ABOUT PROJECT SAFE & WHAT WE OFFER

Project SAFE is an arts-based sexual health and youth empowerment program based in Brooklyn, NY. Check out what we offer down below!

ABOUT PROJECT SAFE

Project SAFE of Family Health Centers at NYU Langone has been providing teen leadership and HIV peer education programming since 1989 at the Project Reach Youth site in Brooklyn. Project SAFE trains youth between the ages of 14 and 19 to provide life-saving information to their peers through workshops, performances, and community outreach. Project SAFE provides youth with the support and the opportunities they need to not only avoid risky behaviors but also to develop to their full potential and become agents of change in their communities.

OUR VISION

We seek to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by empowering an inclusive network of individuals and communities that build upon the existing strengths of young people to increase their access to culturally appropriate information and services concerning their sexual health.  

OUR STRATEGY

  • Educating members of our community about healthy practices and encouraging them to make healthy decisions.

  • Providing people with as many opportunities to get tested as possible.

  • Working with a group of young people enrolled in our SAFE programs to holistically nurture them and create a widely cast support system for them.

  • Training SAFE youth to be Peer Educators and promote the SAFE lifestyle in their communities.

  • Connecting our community to services available to them.

  • Using the arts to communicate our message of safe sex awareness and prevention to empower and enrich our community’s culture.

  • Creating and maintaining an ever-fresh, ever-evolving, and always SAFE lifestyle that is inclusive to everyone. 

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WHAT WE OFFER

Project SAFE seeks to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by empowering young people to protect themselves and others with the knowledge and resources necessary to make healthy decisions. Project SAFE is a space for teenagers to learn, grow, express themselves, and extend the embrace of safety into their own communities. This is achieved through our peer education program, community events, outreach efforts, and the Project SAFE Teen Health Clinic.