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PHP participants can be involved in two separate group workshop series; Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) or Say It Straight (SIS).
Many Men, Many Voices (3MV)
Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) is a series of STD/HIV workshops originally designed for gay men of color. The workshops address behavioral influencing factors specific to gay men of color, including cultural/social norms, sexual relationship dynamics, and the social influences of racism and homophobia.
3MV targets gay men of color and other men who have sex with men with or without female partners (i.e., men of color who have sex with other men but do not identify as gay or bisexual). 3MV was not specifically designed for each racial/ethnic group who may identify as being "of color" including Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American groups. However, it is important to note that SAAF has linguistically and culturally adapted and tailored the 3MV curriculum for our work with Latino men.
Say It Straight (SIS)
Say It Straight (SIS) is a research-based education and training program that results in empowering communication skills and behaviors, increased self-awareness, positive relationships, personal and social responsibility and decreased risky or destructive behaviors, such as alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, violence, precocious sexual behavior and behaviors leading to HIV/AIDS.
Since 1982, SIS has been successfully implemented with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds in urban and rural settings, including the gifted and talented, learning disabled and educable mentally handicapped; with students in detention, on probation or in chemical dependency treatment; with college athletes; with families, organizations and communities; with adults in chemical dependency treatment, aftercare and prison. SIS is co-created by participants who choose situations important in their lives within which they practice what they have learned. Thus, SIS transcends cultural and ethnic background, age, gender and organizational context.
In collaboration with the Pima County Health Department (PCHD), all participants will be eligible to receive HIV counseling and rapid HIV testing in addition to counseling and testing for hepatitis A, B and C. When necessary, participants will receive vaccinations for hepatitis A & B. These services will be provided to all PHP participants for FREE.
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