Get ready for National Youth HIV & AIDS Week of Action! Next week, we're coordinating a series of events & activities in the lead-up to National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (#NYHAAD) next Monday.
Later in the week, we'll be launching a Day of Action focused on legislation to decriminalize living with HIV. In the meantime, if you or your organization or student group want to join our activities next week and on NYHAAD, check out our general NYHAAD Toolkit here.
Below is a list of online events next week. You can join as many or as few events as you’d like, but be sure to follow our Instagram here for updates.
Check out next week's schedule!
MONDAY, APRIL 3rd - Launch
Stay tuned to our Instagram account @advocatesforyouth to learn more about the NYHAAD campaign, our values, and our demands. In addition, throughout the week the @MyStoryOutLoud account will be highlighting several NYHAAD Ambassadors—a bold group of young people leading HIV prevention, treatment, and care campaigns in their communities.
TUESDAY - Repeal HIV Discrimination Act Teaser
Check out our TikTok account @advocatesforyouth, where we’ll post a video from Youma Diabira (she/her) on the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act. Youma is a NYHAAD Ambassador, member of communiTEA, and youth activist dedicated to amplifying the voices of young Black women and girls living with and impacted by HIV. She’s a current student at Xavier University, an HBCU in Louisiana, and also serves as a Sexual Assault Peer Health educator. Furthermore, Youma is a Reproductive Justice Fellow with In Our Own Voice.
WEDNESDAY - Day of Action: REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act
Join us for a day of action urging Congress to pass the Repeal HIV Discrimination Act. You can send a letter to your members of Congress here, and share the action online.
FRIDAY at 9pm EST - Film Screening & Youth Panel w/ BLACK, GAY, stuck at home
Join us for a film screening and youth panel in partnership with BLACK, GAY, stuck at home (bgsah). bgsah is a project created by Michael Ward (he/him, @michaelxward) and Joshua Henry Jenkins (he/him, @joshjenks). As the world was asked to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, they recognized that a need for affinity and community remains, and created this effort to both gather folks together and also center Black queer film. Head to http://www.bgsah.com/ for key updates about the feature film and panel featuring two NYHAAD Ambassadors.
MONDAY, APRIL 10th - Join us online using #NYHAAD
April 10th is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day! Join us and thousands of accounts across the country in posting online using #NYHAAD. We encourage you to (1) use the NYHAAD toolkit here for inspiration, (2) share the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Action link here, and/or (3) encourage folks to sign up for our Medical Mentorship Toolkit by sharing this link on social media. Remember to use #NYHAAD in your posts, no matter what social media network you choose.
In solidarity,
Armonte Butler
Associate Director, LGBTQ Health & Rights
Advocates for Youth
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