CBS Looking for Couple/ 60,000 Military Marriages/Google Marriage suport / I-SkillsZone /Black Marriage Day - 3/5/07

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- LOOKING FOR NO SEX OR LOW SEX MARRIAGES
- GOOGLE MARRIAGE SUPPORT
- 60,000 MARRIAGES BROKEN BY IRAQ
- I-SKILLSZONE 
- BLACK MARRIAGE DAY IN WASHINGTON STATE

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- LOOKING FOR NO SEX OR LOW SEX MARRIAGES
Diane, 
The CBS Early Show, who did a great job with me on the "New Rules of
Marriage" Valentines Day, is doing a show on Sexless or near Sexless
marriages. They define this as marriages in which sex occurs 10x/year or
less. I know the producer and this will be handled with the utmost
professionalism and respect.

The couple would be one part of a segment which will feature relationship
experts talking about what causes this and what people can do to help. I get
calls every week from the media and I turn down 90% of them. I¹ve come to
trust this producer and believe this is story that could actually help
people. 

If anyone on your list is such a couple and is inclined to help, or knows of
such a couple, please ask them to call me at my office 617-924-4041. The
producer is under tremendous deadline pressure so if you want to help it has
to be soon. 
Terry Real

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- GOOGLE MARRIAGE SUPPORT

Diane, 
Google has a message board called "support.marriage" and the description
says it is a "Discussion of the problems and joys of marriage". I think you
should join and give these people advice.  They clearly need it.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.marriage/about

Sandy 

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- 60,000 MARRIAGES BROKEN BY IRAQ

60,000 Marriages Broken by Iraq, Including Mine

By Stacy Bannerman, The Progressive. Posted March 5, 2007.

When one military wife got the news that her husband was coming home from
Iraq, they didn¹t tell her he was going to bring the war back with him.
To read this article:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=295947081&url_num=4&url=h
ttp://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/48788/

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- I-SKILLSZONE 

Diane, 
I was delighted with the Capacity building grant proposal for leadership and
organizational development you shared on the list!  Our
new and upgraded organizational programs the I-SkillsZone and
Collaborative Team Skills fits with this perfectly. I'm passing the grant
announcement on to our CC newslist with this intro: "ICP's new business/
organizational program ­ the I-SkillsZone ­ provides essential
communication skills for two of the five capacity building
activities: 1) Leadership Development, 2) Organizational Development,
called for in this grant. For more information on the I-SkillsZone,
visit www.I-SkillsZone.com."

Sherod Miller
Couple Communication
Www.comskills.com 

In Dener, Sherod will introduce his new and updated Collaborative Marriage
program in both a 2-day Instructor training and a workshop:

> 403 - Sat morning, June 29
> The Collaborative Marriage Model
> Sherod Miller, PhD, Daniel Lord, PhD, MDiv
> This new model adds attachment and neuroscience concepts and the new THRIVE
> assessment to classic Couple Communication skills to accelerate couple
> interaction and collaboration.

> 108  Two Days - Wednesday & Thursday, June 27, 28
> Collaborative Marriage Skills: Couple Communication
> Sherod Miller, PhD & Phyllis Miller, PhD
> Teach the newly revised Couple Communication I & II programs (plus CORE for
> singles) for creating Collaborative Marriages. Learn to use THRIVE (the new
> Collaborative Marriage profile), 6 talking and 5 listening skills, coach
> practical processes with powerful skills mats including with low-income
> couples. Marketing and practice-building strategies. $100 spouse discount.
> Click for more information:http://www.smartmarriages.com/miller.html
> 
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- BLACK MARRIAGE DAY IN WASHINGTON STATE
> CWW-AAHMI is hosting our first annual Black Marriage Day Celebration.  Black
> Marriage Day was founded by Nisa Muhammad of Wedded Bliss Foundation
> http://www.weddedblissinc.com/   Black Marriage Day
> is nationally recognized, celebrating African American Marriages across the
> country.  We¹re on board along with hundreds of other cities across the United
> States honoring African American Marriages in our communities on March 24,
> 2007 at 6:00pm at the Vietnamese Church in Brighton.
> 
> We cordially invite you to come out and celebrate your marriages, support
> other community icons that have been married for decades on this festive
> evening with good food, music, fellowship, presentation awards, and
> celebration. Tickets are $20 per person to help us to continue working toward
> our goals for our communities.
>  
> Sincerely,
> Terome & Ronda Fulmore
> Co-Founders
> Communities of Western Washington
> African American Healthy Marriage Initiative
> Tele/Fax - (253) 945-1884

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