Project PIENSA

People Informed Empower Neighborhoods to Stop AIDS

A community-level intervention designed to help women (ages 15-34) and their partners reduce their risk for HIV infection. This intervention uses peer networkers and a community network of businesses, schools, churches, and other community organizations to increase safer sex practices in the Latino community. Together, we can change community norms and decrease new HIV infections.

How to get involved:
Peer Networkers: Peer Networkers are community members interested in doing outreach in their neighborhood to educate their peers about safer sex practices. In order to be eligible, you must be a Latina female between the ages of 15 and 34 and live in the Frog Hollow or South Green neighborhoods in Hartford. (Between Wethersfield Ave. and I-84 and Capitol Ave. and Lincoln St.)

Community Network:
The community network is made up of businesses, schools, churches, and other community organizations located in the Frog Hollow or South Green neighborhoods in Hartford. As a member of the community network, you may display agency and program materials, role model stories, offer space for HIV 101 presentations, or simply show the program logo in your window. Your level of participation is up to you!

To find out more about being a peer networker or part of the community network, contact Angel Ruiz at 296-6400 ext. 233.