NYHAAD

I had the pleasure of working with two students from the FACES for the Future Sacramento Program. I spent five weeks with them and we were able to discuss how to prevent HIV, STIs and we even planned a community project in order to reach out to their peers. We plan […]

Art for Change

April 10, 2017 in Prevention / Sex Ed tagged Condoms / HIV / National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day / NYHAAD / Peers / Prevention / safe sex / sex positive / STDs / Teen / Teens / use condoms / Youth

HIV/AIDS affects us all, including youth. Many youth are unaware about their risks and many do not have access to testing sites or places that offer free condoms. I found this to be a problem when I was 15 years old. I knew nothing about HIV but for some reason […]

#NYHAAD – Encouraging Youth to Get Involved

April 10, 2015 in HIV and STIs / LGBTQ / Outreach / Prevention tagged advocacy / advocate / HIV / National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day / NYHAAD / Outreach / Prevention / STD / Youth

1000 youth are newly infected with HIV per month? What is happening that is causing this to happen? Below is an interesting graphic that illiterates what states are mandated to have sex education and what states are required to give medically correct information to students. As you see there are […]

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

April 10, 2014 in HIV and STIs / Sex / Sex Ed tagged Activism / African American / Condoms / Friends / Get Tested / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / NYHAAD / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Peer / Peer Pressure / Peers / Prevention / relationships / safe sex / safety / sexuality / STDs / Testing / Youth