Envisioning a future for health justice
Project PEER is a partnership between Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College-Baton Rouge campus (SUBR) and The University of Iowa to develop and implement a culturally-responsive, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) prevention program for African American youth and young adults.
Major Project Goals Include:
- Implementing culturally-responsive evidence-based HIV and SUDs prevention and peer navigation interventions
- Increasing testing/screening for HIV and SUDs to prevent transmission and facilitate linkages to care
- Engaging the local community in risk reduction public awareness campaigns
- Training community-based organizations on integrating HIV/AIDS testing and SUDs screening in service provision
Envisioning a future for health justice
Project PEER is a partnership between Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College-Baton Rouge campus (SUBR) and The University of Iowa to develop and implement a culturally-responsive, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) prevention program for African American youth and young adults.
Major Project Goals Include:
- Implementing culturally-responsive evidence-based HIV and SUDs prevention and peer navigation interventions
- Increasing testing/screening for HIV and SUDs to prevent transmission and facilitate linkages to care
- Engaging the local community in risk reduction public awareness campaigns
- Training community-based organizations on integrating HIV/AIDS testing and SUDs screening in service provision
Events & Observances
June 2022: Pride Month
June is here – it’s Pride Month! At PEER, we offer unconditional support to our LGBTQ+ friends and invite you to help us show the Pride community some love this month. Follow our social media accounts to interact with us and share your stories and support this month. Let’s see that PRIDE!
Baton Rouge Pride Fest is on June 25 – check out their site here!
June 19, 2022: Juneteenth
We Rose
From Africa’s heart, we rose
Already a people, our faces ebon, our bodies lean,
We rose
Skills of art, life, beauty and family
Crushed by forces we knew nothing of, we rose
Survive we must, we did,
We rose
We rose to be you, we rose to be me,
Above everything expected, we rose
To become the knowledge we never knew,
We rose
Dream, we did
Act we must
Kristina Kay,
We Rose © 1996
June 27, 2022: National HIV Testing Day
This year’s theme from CDC is “HIV Testing IS Self-Care” … Take care of yourself and know your status! PEER will be partnering with Walgreens for testing on June 27 – location will be announced soon!
June 5, 2022: HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
Did you know… 312,000 people living in the US with HIV today became positive before 1996? (APA)
Everyone plays a part in helping to make this community visible!