How to get teens educated on AIDS/HIV?

Question

I VOLUNTEER FOR AN AIDS SERVICE CENTER IN LOS ANGELES AND WE HAVE A AIDS WALK CALLED THE POSADA THAT IS HELD EVERY YEAR THE 1ST SATURDAY OF DECEMBER AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE THEME OF IT 'LEARN AND LIVE' INSTEAD 'LIVE AND LEARN'.. AND WE WANT TO GET TEENS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MORE INVOLVED TO UNDERSTAND IT MORE. IS THERE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO GIVE THEM INTEREST WE WERE THINKING OF HAVING LIKE AN ON SITE HIV/AIDS TESTING ON SITE MAYBE HAVE A FEW BANDS ALONG THE WALK AT DIFFERENT SITES AND WE ARE TRYING MORE IDEAS. WE OF COURSE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THE POSADA TRADITION WHICH IS WALKING INTO CHURCHS AND LOOKING AT QUILTS MADE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THE BATTLE TO AIDS AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WALK WE GIVE CANDLES AND CHALK TO EACH PERSON AND ASK THEM IF THEY WISH TO WRITE SOMETHING ON THE STREET TO SOMEONE THAT LOST THE BATTLE TO AIDS. BUT AGAIN ITS THE TEENS WHO DON'T HAVE ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO WRITE. WE WANT TO GET THEM INVOLVED GET THEM EDUCATED!

Answer 1

Try going into the schools as a volunteer HIV/AIDS counselor. Ask them this one question: How many of you know if your partners past partners have HIV/AIDS? Tell them how long it can lay dormant and see how interested they become in it then. Scare them that's what it takes with teenagers.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

via announcements
simple or on radio