The Youth HIV Advocacy Coalition

The Youth HIV Advocacy Coalition (YHAC) is a group of youth providers that works to find new ways of preventing HIV infections among youth. YHAC organizes youth specific events including Urban Fusion where the fun spirit of youth is fused with HIV prevention and testing. YHAC has produced a youth directed film, “Exploring: Youth and HIV.” YHAC is constantly looking for new ideas on how to reach youth and for developing creative strategies for HIV prevention and testing. For additional information, please contact Christina Wright at 303-837-0166 ext. 318 or email her here.

Educational Presentations

AIDS 101  The Marketing and Prevention Department offers classes taught by professional staff. This class, "AIDS 101" provides a basic overview about what HIV/AIDS is, HIV testing,  and how to prevent the spread of the virus.  Tailored presentations cover an array of topics including HIV transmission and prevention, psychosocial issues of living with HIV, treatment options and epidemiology. Presentations can may be presented alone or with a Positive Speaker.

Positive Speakers Bureau  CAP offers presentations by trained volunteer public speakers who are living with HIV.  Positive speakers are a group of people living with HIV who have an interest in educating people about HIV from a personal perspective.

Positive Speakers provide the following benefits:

• Offers schools, colleges, professionals and community groups the opportunity to hear first hand accounts of the personal experiences of people living with HIV.
• Encourages understanding, dispel myths and counter ignorance, fear and discrimination by representing themselves as they are.
• Powerfully reinforces health promotion messages enabling people to encounter someone with HIV, rather that seeing HIV as something that happens to other people outside of, and alien to their experience.

All services are free of charge.  For additional information please contact Athena Lansing at 303-837-1501 ext. 316 or email her here. To schedule a presentation, please complete and submit the online Presentation Request Form.

If you are HIV+ and would like to become a Positive Speaker, click here for more information. 

Youth HIV Testing

CAP encourages all individuals to know their HIV status. FREE and CONFIDENTIAL youth testing is offered to those between the ages of 13-24 in collaboration with Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency Program (CHIP). There is no parental consent needed. Testing is provided by appointment Mon., Tues., Wed., and Fri. from 9 am to 5 pm and walk-ins on Thursday's from 3 pm to 7 pm. To make an appointment please contact Christina Wright at (303) 837-0166 ext. 318 or email her here. No Needles! No Excuses!

For youth testing sites please click here.