M.A.R.S. News!

• October 2008
  ODE Funding begins for our new initiative: "MARS Behind Bars" for work with incarcerated youth
• May 14 2008
  MARS hosted the 2^nd annual Poetry Sex Slam at Cloud 9. Over 200 people attended.
• April 2008
  Mars outreach workers present at Seaside Adolesent Sexuality Conference
• April 2008
  Outreach workers present at Male Reproductive Conference in Denver, Co.
• February 1, 2008
  Read the first ever M.A.R.S. Newsletter!
• February 2008
  M.A.R.S. in the News!
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• February 1, 2008
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• August 2007
  M.A.R.S. is now being implemented in five Oregon Counties: Benton, Jackson, Deschutes, Marion and Multnomah
• January 2008
  M.A.R.S. TV commercials can be viewed on this website, M.A.R.S. MySpace page, www.youtube.com, and various cable channels.
• February 28, 2008
  The MARS Program is a finalist in a global competition of programs for helping young men at risk. MARS is one of 14 finalists selected out of 364 applicants from 39 nations for Ashoka's Changemakers "Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation" on-line competition.
• May 16, 2007
  M.A.R.S. hosted the first ever Poetry Sex Slam in collaboration with the Corvallis poetry group, "Pints and Poetry". Festivities took place at Iovinos Ristorante in Corvallis. Over 100 participants attended. Audience members judged poets delivering messages on responsible sex, love, and sexuality in the form of spoken-word poetry.
• February 7, 2007
  M.A.R.S. presents to Benton County teens at the annual Teen Summit, Corvallis, OR. Their interactive presentation educations teens about the risks associated with sexual activity.
• November 2, 2006
  M.A.R.S. presents at the Society of Public Health Educators Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Presentation highlights program evaluation results.
• October 23, 2006
  M.A.R.S. presents at the Oregon Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Corvallis, OR. Two presentations address social marketing sexual and reproductive health to males and program expansion and replication in Deschutes and Jackson Counties.
• August 12, 2006
  M.A.R.S. is a sponsor of the Corvallis Boys and Girls Club Hoop Jam. The M.A.R.S. Guys join the fun and friendly competition by entering their own team.
• June 1, 2006
  M.A.R.S. launches a new social marketing campaign featuring the "spoken-word" poetry of Outreach Worker, Brian Dekker. Commercials were produced by former Outreach Worker, Joe Duerst. Click here to view commercials.