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June 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more!
Advocates for Youth's e-News Update
National HIV Testing Day
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 40,000 Americans become infected with HIV every year. As youth under the age of 25, we represent fifty percent of those new HIV cases. In addition, an estimated 180,000 to 280,000 people in the United States are HIV-positive but unaware of their status. Let’s put an end to that. On June 27, join Americans all around the nation in getting tested for HIV. Don’t stay in the dark; get tested for HIV and be aware of your status.
For more information on HIV testing, or to find a testing location in your area, visit http://www.hivtest.org.
For more information about National HIV Testing Day and the National Association of People With AIDS, visit http://www.napwa.org.
Web Boards!
Do you ever wonder what your fellow activists are doing to get involved? Well now you’ll know! We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Youth Activist Network web boards. Make an account, sign in, and post, post, post! With these web boards you will now be able to post about your advocacy involvement, look at what others have done, ask questions of your peers, and learn from each other.
The board is located at http://www.advocatesforyouth.info/WB/default.asp. Sign up today!
Last Call To Youth Activists!
The deadline to apply is right around the corner!
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Make a Difference in Your School and on Your Campus
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Join the Fight for Honest Sex Ed
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Demand Comprehensive HIV Prevention
Become a Campus or High School Organizer with Advocates for Youth!
Campus and High School Organizers work with the staff of the Youth Activist Network to change current local and national sex education and HIV prevention policies to policies that allow for accurate, honest and comprehensive education. Campus and High School Organizers help in developing media outreach, building local support for the reproductive and sexual health rights of young people, and participating in advocacy visits to policy makers.
Stop Censorship!
Each and every day in the United States, 10,000 teens contract a sexually transmitted disease, 2400 get pregnant, and 55 contract HIV. Fifty percent of new HIV cases occur among youth under the age of 25. And what are politicians doing? They are censoring information that we need in order to protect ourselves. They are funding abstinence-only programs that prohibit information about contraception and condoms. Our politicians, without our consent, are banning the information we need to protect ourselves. Take a stand in your community and stop this censoship!
Apply to become a Campus or High School Organizer!
FINAL DEADLINE: June 30, 2006
Attention: New Opportunities on the Loose!
Interested in peer education? If you are between the ages of 14 and 23 and have regular access to the internet, we have two great new opportunities for you! Two websites hosted by Advocates for Youth, are looking for peer educators for the 2006-2007 school year!
MySistahs is a website created by and for young women of color to provide information and offer support on sexual reproductive health issues through education and advocacy.
Youth Resource is a website created by and for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youth to explore issues concerning the GLBTQ youth community.
As an online peer educator for MySistahs or Youth Resource, you will answer questions posed by visitors and point them to appropriate resources. In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop content by writing articles for the sites!
Apply to become an Online Peer Educator!
MySistahs: (application no longer online)
Youth Resource: (application no longer online)
You can help Advocates for Youth with a contribution today. To donate, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/donatetoday.htm
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