By Edgar Rossi
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center’s (PRCC) Public Health Initiatives (PHI) will restart the Mpowerment groups. Facilitated by Testing Counselor Edgar Rossi, the groups will focus on group interventions and helping individuals living with or without HIV gain access to prevention and management services. The Mpowerment program is designed to disrupt the spread of HIV to gay, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual men at high risk of getting HIV. Effective intervention programs are needed in our community. This program will offer a safe space where we can all debunk misconceptions about HIV. We will learn to negotiate safer sex and how to enjoy it even more. We will learn to use condoms effectively, tackle interpersonal issues that interfere with HIV interventions, get tested and fearlessly learn our HIV status. We will teach each other how to support our friends in the process of safer sex, consider Prep, and adhere to medication treatment.
If you or someone you know fits in one or more of the categories above and are interested in participating in Empowerment intervention groups, please contact Edgar Rossi at 773-342- 0855, edgarr@prcc-chgo.org. Empowerment groups start in February 2023.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
