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	What It Takes I love my girls, but it’s hard being a mom

Summer 2010 Issue

As a child I had dreams of still being a virgin when I hit age 21.

I wouldn’t say I had dreams of losing my virginity on my wedding night because back then I didn’t picture being married. But my vision was of losing it on the night of my 21st birthday with the man I loved and getting pregnant with his son.>>>(MORE)

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The Success Foundation has shipped 1.5 million copies of a book on character education that is built around stories by Youth Communication's teen writers. >>>(MORE)

Award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat writes the foreword for "Haiti On My Mind: Stories By Haitian American-Teens." The anthology depicts the richness of Haitian culture and traditions, and its troubled history through the eyes of teens. >>>(MORE)

Twenty young people were honored at the Twelfth Annual Awards for Youth in Foster Care at The College Board on June 3, 2010. >>>(MORE)

New Youth Connections' "Dropout Report" is named Best Series in the Disinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Educational Publishers.>>>(MORE)

Foster Care Central names Youth Communication "Organization of the Month." Learn about Fostercarecentral.org, a social networking site to improve the lives of youth in foster care.>>>(MORE)

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Our Teen-Written Magazines and Books


New Youth Connections Our largest publication is New Youth Connections (NYC), a citywide, teen-written magazine with a readership of 200,000 teens and adults. *NYC* is published seven times during the school year.		Represent Begun in 1993, Represent (formerly FCYU) is a bimonthly magazine written by and for teens in foster care.		*Books by Youth Communication* Many of the best articles from Youth Communication’s two award-winning magazines, New Youth Connections and Represent (formerly FCYU) — are now available in paperback anthologies.