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!

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.

A Movement, Not A Market is a tobacco and alcohol preention resource for the LGBTQI community. It is a FREE multimedia educational resource on media literacy, the portrayal of the LGBTQI community in media, and the targeting of the LGBTQI community with tobacco and alcohol products.

This DVD-ROM can help improve the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media messages, and to become an active participant in our media culture. This resource contains 52 media examples (from TV shows, films, magazines, and counter-marketing campaigns), a printable discussion guide, and handouts.

A Movement, Not A Market can be used in classrooms, community groups, and other group settings to:

• understand media literacy in the context of alcohol and tobacco prevention.
• gain more awareness regarding the marketing of tobacco and alcohol products to the LGBTQI community.
• explore portrayals of the LGBTQI community in the media.

This resource was written by the Metropolitan Group for NYAC and its partner organizations to help Nonprofits become familiar with the how to use Facebook as a tool in outreach to youth. Learn how to create a Facebook page, add friends, add events, and make your page work effectively for your organization.

This resource was written by the Metropolitan Group for NYAC and its partner organizations to help Nonprofits become familiar with the how to use MySpace as a tool in outreach to youth. Learn how to create a MySpace profile, add friends, add events, and make your profile work effectively for your organization.

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!