HIV Prevention Programs

The Ric Crawford Clinic offers several HIV Prevention programs:

CRUISE CONTROL is a program for Gay men that teach some great skills that can give you new ways to deal with the drama in your life and open new doors to living a happier and healthier life…

Positive Choices is a small group program at the Ric Crawford Clinic for HIV positive persons and helps them decide if telling other people about their HIV status is the best choice for them. 

Teaching Our Generation About AIDS - TOGA! 
The Ric Crawford Clinic offers a valuable, fun, lively and effective small group Peer Educator Training to prepare youth to communicate correct information about HIV/AIDS to their friends in a casual conversational way.

WILLOW (Women Involved in Life Learning From Other Women)

Provides small group, social skills, training and educational intervention for heterosexual adult women ages 18-50, regardless of race or ethnicity, living with HIV/AIDS.

Partnership for Health

Conducted in the Ric Crawford Clinic by the Infectious Disease Physician, Nurse Practitioner and other medical staff. Each patient receives individualized prevention messages to help them reduce their risk of re-infection or transmission to others.

For more information on these programs, please visit the Ric Crawford Clinic.

Testing Makes Us Stronger

Watch the YouTube video on why testing makes us stronger.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Get Educated, Get Tested, Get Involved, Get Treated.

The focus of NBHAAD is to get Blacks educated about the basics of HIV and AIDS in their local communities.

Testing is at the core of this initiative and is critical for prevention of HIV in Black communities. It is hoped that Blacks will mark February 7 of every year as their annual or bi-annual day to get tested for HIV.

This is vital for those who are sexually active and those at high risk of contracting HIV.

Getting Blacks involved to host and participate in NBHAAD events is another key focus area. Whether it is organizing a testing and awareness event at a local college, speaking about the importance of HIV prevention and treatment at your local faith-based organizations, or supporting a local AIDS service provider, it is key that you get involved.

For those who have HIV, the connections to treatment and care services are paramount. Seeing a doctor and receiving care, and taking prescribed HIV medicines helps individuals stay healthy and reduces the risk of transmitting the virus to others. Without treatment, HIV leads to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and can lead to early death.

Download U2's New Song and $1 is Donated to RED

Photo: Ros O'Gorman

The band U2 has partnered with Bank of America and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to make a donation to RED's fight against AIDS. When the Super Bowl starts later today, "Invisible" will be a free download on iTunes. For every download it receives between now and 11:59 pm tomorrow (February 3rd) Bank of America will donate $1 to RED.

The total commitment to RED through this partnership is $22 million to date. Bank of America has committed $10 million and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation matched that. $1 million was donated by SAP and South Africa's Motsepe family.

RED was founded in 2006 by Bono (of U2) and Bobby Shriver to direct funds to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria and has already generated more than $240 million. 100% of the funds raised go to the Global Fund as there are no overhead charges on donations.

There will also be a Super Bowl commercial featuring the video for Invisible during one of the ad breaks later today. If you're not watching the game, you can see the 60-second video of the track on YouTube.