The Marriage Resource Center of Wayne County

Description

We are a community-based organization whose purpose is to strengthen marriages throughout Southeast Michigan. Our goals are to increase the number of healthy marriages and reduce the divorce rate. Our strategy is to raise awareness of the benefits of a healthy marriage to women, men and children, as well as to corporations and communities. We are mounting a public awareness campaign to inform people of the possibility of experiencing a stable, satisfying marriage for themselves, and to recognize couples who have accomplished such a marriage. Additionally, we are a centralized location for finding marriage education workshops, retreats, support groups and marriage-friendly therapists through our website (first web-based MRC in MI). All marriage education providers (CME's, churches and religious organizations, therapists, etc.) are welcome to post their workshops free of charge. We work to increase the resources available for couples and singles (as relationship education is for every stage of marriage and pre-marriage). In 2010, we continue working to organize all ministers, judges and mayors (who are authorized to perform weddings) into a community marriage initiative.