On July 28th, 2010, NYAC welcomed Ra'Shawn Flournoy, Internet Outreach Coordinator for AID Upstate in Greenville, SC for 'Best Practices in Internet Outeach.'  Below is more information about this presentation, including links to the actually listen/watch the presentation recording and resources shared.  We will continue to add resources to this site as we move forward, so please check back for more!  Please contact Shannon Murphy, Program Coordinator, at shannon@nyacyouth.org or (202) 319-7596 x24 if you have any questions or would like further assistance.  Click below for more info!

NYAC, along with the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network, hosted HIV & Tobacco: Linkages in Prevention and Cessation for LGBTQ Youth on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010.  Featured presenters were Danielle Grospitch, CTTS and Barbara Warren, Psy.D. 

 Come to this webinar to learn more about the unique ways that eating disorders affect LGBTQ youth, current research, and learn program ideas to implement in addressing this issue. This webinar will be guest hosted by the National Eating Disorder Association and will be a great first step in becoming involved in the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 21 – 27, 2010. Visit NEDA Awareness Week to find out more. 

Come to this webinar to learn more about the unique ways that eating disorders affect LGBTQ youth, current research, and learn program ideas to implement in addressing this issue. This webinar will be guest hosted by the National Eating Disorder Association and will be a great first step in becoming involved in the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, February 21 – 27, 2010. Visit NEDA Awareness Week to find out more. 

Recording of webinar originally presented on January 12, 2010.

With a cooperative agreement with the CDC, NYAC will be creating an HIV prevention social marketing campaign geared towards Latino LGBTQ youth across the country. In order to design a culturally competent and effective program, NYAC will be guided by a series of focus groups and talking circles with youth, youth-service providers, and HIV prevention specialists within the Latino LGBTQ communities.  Join NYAC to evaluate imagery, messaging, and social marketing techniques that are most appropriate for this community. This webinar will be highly interactive and will provide an opportunity to network and share ideas with other Latino LGBTQ HIV prevention specialists across the nation.

Recording of webinar originally presented on December 8, 2009.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth appear to be at higher risk for certain adverse health outcomes, and to have several personal, cultural and structural barriers to accessing healthcare. Little is known, however, about the experiences of LGBTQ youth with healthcare providers and healthcare services. Our goal was to recruit a sample of LGBTQ youth and to determine their preferences regarding healthcare providers, healthcare settings and the health issues that they consider important to discuss with a healthcare provider.

Interning can be both exciting and terrifying. How can we construct useful internships that utilize the skills and perspective of young people? This webinar will explore ways to build internships that are both useful to the organization and the intern. This session will also discuss common mistakes made in dealing with interns and offer suggestions on how to recruit, maintain and support them.

Recording of webinar originally presented on September 16, 2009.   

HIV continues to disproportionately affect LGBTQ youth, especially among communities of color. But are your prevention efforts meeting the needs of young people and taking advantage of the many ways that youth communicate, socialize and network? This institute will explore savvy technological strategies to enhance HIV prevention efforts among youth, ages 13-24. From social networking websites to text messages, this interactive institute will look at best practices for reaching youth with the tools they already use on a daily basis. Community-based organizations will learn how to leverage their resources and better outreach to youth utilizing cost effective online strategies. Youth and those who work with them are encouraged to at

This was a presentation given on October 29,2009 at the United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco, California. By following this link you will find all slides, handouts, and references used during the presentation.

Youth-serving organizations should always include young people on its board of directors. But how should youth board members be recruited, trained, encouraged and retained? This webinar will examine ways to nurture effective youth board members and discuss the ways to encourage youth to join a non-profit board. This webinar will also discuss the legal and ethnical ramifications of youth board members.

Recording of webinar originally presented on September 2, 2009.

This is a web based program that uses podcasts, text messages, and videos to support adolescents trying to quit smoking. A series of 6 podcasts that can be played on the computer or downloaded to an ipod gives youth tips on how to quit and the text message service gives youth a month of daily support in the cessation process.

Enthusiastic youth leaders and committed adult supervisors - how can they work together? This webinar will explore ways to maximize youth participation by strengthening youth-adult partnerships. This webinar will offer best practice examples and principles that should be in place to encourage a strong and productive working relationship. This session will also explore the importance of mentorship and offer ways to establish effective mentors.

