Tenth
Annual Teen HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
and Conference:
“Reclaiming our Youth
through Community Connections III”
Over
the past ten years Educating Teens about HIV/AIDS Incorporated (ETAH) has
worked tirelessly to convey the message that “HIV/AIDS is 100% Preventable.” The need for this message is greater today
than it was over ten years ago when ETAH begun. The statistics below make it perfectly clear that we are in a crisis:
· Every nine and
a half minutes, a person in the U.S. is infected with HIV.
· 50% of all new HIV infections occur in people under
the age of 25.
· One in four American girls has a sexually transmitted disease.
· Girls
represent 51% of the 15-19 year olds infected with HIV, and 65% of these girls are African American.
· AIDS is the
leading cause of death among black women ages 25-34, and the second leading
cause of death among black men ages 35-44.
· Pennsylvania
ranks 6th in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases
As
ETAH celebrates its Tenth Anniversary please join in its effort to prevent HIV
and STIs. We can and we must! This Conference, Reclaiming our Youth through
Community Connections, is designed to highlight the need for the entire
community to assume a greater responsibility in prevention education for
HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The goal of this conference is to stimulate a
community dialogue which incorporates a comprehensive, multi-discipline
approached for prevention that addresses the social and cultural underpinnings
of risky behavior, such as low self esteem, peer pressure, violence, drugs
& alcohol, abuse, and economic hardship.
Audience
The targeted
audience for the expanded program includes: educators, parents, faith-based organizations,
community organizations, service providers, health departments, health
providers, government officials, and college/school officials.
Registration Fee: $55.00 includes Reception and Luncheon.