Rock For AIDS Awareness

At least half of all new HIV infections are among young adults under the age of 25 (CDC, Fact Sheet- Young people at risk: HIV/AIDS among America's youth 2002).



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Rock For AIDS Awareness is a program of Rock Your Awareness (www.rockyourawareness.org), a non-profit organization led by young people for young people. Rock for AIDS Awareness aims to reduce stigma about testing, increases HIV/AIDS awareness and connect young adults to community resources for sexual health education. This exciting program takes place annually (around World AIDS Day- December 1st) as a benefit concert uniting cutting edge music, young people and community partnerships for empowerment towards social change and peer outreach. We collorborate with local public health organizations (AIDS Coalition Silivon Valley, Planned Parenthood, Health Trust, Bill Wilson Center, The Crane Center, SJSU Peer Health Education and more). RFA's Mission: Raise awareness! To reduce new cases of STI / HIV / AIDS among young people and provide them with the resources needed for sexual health education. Eventually turn Rock For AIDS Awareness into a national college campaign.

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ROCK YOUR AWARENESS IS PUTTING THE JUICE BACK INTO PROGRESSIVE OUTREACH AND EMPOWERING OUR GENERATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE! RYA is a Bay Area grassroots organization, empowering the young generation to organize progressive community-wide campaigns, parties and rock concerts to advocate important causes such as HIV/AIDS awareness, sexual health outreach, and volunteerism. We are dedicated to connecting young adults to community resources to help them maintain healthy lifestyles .and we do this through innovative music and social events.

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RFA History:

In 2003, Vanae Tran organized an intimate karaoke fundraiser for the Silicon Valley Walk for AIDS. For the following year in 2004, Vanae created Rock for AIDS Awareness concert to focus on connecting young people with our great community resources for testing, preventative education, and increasing HIV/AIDS/STI awareness. What better way to educate and connect people than through live music?! So spawned a new approach to outr In 2005, we developed RFA into a program and expanded our movement as an organization, ROCK YOUR AWARENESS. Do you ROCk YOUR AWARNESS?