National Youth HIV& AIDS Awareness Day April 10, 2015 Presentation by Jean A. Renaud/Jarhorseman NonProfit Commons in Second Life Today’s young people are the first generation who has never known a world without HIV and AIDS. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2010, young people ages 13 to 24 years old made up 17% of the US population, but accounted for an estimated 26% (12,200) of all new HIV infections (47,500) in the United States. 1 in 4 new HIV infections occurs in youth ages 13 to 24 years.

1. National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
April 10, 2015
Jean Albert Renaud Story
JarHorseman in SL
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life

2. National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
Created in 2012 by 12 founding partners,
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
(NYHAAD) is a day to educate the public about
the impact of HIV & AIDS on young people and
is now officially recognized by AIDS.gov
NYHAAD serves as an opportunity to elevate
the national conversation about young people
and HIV/AIDS and highlight the work of
engaged young people responding to the
epidemic; and to call on our government
to prioritize all young people in efforts to reach
an AIDS-free generation.

3. Today’s young people are the first generation,
who has never known a world without HIV and AIDS.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), in 2010, young people ages 13 to 24 years old made up
17% of the US population, but accounted for an estimated
26% (12,200) of all new HIV infections (47,500)
in the United States.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

4. FACTS
1,000 young people a month acquire HIV
and
76,400 young people are living with HIV
in the United States with 60% not knowing
they are infected.

5. National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
Only 23% of sexually active
high school students have
been tested for HIV.
While there has been much
talk about an AIDS-free
generation, we know that this
is not possible without our
nation’s youth.

7. In 2010, black youth accounted for an estimated 57% (7,000) of all
new HIV infections among youth in the United States, followed by
Hispanic/Latino (20%, 2,390) and white (20%, 2,380) youth.
Young people of color are at higher risk for HIV even when they
have the same of fewer risk behaviors as white youth.
What Youth of color need?
• Prevention programs that address cultural needs and build their skills of
condom use, and negotiation,
• Normalized widespread, HIV testing,
• Full funding for vaccine and a cure,
• A voice in decisions that affect them,
• Removal of structural barriers to health, like poverty and racism, and
• Access to health care, including early detection and treatment of HIV.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

9. 86% of new HIV cases among young women ages 13-24 are due to heterosexual
sex.
80% of new HIV cases among young women ages 13-24 are in young women of
color.
What young women need?
• Full access to health care, especially treatment for STIs which can increase
vulnerability to HIV,
• Programs which address gender violence and power dynamics in relationships,
• Widespread, normalized HIV testing,
• Full funding for vaccine and a cure,
• Prevention programs that address their needs and build their skills of
communication, condom use, and negotiation, and
• A voice in decisions that affect them.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

11. 87% of HIV cases among young men ages 13-24, are among men of
color.
At least, 60% of YMSM who are HIV positive are not aware of their status.
What young men who have sex with men need?
• Prevention programs that address their needs and build their skills of condom
use, and negotiation,
• An end to cultural homophobia that leads to stigma and shame,
• Full funding for treatment, a vaccine, and a cure,
• Safe school and community environments,
• A voice in decisions that affect them, and
• Widespread, normalized HIV testing.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

12. While we strive to get to an AIDS-free
Generation we have to remember that young
people are the only segment of the
population for whom rates of HIV are
increasing in this country. Fewer than half of
all young people living with HIV have been
diagnosed.
Youth are at a higher risk of HIV due to
factors they have little control over, including
lack of access to friendly testing, treatment
and health care. Among young people living
with HIV, only 13% are receiving enough
medication so that the virus is suppressed –
the lowest percentage among any age group.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

13. National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
To change these statistics, youth need
access to widespread and normalized HIV
testing. To receive testing and treatment,
they need linkages to medical care, so they
can get the care and medication they need
to suppress the HIV virus.
Youth need to be informed that they have
access to preventative services provided at
no out-of-pocket cost under the Affordable
Care Act.
On a societal level, we need to end HIV
stigma that keeps young people from
seeking testing and treatment.
We must commit to HIV/AIDS/STIs
prevention programs and policies that can
safeguard their health.

