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HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth

Go HEALTHY!!!!

About Me

www. hify .org

HIFY's Peer Educators during this year's Summer Intensive
HIFY's mission is to improve the health and well-being of young people by empowering them through education, advocacy and leadership opportunities.
Bay Area youth are faced with a multitude of decisions every day that affect their 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.

Bessie, one of our Trainers, facilitating a workshop
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!

My Interests

Positive Sexuality, Peer Education, Harm Reduction, Youth Development, Popular Education, Anti-Oppression, Media Justice, Thizzonomics and Hyphy-ology!!!!

I'd like to meet:

Where the down-ass youth at????
Check out our Peer Education Program in OAKLAND!!!
Find out about our WORKSHOPS!!!
Young Woman's Survival Guide IN SPANISH!!!
Sign up for our Provider Trainings!!!

Books:



My Blog

HIFY needs your "digital" help!!!

WE NEED YOUR "DIGITAL" HELP! These are exciting times for HIFY. Our acclaimed Publications Department (publishers of "A Young Woman's Survival Guide" and The San Francisco & Alameda County "Provider's...
Posted by HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:16:00 PST

VOTE 4 YOUR FAVORITE COLOR 4 YOUNG WOMAN'S SURVIVAL GUIDE!

BLUE? PURPLE? OR GREEN?REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE or send a message/comment to HIFY's Myspace Page with your vote NOW!!!SEE THE SAMPLES BELOW:...
Posted by HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:24:00 PST

HIFY Zine-making workshops!!!

Our zine-making workshops incorporate the do-it-yourself ethic of making zines (independent self-produced mini-magazines), offering a tool to empower young folks by getting their voices and experience...
Posted by HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:24:00 PST

HIFY workshops in Spanish!!!

¡Ahora ofrecemos talleres en español! Para información sobre nuestros temas o para programar un taller, haz clic aqui. download a Spanish workshop flyer...
Posted by HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:22:00 PST

REFLECTION by Brianda Castro

I have never told you this before but I miss the times I used to call you mineThe sugarcoated world that carried our bumpy rideOur lows and highs filled with tricks and ridesIt was all a game where yo...
Posted by HIFY - Health Initiatives for Youth on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:49:00 PST