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Ouzama N. Nicholson '94, an undergraduate admissions recruiter, says the climate for Blacks at Harvard is so oppressive and tense at times, that she sometimes is reluctant to give her sales pitch to the Black students she tries to recruit...
...over issues of sexuality with their mothers. The second section, Will Power/Won't Power, is designed to help girls develop strategies for postponing sexual activity and preventing pregnancy. "It's our experience that kids this age really know it's too early to be having sex," says Heather Johnston Nicholson, director of the National Resource Center for Girls Inc., in Indianapolis. "But when you're that age, you don't want to be considered a complete dweeb. We're establishing a peer group that says it's O.K. not to be sexually active...
...encouraged to focus on their goals. The final step, Health Bridge, helps older teens establish ties with a community clinic to ensure that they will have continued access to affordable reproductive health care. "It gives kids an opportunity to think through the reasons for not becoming sexually active," says Nicholson. But she cautions that "this is not a Just Say No program. When kids ask questions, they get straight answers. While we're focusing on postponement, we're not doing it in a context of fear and scare tactics...
Ouzama N. Nicholson '94 introduced the panel to the audience of 12 to discuss the "double negative" minority women face...
...Most people would be willing to say 'I'm going to forego the scholarship from the other school' just so they can be at Harvard," Nicholson said...