Marry Your Baby Daddy - Maryann Reid and African American Matrimony.

According to the National Institute of Health, almost 70 percent of black children are born out of wedlock; a 2002 study done by the Urban Institute and American University for the Department of Health and Human Services reported that "married couple households were much more likely to avoid poverty than all other types of households," and that "the apparent gains from marriage are particularly high among black households." And the journal Social Sciences Quarterly reported in 2005 that 9 percent of children in married-couple households were poor in 2000, but 54 percent of children living with never-married mothers were poor. Please join Denise Bolds, MSW and her special guest Maryann Reid in honor of Women’s History Month – Ms. Reid epitomizes female empowerment by promoting and celebrating matrimony! Maryann Reid has authored five books since 2002; her third book, “Marry Your Baby Daddy”, became a landmark event catapulted her to national prominence. Maryann Reid, organizer of the all-expenses-paid wedding event, now in its fifth year, as an effort to strengthen two-parent homes in the black community, where the situation is dire. www.marryyourbabydaddy.com Get Ready to be EMPOWERED!!!