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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

POP This! – The Peer Educators were asked, what advice would you give someone who feels pressured to have sex with their partner just because of the holiday? Or what advice would you give someone who is single and feeling lonely on this day? As most may know, Valentine’s Day […]

Valentine’s Day Pressure

February 14, 2017 in Peer Pressure / Self Love tagged Condom / Condoms / Love / Peer Pressure / POP This! / relationships / safe sex / self love / Valentine's Day / YPE

POP This! – How did you know that your first time was the right time? Is there something you wish you knew before you had sex? In the movies, sex looks so easy and romantic. I realized my first time was nothing like the movies and television shows. My first experience was […]

POP This! – My First Time

August 30, 2016 in Peer Pressure / Relationships tagged First Time / Peer Pressure / POP This! / safe sex / sex / Teens

April is STD Awareness Month and here you'll find helpful tips to protect yourself. #SacPOP

STD Awareness Month

April 29, 2016 in HIV and STIs tagged Condoms / safe sex / safer sex / STD / STI

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

March 15, 2016 in HIV and STIs tagged African American / Girls / Hispanic / HIV / Latino / NWGHAAD / Outreach / relationships / safe sex / Teens / use condoms / Women / Youth

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

February 7, 2016 in HIV and STIs / Outreach / Prevention tagged African American / AIDS / Condoms / Get Tested / HIV / Outreach / Prevention / safe sex

POP This! – The Youth Peer Educators were asked: What are your thoughts on Netflix and Chill? If you don’t want to have sex with someone, how did you or would you handle that? I feel like it’s okay to “Netflix and Chill” with someone you’re in a relationship with […]

Netflix and Chill

January 5, 2016 in Peer Pressure / Relationships / Sex tagged Ask Us / Dating / Friends / Partner / Partners / Peer Pressure / POP This! / relationships / safe sex / sex / Youth / YPE

Break out your ugly sweater, throw another log on the fire, and pour yourself a mug of eggnog because the holidays are here, and it’s time to celebrate! The end-of-year holidays are an especially social time for Americans; there are parents to visit, gifts to exchange, and a Santa’s sled […]

Women, Condoms, and Holiday Parties

December 19, 2015 in Condoms tagged Condom / Condoms / safe sex

My condom broke, what now? It is so cool that you used a condom! Unfortunately, it broke. Just because it broke, does not mean that you should give up on condoms, there might have been some other factors that caused this. Condoms are not indestructible, they can tear or rip. […]

Condom Broke! What Now?

October 15, 2015 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Prevention / Sex / Sex Ed tagged AIDS / Condom / Condoms / Education / HIV / lube / PEP / safe sex / safety / sex / sex positive / SexED / STDs / use condoms / Youth

We are going to be talking about putting your tongue by your cheeks…the other cheeks 🙂 We’re talking about anilingus. But what is anilingus? Well, simply put, it is when you use your mouth or tongue to sexually stimulate your partner’s anus or butt. You may have heard it as […]

Tongue and Cheek

May 14, 2015 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Relationships / Sex / Sexuality tagged AIDS / Anal Sex / Condom / Condoms / HIV / Oral Sex / safe sex / safety / sex / sex positive / STDs

Let’s have fun with condoms! In a post last year, we went in depth about the different types of lube but did you know that there are so many different types of condoms out there? Let’s start with the most common condom which is latex: Latex condoms can prevent […]

Condom Fun

July 21, 2014 in Condoms tagged AIDS / Condoms / Dating / Get Tested / HIV / lube / Partner / Partners / Prevention / safe sex / safety / sex / SexED / sexuality / STDs / use condoms

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

June 27, 2014 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Prevention tagged AIDS / Condoms / Dating / Friends / Get Tested / Hispanic / HIV / Internet / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / NHTD / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Prevention / safe sex / safety / sex / STDs / Teens / Testing / Youth