Describe your work with TAC.

The TAC is the youth leadership team of the Gaston Youth Connected Project (GYC). GYC’s goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in Gaston County by 10% by 2015. As a member of the TAC, I am trained and educated to promote safer sex and abstinence to the youth of my community. I help teens access sexual health education and health care services by passing out flyers, brochures, and business cards from our local Teen Wellness Center in the Gaston County Health Department to teens. I also plan events that educate teens on their rights as minors in North Carolina to access reproductive health care services and that encourage teens to talk to a trusted adult about their plans to be sexually active or remain abstinent.