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                          THE WHITE HOUSE
                   OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
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   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               CONTACT: 202-456-7035

TUESDAY, July 5, 1994

             FAMILY CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON ROLE OF MEN
                        IN CHILDREN'S LIVES
                    Vice President To Moderate
             Policy Makers, Family Members To Take Part
               MONDAY, JULY 11, 1994  NASHVILLE, TN 
   
        WASHINGTON -- Vice President Al Gore, Tipper Gore, 

policy makers from all levels of government, family members, and experts in the field of families will join together Monday, July 11 in Nashville, TN, at the Third Annual Family Reunion Conference to address the role of men in children's lives and ways to reconnect young people with their fathers and other male role models.

Family Reunion III: The Role of Men in Children's Lives will be held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center Polk Theater in Nashville. It is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Human Services and the Children, Youth and Families Consortium of the University of Minnesota. It is the third in a series of family policy conferences moderated by the Vice President.

"Over the years, as more and different pressures are placed on families, some ineffective patterns of fatherhood have developed. Unfortunately, many young people across this country are growing up without the support of their fathers, and without any real male role models," the Vice President said. "This conference will address those issues and help us discover ways to reconnect fathers and other men with young people, and in the process, strengthen and support families."

The Reverend Jesse Jackson and President Clinton's Domestic Policy Council Director Carol Rasco, will join the Vice President at the all-day conference. The conference will include men and women's forums; entertainment; policy roundtable discussions; and a town hall meeting moderated by Vice President Gore.

For more information about credentialing and logistics, the media should contact Princine Lewis or Jennifer Miller at 615-742-8113.

The agenda of the conference follows.

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      FAMILY REUNION III: The Role of Men In Children's Lives
                       Monday, July 11, 1994
           Tennessee Performing Arts Center Polk Theater
                       Nashville, Tennessee
   8:30 - 8:35 AM      CONFERENCE OPENS
                       Dr. Martha Farrell Erickson (Children,   
                  Youth and Family Consortium Director at      
                  University of Minnesota)introduces           
             children's chorus
   
   8:35 - 8:45 AM      "THE SELECT SINGERS" W.O. SMITH          
             NASHVILLE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
   
   8:45 - 8:55 AM      INTRODUCTIONS
                       *  Tennessee Department of Human         
             Services Commissioner Robert Grunow                
        introduces Governor Ned McWherter
                       *  Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter      
                  introduces the Vice President
   
   8:50 - 8:55 AM      VICE PRESIDENT WELCOMES AND INTRODUCES   
                  FILM COLLAGE
                  
   8:55 - 9:05 AM      FILM COLLAGE
                       Images of men in children's lives seen   
                  through the lens of American film and TV 
   9:05 - 9:20 AM      VICE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
   
   9:25 - 10:45 AM     MEN'S FORUM
                       Vice President Gore leads 30 men who     
                  have made a commitment to children,           
             their own and others, in a discussion of           
             the issues surrounding their involvement

10:45 - 10:55 AM VICE PRESIDENT AND TIPPER GORE INTRODUCE

CHILDREN'S VIDEO

10:55 - 11:15 AM VOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

                       A series of interviews with children of 
                       different ages and backgrounds about     
                  their fathers and the men in their lives

11:15 - 12:00 PM PROGRAM RESPONSE

                       The Vice President invites responses     
                  from those who are actively engaged in        
             programs working with men and children

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   12:00 - 2:30 PM     LUNCHEON
                       Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza
                       Entertainment by "Free Spirit"
                       ADDRESS BY REVEREND JESSE JACKSON
   2:30 - 3:15 PM      WOMEN'S FORUM LED BY TIPPER GORE
                       Mrs. Gore leads a conversation with six 
                       other women about the role of men in     
                  their children's lives
        
   3:15 - 4:00 PM      STRATEGIES
                       Vice President Gore and Carol Rasco lead 
                       a discussion among the representatives   
                  of federal agencies, and state and local      
                  government about the policy responses to      
                  the issues raised during the day
   
   4:00 - 4:55 PM      TOWN HALL FORUM
                       Vice President will open the discussion 
                       to the entire audience
   
   4:55 - 5:00 PM      VICE PRESIDENT'S CLOSING REMARKS

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