14. I am a 73 years old, African American, and Native American, who
experienced the Civil Rights Movement, was honored with the 2009
“Legends and Pioneers Award” from The Afro American
Newspapers, for Community Excellence, Perseverance and
Leadership, sponsored by Coors Light, and became recently a
Baltimore Bme Brother.
Celebrated as an international horseman and horse breeder, I have
trained horses and riders for members of the royal families of Qatar
and the United Arab Emirates, in the Middle East. I trained Sarah
Ferguson, Duchess of York, for a 26-mile horse marathon to raise
funds for her charity “Children in Crisis”. I also trained cast
members from the HBO's critically acclaimed series “The Wire”.
Earlier in my life I was a Motown artist, where I learned how to
produce my own songs and music. My songs are inspired by my
concern for nature, animals, and my fellow human beings. The
longer I live, the more I realize how essential it is to raise awareness
about the many challenges we face. In the 1980’s, it was devastating
to see how HIV & AIDS spread around the globe, and how
difficult it was to reach at-risk youth with prevention training.
Jean Albert Renaud Story

15. After many years as a successful recording artist,
songwriter for many top recording artists in the
industry, I felt a need to return to my roots in
Baltimore City as a role model and resource for at-risk
youth.
Because so many children in Baltimore live in poverty
and cannot access the many opportunities for growth
and development available to more affluent
communities, I joined Dr. Ivan Laurich, MD, a
renowned Baltimore psychiatrist. He invited me to
observe his work with incarcerated youth, where I
witnessed African American youth who had little or no
chance of survival without serious, sustained
intervention.
I decided to incorporate my own non-profit,
Protect Yourself1, (PY1) to serve disadvantaged
youth.
Jean Albert Renaud & PY1

16. The mission of Protect Yourself1 is to promote
personal responsibility and evidence-based
health education about HIV/STIs and related
conditions using STEM skills, music, art,
emerging technology, and media.
Our educational programs, events, and
activities educate youth on how to protect
themselves from HIV/STIs and decrease the
number of new HIV infections by reducing
risky behaviors among under-served, at-risk
youth.

17. From the age of three, I learned from my
grandfather to respect the horse for its spirit as
well as its strength. Such sensitivity has informed
my ability to build a very successful horse
breeding and training farm called Sunshine
Acres. The horse helps me find oneness with
nature. And that sentiment is what informs my
purpose in life: to help our youth appreciate and
become empowered by the natural oneness of
life.
I participated with the current PY1 Chair, as a
volunteer in his horse program, Facets.org,
targeting at-risk youth in Baltimore. After seeing
the transformative effects of such a successful
program, I designed the PY1 Project Arrowhead
program that empowers and protects America’s
Treasures: America’s youth, the future builders of
our nation and the wild horse-Mustang, who
helped transform America’s wilderness into the
foundation for today’s contemporary society.
Jean Albert Renaud/JarHorseman

18. Project Arrowhead Program
The PY1 Project Arrowhead program provides
underprivileged youth aged 8-18 living in high-risk
areas in the Washington - Baltimore corridor a rural
educational experience to develop positive
developmental assets including: HIV/STIs health
education, leadership development, life-skills, civic
engagement, self acceptance, impulse modulation,
social skills building and creative freedom.
The goal of Project Arrowhead is to provide health
education to youth of disproportionate risk for HIV
through facilitated health education, equestrian
training, outdoor service, interpersonal /life skills
that enhance the well being of youth, their families
and the community.

