Empowering Youth: HIV/AIDS Awareness and Activism

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Explore the history of HIV/AIDS activism, access community care and resources, and embrace self-love with wellness tips. Engage in discussions on safeguarding against HIV/AIDS and promoting prevention. Discover the importance of chosen family in finding acceptance. Join the movement to protect yourself and others. #HIVAwareness #YouthActivism #CommunityCare #WellnessTips #ChosenFamily

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HIV/AIDS Awareness A History of Resilience Created by the Youth Organizing Team

Introductions Introduce yourself in the chat! Share your name, pronouns, school & city, and your favorite cartoon (show or movie) to watch.

Agenda Welcome, Housekeeping, & Agreements Wellness Tip HIV/AIDS Activism Safeguards and Prevention Announcements & Closing

Todays Goals Learn the history of the HIV/AIDS activist movement Find community care and resources for youth living with HIV/AIDS or familiar with someone who is Share wellness tips to practice self love during this time of being home

Sample Community Agreements Be as present as you can. 1) Mute audio 2) Try on video 3) Use the chat box Vegas Rule What s said here stays here; what s learned here leaves here. Community Garden Chat it! Intent vs. Impact Right to Pass Use content warnings. Understand informed consent.

Wellness Tip: Checking In Wellness Tip: Checking In

Wellness Tip: Finding Wellness Tip: Finding Chosen Family Chosen Family Where have YOU found your chosen family or community? "Pose" Star Ryan Jamaal Swain Talks About The Importance of Chosen Family Ryan Jamaal Swain sat down with the It Gets Better crew to talk about finding acceptance, living truthfully and starring in the groundbreaking FX series "Pose." Don't forget to catch the season finale of "Pose" Sunday, July 22 at 9 pm Eastern. To Learn More About Pose: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoseOnFX/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoseOnFX About It Gets Better: The It Gets Better Project exists to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe. To learn more about It Gets Better, visit our links: http://www.itgetsbetter.org/ https://twitter.com/ItGetsBetter https://www.facebook.com/itgetsbetterproject https://www.instagram.com/itgetsbetter http://itgetsbetterproject.tumblr.com/

HIV/AIDS Awareness HIV/AIDS Awareness HIV: How to Protect Yourself and Others HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is considered a sexually transmitted disease (STD) because it can be spread through certain sexual behaviors. This means that HIV cannot be spread through behaviors like shaking hands, hugging or kissing. Watch the full video to learn more! -- Please like, share and subscribe to AMAZE! Follow us on Snap and Insta for more info about puberty and growing up. Snap: AmazeOrg Insta: AmazeOrg http://amaze.org/ What stigma have you read or heard about people living with HIV/AIDS?

HIV/AIDS Activism HIV/AIDS Activism How to Survive a Plague - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process. The powerful story of their fight is a classic tale of empowerment and activism that has since inspired movements for change in everything from breast cancer research to Occupy Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful inspiration to future generations, a road map, and a call to arms. This is how you change the world. Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, New Directors/New films, San Francisco International FF, Provincetown FF, Outfest Documentary Centerpiece, Seattle International FF "Words like 'important' and 'inspiring' tend too often to be meaninglessly attached to non-fiction filmmaking, but in the case of David France's compelling snapshot of a revolutionary period in AIDS treatment, they are amply justified... An epic celebration of heroism and tenacity, and less directly, a useful template for any fledgling activist movement, demonstrating the effectiveness of inside/outside strategy." -David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter "I sat down to watch "How to Survive a Plague," a new documentary about the history of the AIDS epidemic, expecting to cry, and cry I did...I expected to be angry. Here, too, I wasn't disappointed. What I didn't expect was how much hope I would feel. How much comfort. While the movie vividly chronicles the wages of bigotry and neglect, it even more vividly chronicles how much society can budge when the people exhorting it to are united and determined and smart and right. The fight in us eclipses the sloth and surrender, and the good really does outweigh the bad. That's a takeaway of 'How to Survive a Plague,' and that's a takeaway of the AIDS crisis as well." -Frank Bruni, The New York Times How to Survive a Plague is a documentary about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s. It depicts the story of activists pushing back against the federal government's response to the epidemic. Subscribe to IFC: http://youtube.com/user/IFCFilmsTube Connect with IFC Online IFC Films Official Site: http://www.ifcfilms.com Follow IFC Films on Twitter: http://twitter.com/IFCFilms Find IFC Films on Facebook: http://facebook.com/IFCFilmsOfficial Follow IFC Films on Instagram : http://instagram.com/ifcfilms

HIV/AIDS Activism HIV/AIDS Activism 1982: AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is officially named by the CDC. 1987: ACT Up (the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) is founded. They led direct actions to end the AIDS crisis. 1987: ACT Up s first protest happened on Wall Street. They demand the release of HIV treatments from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to save more lives. 1988: ACT UP & ACT NOW coalition shut down the FDA at the Washington, D.C. offices.

HIV/AIDS Youth Activism HIV/AIDS Youth Activism In 1991, ACT UP's Youth Education Life Line (YELL) organized a sexual health education campaign, demanding the New York City Board of Education to vote in support of condom distribution to high school students on their campuses.

HIV/AIDS Youth Activism HIV/AIDS Youth Activism 1991: NYC Board of Ed. voted 4-3 to approve condom distribution in public high schools. 1991: YELL defeated an amendment that would have given parents the right to decide if their children could receive condoms in public high schools. 1992: YELL protested Christian fundamentalists and promoted HIV/AIDS education at the NYC Board of Ed meetings. 1995: YELL protested the NYC Board of Ed s decision to end condom demonstrations & the district s failure to include AIDS prevention education.

HIV/AIDS & Identity HIV/AIDS & Identity Race: Black and Latinx people are disproportionately impacted by HIV (parallels the Black community being disproportionately affected by COVID-19). Work discrimination and class impact contraction rates: Low income communities are at higher risk. Gender: Women are at higher risk.

Group Reflection Group Reflection

HIV/AIDS & Pop Culture HIV/AIDS & Pop Culture

Quiz: Safeguards & Quiz: Safeguards & Prevention Prevention Which of these methods do not prevent HIV/AIDS? Condoms PrEP Dental Dams Birth Control Abstinence

Quiz: Safeguards & Quiz: Safeguards & Prevention Prevention True or False: Someone can contract HIV by kissing someone who is HIV positive. How can HIV be transmitted? Semen Blood Pregnancy from mother to child Vaginal fluids Breast milk Sharing of unsterilized needles All of the above

Quiz: HIV Support & Quiz: HIV Support & Treatment Treatment True or False: Receiving an STD test that screens for HIV is the most accurate way to know if you have HIV or other STDS.

Quiz: HIV Support & Quiz: HIV Support & Treatment Treatment True or False: People living with HIV/AIDS can live healthy lives and thrive.

How many of you knew this info? How do you think this can benefit other young people and their families? What is the current state of sex ed in your school?