This video session was planned with two goals in mind. The first — to examine the “”Consequences of Marriage Report”” that succinctly stated “”Does marriage bring the same benefits to all groups, and in particular of course to African-Americans?”” and the evidence being very strong, especially with Caucasian families, that marriage conveys very substantial advantages to both adults and children in these marriages, and the question is whether that also applies to African-American families.Then the second question if the answer is “”yes,”” as the report claims it is, what can be done to promote marriage. This session will focus on the remarkable programs in the District of Columbia, in fact, with very little hesitation we can say that the District of Columbia probably has more programs that were designed specifically with marriage in mind and to promote marriage and provide incentives to marriage and remove disincentives for marriage than any other city in the country. (Author abstract).