1750 Peachtree Street N.W., #200A Atlanta, GA 30309 404-817-0499 (office) 404-873-6274 (fax) Regional Dir.: Claire Hertzler
If you are interested in participating on the Steering Committee for our Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser, please contact Claire Hertzler at Claire@nationalcoalition.org.
The Parents Academy on the Sexualized Culture
This interactive, four hour course with multiple presenters empowers and equips parents to talk with their children and teens about developing healthy sexuality and negotiating the messages of the sexualized culture. The Parents Academy empowers parents with an extended look at how the culture is sexualizing children and youth and how to assist their child in developing strong boundaries.
The 18 Year Sex Talk
This two hour interactive presentation is available for parent groups in your home (invite friends and neighbors) or church at no charge. It gives an overview of the sexualized culture and involves participates in interactive methods to equip you in talking with your child about sex and resisting the messages of the culture. A registration fee of $35 per individual or $50 a couple is charged for the academy.
What Every Parent Needs to Know
A four week series available to parent groups and Sunday School classes about "Wireless Technology and Mobile Entertainment," "Addressing the Sexualized Culture," "Raising Kids in a XXX Culture," and " Leaving a Godly Legacy." Can be group led or National Coalition can present. Booklets available at $10 a set.
Interested in volunteering? The National Coalition’s Atlanta regional office could use your help with event planning and administrative duties. For more information, please contact Claire Hertzler at (404) 817-0499.
The New Sexual Revolution
This is a presentation for parents regarding tools on talking with your child or youth about sex and the sexualized culture. The materials were developed by a team of Atlanta parents in conjunction with the Atlanta office of the National Coalition in response to the 2005 “Sex and Young America “ presentation made at Perimeter School by Jack Samad, senior vice president of the National Coalition. The parent presentation was piloted in four homes in the spring of 2006. If you would like to schedule this in your home for your friends and neighbors or in your church, please contact Claire Hertzler at (404) 817-0499 or Claire@nationalcoalition.org . We are currently scheduling homes for the fall. There is no charge.
Any presentation mentioned above may be scheduled for your group by contacting Claire Hertzler at (404) 817-0499 or Claire@nationalcoalition.org at no charge, though honorariums to the National Coalition are welcomed.
The National Coalition's Atlanta office is actively working to stop human trafficking - modern day slavery. For seven years, we have been working to stop the commercial sexual exploitation of minors here in our own city through public awareness, public policy, parenting classes, and church outreach.
If you or your organization would like more information or a presentation on the human trafficking situation in Atlanta, call 404-817-0499 or e-mail: claire@nationalcoalition.org
In 1997, Atlanta Magazine named Atlanta “Sex City, USA” because of the 6,000 persons (4,000 of them dancers) then employed in the nude dance clubs. In 1998, the National Coalition named Atlanta as one of its Model Cities and established Citizens for Community Values/Atlanta to impact the culture here. In 2003, CCV/ATLANTA merged with the National Coalition, becoming one of its regional offices.
Current Projects:
Church Outreach
Taking Sex and Young America into as many churches, schools, and youth organizations as possible, beginning with a Parents Night
Establishing consulting relationships with church staffs and seminaries
Making presentations on Safe in Our Care, Hear my Sister’s Cries, Resurrecting Courtship, The Triple A Effect of the Internet, SafeSurfing, and The Addictive Nature of Pornography
Victim Assistance
Working by invitation with specific groups to prevent trafficking and prostitution
Offering a local HelpLine and referral service to victims
Legal and Public Policy
Possible billboard campaign against pornography
Child Internet Protection Bill passed unanimously in 2006 to require filters on all public libraries and school libraries which receive state funds.
What YOU can do in Atlanta:
Join the Intercessory E-Prayers
Join the E-Campaigners on urgent local and national issues
Volunteer for special events, speakers bureau, tech support, fund-raising, office staff
Make referrals of folks dealing with sexual addictions, abuse, or whose loved one is to local HelpLine at 404-817-0499
Invite us to your church or group to present one of the topics above
Invite us to consult with your staff about a language to begin dialoging on sexual issues.
Past accomplishments include: Support of the changing the pimping of minors law from a misdemeanor to a felony and to the revocation of the licensing of the Gold Club; launching Victoria’s Friends; three annual Religious Alliance Against Pornography luncheons and one all-day workshop; Four CEU approved Sexual Addiction Conferences attracting up to 300 –350 licensed therapists; Fox 5 news segment on addiction to pornography; Victims Assistance Helpline; training 82 Sunday School teachers, other leaders in one church on “Safe In Our Care.”