19. Project Arrowhead objectives are to:
• Educate youth about HIV/STIs, routes of transmission
and how to protect yourself;
• Strengthen youth’s knowledge of healthy nutrition,
obesity, caring for the environment, life sciences
through community gardening, nature walks and yoga;
• Promote trust, confidence, self-esteem, teamwork,
problem solving, relationship building, leadership skills
and physical fitness through horseback riding, team
games and individual challenge courses.
Each participant of Project Arrowhead program receives:
2 Hours of instruction on Equestrian Arts/Horse Husbandry,
1 Hour of HIV/STI Health Education, 1 Hour Luncheon and
facilitated discussion by a Youth Educator, 1 Hour of
instruction in Community Gardening and Life Sciences, 1
Hour of instruction in Yoga/team games and 1 Hour Nature
Walk.
Project Arrowhead Program

20. Since 2004, the innovative and unique Project
Arrowhead program has served several
hundred youth, ages 8-18 at my horse farm.
Sunshine Acres is a safe refuge, a place where
youth can relax from the stresses of urban life,
learn essential life-skills, develop self-
confidence, and engage in positive
relationships and avoid unhealthy and risky
behaviors.
There are many sources of inspiration for my
work with youth, but primarily, it is my belief
that the extraordinary power of the bond
between humans and animals must never be
lost. Because I am in a position to share my
knowledge and experience with others, I am
called to do so, and choose to work with those
who need me most.
My dedication to serve youth and Mustangs
changed my perspective of life, after have been
a wild artist I became a wise youth horse
trainer; youth gave me the strength to become a
social good activist.
Jean Albert Renaud & Project Arrowhead

21. Protect Yourself1 asserts as we educate our youth, we also protect the future of our
communities. The greater the number of youth that are educated and made aware of safe
choices yields a significant reduction of the incidence of HIV/AIDS/HCV/STIs community-wide.
Project Arrowhead contributes to achieve an AIDS – Free Generation.
Since 2012, Protect Yourself1 supports
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day.
PY1 asks you to act:
Talk with your kids,
Make sure your child school has a HIV education program,
Lend your support to a HIV+ child,
Promote HIV Testing, find a Testing center https://gettested.cdc.gov
Participate in a youth event,
Host a Candlelight Vigil, and
Spread the message on social media networks.

22. What can I do?
Use social media networks to heighten National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
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#NYHAAD
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Participate in an Event
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day will be celebrated all across the country. There will be events hosted
by various organizations and individuals in high schools, colleges, churches, community centers and more!
There also will be opportunities for online participation. Participate in a youth event. Check out the map feature
on the National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day website (www.youthaidsday.org) to find an event registered
near you.
Hold a candlelight vigil
Host a Candlelight Vigil to raise awareness about HIV & AIDS and honor young people who have been impacted
by this epidemic. Outdoor locations work best for this kind of event. During the vigil, you could invite speakers
to talk about the importance of HIV & AIDS advocacy, or just have young people share their personal stories.
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
More resources at Advocates for Youth http://www.advocatesforyouth.org

23. App: Jean Albert Renaud/JAR
Website: Jarpassion.com
Jean Albert Renaud
PY1 Project Arrowhead
http://youtu.be/qtgYu7pz8n0
Documentary: Saving the Mustangs
https://youtu.be/lB2A8dauhK0
Maximum Exposure Channel 26
https://youtu.be/YThAjhM9p9k
WJZ Channel 13 Baltimore
https://youtu.be/EQFxNhd4q8c
Prologue
https://youtu.be/2nQy3FnOowE
Music Video
I ride Horses
https://youtu.be/Le-lLl5OLHk
Riding
https://youtu.be/tVT1UavXfKI

24. PY1 & Nonprofit Commons
organized a Virtual AIDS Walk
on NonProfit Commons,
December 1, 2014.
Avatars came together to
commemorate the 26th
World AIDS Day.
https://youtu.be/0d85tgYBXBc
Music: Jean Albert Renaud.
Song Protect Yourself remixed
by Sheldon Drake
Production: Monique Richert
© Protect Yourself1 2015
World AIDS Day Virtual
Walk

25. Jean Albert
Renaud/JarHorseman
PY1 Founder
443.491.3634 :: info@PY1.org
Visit: protectyourself1.org
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THANK YOU!