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Outreach
March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is to bring more awareness about the risks of contracting HIV and to encourage more women and girls to get tested and treated for HIV. HIV remains a significant health issue for women and adolescent girls, with more […]
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today, February 7th, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. What does that mean? Well, today is meant to bring awareness and encourage HIV testing in the Black community. Compared with other races and ethnicities, African Americans account for a higher proportion of new HIV diagnoses, those living with HIV, and […]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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
National HIV Testing Day is a day where we can all encourage people to get tested for HIV! Getting tested is the first step to help prevent the spread of HIV. Once you know your status, you can seek treatment, lower the amount of virus that is in your body […]
National HIV Testing Day 2014
Today is Denim Day and from denimdayusa.org, here is some history on why this day is so important to bring awareness about sexual violence: “For the past 15 years, Peace Over Violence has run the Denim Day in L.A. and USA campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Violence […]
Denim Day: Bringing Awareness about Sexual Violence
2 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
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It is important for everyone, not just African Americans, to get tested and to stay in treatment for HIV. If you are unaware about the impact HIV has on this population, here is a very shocking fact – “African Americans represent approximately […]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Hey Everyone There have been some changes in the SacPOP program so we apologize for not posting as much on the blog but I hope you have been following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram since we are still posting articles, pics and giving tips to stay safe while having […]
Back in Session!
Three days ago was World AIDS Day and the whole world was bringing awareness, celebrating where we have come and remembering those we have lost. HIV is affecting us all and we need to make sure that we have an AIDS-free generation. What does it take? It takes everyone to […]
World AIDS Day
What are you thankful for? It has been awhile since we last posted but we do want to give a great big “thank you” to everyone who has helped SacPOP reach out to various people in the Sacramento community. We have made a huge impact in Sacramento and we want […]
Being Thankful
This has been a great year for our Youth Peer Educators! We have reached out to various populations and encouraged many youth to get tested for HIV and STDs. They have been such a great group of youth to work with and they all made a difference in helping with […]