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AtMP especially thanks these authors and organizations for their partnership and support*.
Relationship Resources on the Web
Related Organizations
Relationship Resources on the Web
Directory of Marriage, Family, and Couples Education Programs
This page allows you to search for couples education programs in your area. Many classes are available to unmarried couples, married couples, engaged couples, and gay, lesbian, or bisexual couples. Instead of offering counseling or therapy, these type of classes believe that relationships succeed and last because the people involved have specific skills, which the classes help you learn.
* Equality
in Marriage Institute
A nonprofit organization whose mission was to educate men and women
on the importance of equality in their relationships. Published
The
Commitment Conversation, a guide designed to help individuals
understand the importance of effective communication and decision-making
with their partner on challenging topics such as children, finances,
and relationship goals. The organization ceased operations in August 2006 and the website is no longer updated; nonetheless, it is full of practical suggestions of timeless value.
HeartChoice.com
A website of articles and links about relationships, including sections
on finding a partner, marriage, divorce, and sexual intimacy.
Requesting
Respect for Unmarrieds by Amy Hayden
Amy Hayden, an "unmarried-but-not-single" mother with
children, has something on her mind, and in "Requesting Respect
for Unmarrieds" she spills it. Read what Hayden feels her government
might do to support unmarried parents with children.
Valentine's
Reflection: True Love and Marriage by Mary Esselman and Elizabeth
Velez
Two women counter commercialized "love" with classic poetry.
Ten Ways To Improve Your Chances
for a Good Marriage After Cohabitation, by Dorian Solot and
Marshall Miller.
This short article lists some things cohabitors (or future cohabitors)
can do to increase the chance of having a strong marriage.
Organizations
aMaze
Provides curricula and books for schools, faith groups, and teachers to use to teach children about family diversity issues.
Unmarried America
Unmarried America is an information service for America's 89 million unmarried adults -- who head up a majority of the nation's households. Its services focus on your interests as employees, consumers, taxpayers, and voters, regardless of your household size or family structure. The newspaper column, library, and radio show are all functions of Spectrum Institute, a nonprofit corporation with federal tax exempt status.
Council on Contemporary Familes
Organization of researchers and theorists explores how the "traditional family" may not meet people's needs today."
Family Diversity Projects
This organization has wonderful photo-text exhibits and books on topics like lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families, multiracial families, mental illness in the family, adoptive and foster families, single parent families, immigrant families, and more.
Institute for 21st Century Relationships
A new organization whose mission is to facilitate the fulfillment of the human potential for relating, and to support the freedom of consenting adults to discover and to practice the intimate relationship structure that best meets their emotional and human needs.
Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing
A network of clergy, religious educators, theologians, and other religious leaders who believe all people have the right and responsibility to lead sexual lives that express love, justice, mutuality, commitment, consent, and pleasure, regardless of sex, gender, color, age, bodily condition, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Support and Discussion Groups
Alternatives to Marriage Live Journal
Messageboards about alternatives to marriage. This site is independent of
the Alternatives to Marriage Project, despite the similarity in name.
AtMP-Talk
The Alternatives to Marriage Project's online discussion list, for singles, people in relationships (married and unmarried), and professionals with an interest in the subject of people who choose not to marry or are unable to marry.
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