Metro TeenAIDS has one of the sharpest teams of young professionals in the country. We’ve been featured in a number of magazines and honored by national organizations for our work. We believe in giving young people the tools, the education and the skills to end the HIV epidemic. Trained Outreach Workers and peer educators bring important information out to those young people who need it most.

These programs focus on leadership development and peer education for youth from local high schools. Peers go through rigorous training on how to talk to their peers about HIV, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy and much more. The Peer Educators consist of five groups: the StreeTeam, the YWOC (Young Women of Color Leadership Council), STIGMA (Spreading Truth is Gaining Mass Appeal), REALtalk Reps, and the POETS (Peer Outreach Testing and Support).

These young people get the message out to young people that adults just can’t reach! Plus, for many of the young peer educators, working at Metro TeenAIDS is their introduction to the working world and all that comes with it — being on time, following through on your word, working as a team. The work they do is truly remarkable.

For more information contact Fushena Cruickshank.