Youth

September 10th is World Suicide Awareness Day and we want to reach out to those who may need help finding resources or would like someone to talk to. If you are looking for support for your yourself or a loved one you can call 1-800-273-8255 or text SEIZE to 741741. It’s free and available […]

Suicide Prevention

September 10, 2018 in Prevention tagged Health / mental / Prevention / suicide / Youth

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

Thank you for all your support! We are so proud of what we have been able to accomplish in just one year!

#GivingTuesday

November 29, 2016 in Outreach / Sex Ed tagged Giving Tuesday / Outreach / Youth

Mean Girls is one of the most quotable movies of the twenty-first century; from “it’s like I have ESPN or something” to “stop trying to make fetch happen” the film is stuffed to the brim with hilarious and chaotic distinction. Though the plot of Mean Girls focuses on the competitive […]

Mean Girls: A Case Study

March 16, 2016 in Relationships tagged mean girls / Parents / use condoms / Youth

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

POP This! – Apparently it goes down in the DM, have you actually dated or hooked up with anyone who slid in your DMs? What advice would you give to someone considering it? If not, what advice would you give someone who doesn’t want messages and pics from randoms? […]

It goes down in the DMs

February 24, 2016 in Peer Pressure / Relationships tagged Dating / Peer Pressure / POP This! / social media / Youth / YPE

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month Slavery was apart of our history, but never truly went away. It just changed into a different form which is now known as human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that profits from the exploitation of our most vulnerable populations. Sex trafficking […]

Are You Aware?

January 7, 2016 in Prevention / Sex tagged human trafficking / Prevention / sex / sex trafficking / Youth

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

As #SacPOP continues to grow into the new year, we have welcomed a new team of peers to make a stronger and more lasting impact. Take a look at our newest members:

#PeepOurPeers

January 4, 2016 in Prevention tagged Activism / Ask Us / Peer / Peers / Prevention / sex positive / Youth / YPE

December 1st is a day set aside to increase awareness about HIV and to encourage people to get tested and treated for HIV. This year, World AIDS Day falls on #GivingTuesday, which is a global day of giving. Hopefully you did not spend all of your money on Black Friday and […]

World AIDS Day and Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2015 in HIV and STIs / Prevention / Sex Ed tagged Giving Tuesday / HIV / sex / SexED / STD / STDs / Testing / WAD / World AIDS Day / Youth

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

When the sun starts to poke it’s head out and the temperature starts to head into the 70s, 80s, 90s and in some places like Sacramento, the temp goes into the 100s, we start to get “Summer Ready”. What does it mean to be “Summer Ready”? Do we have to […]

Summer Ready

July 15, 2015 in Peer Pressure / Self Love tagged 4th of July / Body Image / Community / Dating / Health / Mental Health / Peer Pressure / self love / Summer / Summer Ready / Youth