer's 2009-2010 Open-Enrollment Trainings are Here!
We are offering many new and exciting topics, from "Puberty 201" to "Sexting: Flirting or Felony" to "Looks Aren't Everything!: Using the Media to Teach about Body Image". >read more

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The End of Abstinence-Only
What is the future of sex education in America? Read more about it in Contemporary Sexuality from AASECT. >read more