When: Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 2:00 to 6:00pm
Where: Kashmere High School, 6900 Wileyvale Street, Houston, TX 77028
Swisha House and S.E.A.C. Present the 2011 "Don't Sleep On It" MC Talent Search
When: March 5, 2011, Noon- 6 PM (Both Days)
Cost: $30 per entrant ($20 with Syphilis and HIV Testing)
Who: Based on our target audience, there is an age stipulation minimum age of 15 to enter contest
Why: This is your opportunity to showcase your talent before big music industry insiders. If selected, you can be featured on Swisha House mixtapes that will be mixed by Michael '5000' Watts and perform at another PIMP C Event and other SEAC Events in 2011
If you can rap or sing, this is your big chance to get noticed!!
Sponsered by: SF2, DoMyTaxesFree.com, UGQ, CCM Foundation
Chamillionaire, Madd Hatta, Chinara Butler, Corey Garrett, Z-Ro at Pimp C Health & Wellness
Festival 2010
Kids dancing at World AIDS Day Event
Don't Sleep On It! Youth Health Expo 2010
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 10am to 2pm, the "Don't Sleep On It" Youth Heath Expo will be held at
The "Don't Sleep On It" Youth Health Expo will be a family-friendly, fun event hosted by MC J Xavier, with live performances by Swisha House artists Lil Keke, Yung Redd, Surreal, and Lil Yung. Additionally, the Texas Southern University's Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Theta Chapter will be in the house stepping with Gents & M.O.D. Step Team. Attendees will also get to enjoy free food, games and prize giveaways – including 2 laptop computers – all while obtaining a wealth of knowledge on health issues.
A number of community-based organizations will be on hand to provide free syphilis and HIV tests and free pregnancy tests. These organizations will distribute information on the programs and services they offer to the community as well as information on condoms, safe sex and family planning for young men and women. There will also be vendors with awareness on proper nutrition and mental health services, which are sometimes lost in certain situations and in the upbringing of children today.
CDC Analysis Provides New Look at Disproportionate Impact of HIV and Syphilis Among U.S. Gay and Bisexual Men (March 10, 2010)
A data analysis released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscores the disproportionate impact of HIV and syphilis among gay and bisexual men in the United States. The data, presented at CDC’s 2010 National STD Prevention Conference, finds that the rate of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) is more than 44 times that of other men and more than 40 times that of women. The range was 522-989 cases of new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 MSM vs. 12 per 100,000 other men and 13 per 100,000 women.
The rate of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM is more than 46 times that of other men and more than 71 times that of women, the analysis says. The range was 91-173 cases per 100,000 MSM vs. 2 per 100,000 other men and 1 per 100,000 women. more
April is STD Awareness Month
The Houston Syphilis Elimination Advisory Council is planning a community event to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis. If you would like to help plan, sponsor or participate in our community awareness event, please contact Zachary Preston at zpreston@legacycommunityhealth.org.
For more information about STD Awareness Month, visit the Centers for Disease Control.
Don't Sleep On It Billboards
Billboards with the Don't Sleep On It images and syphilis awareness information have begun popping up all over Houston. The billboards have been specifically located in neighborhoods and communities where more cases of syphilis have been diagnosed.
Half of All Syphilis Cases in Houston among MSM
For the period, January 1, 2009 thru May 31, 2009, 50% of all reported cases of syphilis were among men who have sex with other men (MSM). Of these men, 59% were black/African-American, while 22% were Hispanic/Latino and 19% were white. The other half of the cases in Houston/Harris County were among heterosexual men and women - 19% females and 31% males.
For the same reporting period, 57% of all cases of syphilis were among Black/African-Americans. 22% were Hispanic/Latinos and 19% were white.
When you look at the ages of people infected with syphilis, most of them are young. 38% of syphilis cases in the first half of 2009 were in their 20s and 26% were in their 30s. Most alarming is the fact that 11% of all cases of syphilis were among adolescents ages 15-19.
*Statistics obtained from the Houston Department of Health and Human Services.
Dallas/Fort Worth Stomps Out Syphilis
The Dallas/Fort Worth Syphilis Elimination Coalition is also trying to raise awareness about syphilis in north Texas. The coalition of community agencies, including Resource Center of Dallas, AIDS Arms, Inc. and both Dallas and Tarrant County public health departments, created a campaign called Stomp Out Syphilis (SOS) to inform the public about syphilis.
If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and need to be tested for syphilis, you can find testing locations and hours on their website: stompout.org.