Slides from webinar presented on July 8, 2009.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has published "Bullying in Schools. Part of COPS' Problem- Specific Guide Series , the guide provides police with information about the causes and extent of bullying in schools and includes recommendations for developing practices and policies that promote student safety. 

The final summary report from the NYAC 2008 Best Practices Summit. The summit brought together youth leaders from around the country to share best practices in HIV prevention and services.

Enthusiastic youth leaders and committed adult supervisors - how can they work together? This webinar will explore ways to maximize youth participation by strengthening youth-adult partnerships. This webinar will offer best practice examples and principles that should be in place to encourage a strong and productive working relationship. This session will also explore the importance of mentorship and offer ways to establish effective mentors.

Recording of webinar originally presented on July 8, 2009.

These recommendations are broken down into three sections. The first section includes steps intake workers, case managers, social workers, youth supervisors, and others who have regular, direct contact with youth should take to improve the experiences of LGBT youth accessing services. The second section includes steps administrators should take to improve agency-wide culture and effectiveness in serving LGBT youth. The final section includes specific steps both administrators and youth workers should take to improve the experiences of youth in residential settings, whether these settings are emergency shelters or longer term transitional living.

Dated: April 2009

This brief offers an overview of research indicating that each year hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ youth will experience homelessness.

Dated: April 2009

Dated: April 2009

Social marketing is more than just a clever slogan; it is a process that can yield great results for any number of programs or services. This session will explore the core elements of creating a successful social marketing campaign without a commercial budget. Webinar includes interactive activities and broad discussion.

Recording of webinar originally presented on February 19, 2009.

More than 25% of people who are infected with HIV are unaware of their status; youth (ages 13-24) continue to be disproportionately effected by HIV/AIDS and hesitate to seek HIV/AIDS services. This webinar helps HIV counselors and testers assess their skills in counseling youth and provide concrete ways to enhance their counseling skills and offer ways to ensure that barriers to testing experienced by youth are minimized in their testing sessions. In addition, we present strategies designed to mobilize youth for testing services.

Recording of webinar originally presented on November 20, 2008.

Proven effective at encouraging youth of color to get tested for HIV, NYAC’s award-winning social marketing campaign, You Know Different, offers organizations an opportunity to enhance their existing HIV counseling and testing programs with minimal effort and no cost. This webinar provides participants with an overview of the principles, implementation strategies and evaluation framework for a campaign designed for and by youth of color. You will receive all the information you need to run a campaign in your community. Plus you can request additional follow-up assistance.

Recording of webinar originally presented on October 23, 2008.

Safe spaces lead to safe choices. This webinar focuses on creating safe places for queer youth within your organization and on the community level. This session will also explore space zone best practices for transgender and non-gender conforming youth. If your organization is trying to outreach to the young LGBTQ community, this webinar is for you.

Recording of webinar originally presented on January 22, 2009.

Safe spaces lead to safe choices. This webinar focuses on creating safe places for queer youth within your organization and on the community level. This session also explores space zone best practices for transgender and non-gender conforming youth. If your organization is trying to outreach to the young LGBTQ community, this webinar is for you.

Slides from webinar presented on January 22, 2009.

This updated version of the original Bending the Mold publication is an action kit for transgender students.  Contents include:

• How does your school measure up??
• How to be a transgender ally
• Your social change toolkit
• Preventing violence and bullying
• Securing freedom of gender expression
• Promoting transgender-inclusive policies
• Building community and fighting invisibility
• Protecting confidentiality
• Making bathrooms and locker rooms accessible
• Fighting for equality in sports teams
• Accessing health care
• Resources
• And an appendix with a Sample Model School Policy 

Co-produced by NYAC and Lambda Legal

Get Busy. Get Equal is an online toolkit meant to help LGBT activists to better achieve results. It features a breadth of resources including tips on building coalitions, garnering grassroots support and talking to the press and elected officials. Created by the ACLU.

This thought piece contains tips and talking points for individuals and organizations working with LGBTQ youth on get out the vote (GOTV) efforts in 2008.

NYAC, in partnership with CDC/DHAP, is a provider of capacity building assistance (CBA) services for community based organizations providing HIV/AIDS prevention and education services to young people.  With a specific emphasis on organizations providing services to young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and transgender youth of color, and LGBTQ youth.

This fact sheet contains more information on the capacity building assistance NYAC is providing through our partnership with CDC.

An Action Kit for Trans Youth

Co-produced by Lambda Legal and NYAC

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