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Health Initiatives for Youth
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You live your own life.
You speak your own truth.
We're currently not funded to run digital storytelling workshops, but we are interested in collaborating with organizations interested in creating digital stories. Email MediaArts@HIFY.org for more info.
You speak your own truth.
We're currently not funded to run digital storytelling workshops, but we are interested in collaborating with organizations interested in creating digital stories. Email MediaArts@HIFY.org for more info.
About Me:
Health Initiatives for Youth is a multicultural organization whose mission
is to improve the health and well-being of underserved young people through
innovative youth leadership, popular education and advocacy, in pursuit of
multi-level social change.
Inspired? Please check us out at www.HIFY.org and schedule a workshop for yourself or your group today by emailing mahle@hify.org or calling 415-274-1970 x28 Enjoy and please let us know what you think.
HIFY exists because Bay Area youth are faced with a multitude of decisions every day that affect our health — decisions about sex, substance use and relationships are just a few. There are many options for these youth, ranging from those that involve extreme risk to no risk at all. So how do they make those decisions? Well, according to young people, their top three sources of information are their friends, the media and good old-fashioned experimentation.
This is where HIFY comes in. We strive to reduce the risks by helping young people understand safer options and adopt healthy behaviors. We treat youth as individuals, with the right and the power to make informed choices and lead healthy lives. Only young people know their personal life experiences and health needs, and HIFY coaches them to become their own health advocates. At the same time, we teach other organizations and communities to listen to young people and support them as they seek to live healthy lives.
HIFY believes...
...youth have the right to ask difficult questions and expect real answers.
...youth have the right to have good friends, get a great education, feel safe, and be healthy.
...youth have the right to expect the most from friends, teachers, doctors, coaches, counselors, and parents!
Hometown:
San Francisco
Country:
United States
Occupation:
youth health and media
Companies:
Health Initiatives for Youth
Interests:
youth, health, bay area, oakland, san francisco, harm reduction, positive sexuality, youth development, anti-oppression, social justice, youth media, youth art, zines, workshops, trainings, peer education, anti-homophobia, anti-racism, anti-sexism, social change, revolution, people of color, youth of color, queer, transgender, young, hiv, sti, education, low-income, spanish, latino, latina, books, publications, non-profit, activism
Movies:
digital stories by our youth!
Music:
Kiwi groundworkmusic.com
Books:
The Young Women's Survival Guide, Guia (The Young Women's Survival Guide in Spanish), The Adolescent Provider's Guide, Pretty Girls zine and many other zines! Our books are available at AKpress.org
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