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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

The R.E.C. (Real Enought 2 Change) Boyz is a HIV prevention program targeting young Black men between the ages of 13- 24, who have sex with men and their friends. The program’s approach to HIV prevention and intervention combines peer-to-peer informal outreach, social marketing activities, skills-building and leadership development and social events and activities to promote safer sex and foster a healthier community.

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.

We are in the process of adding to this section of our web site.

Support our efforts to bring additional resources to this space soon!