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"Among transplanted Caribbean youth in New York City, Transdiaspora Network takes the lead in the HIV prevention revolution." -MediaGlobal.

"Your newsletter, and all of the collaborations, initiatives, funding, staffing, outreach, service that is described is nothing short of amazing. Transdiaspora Network is inspiring." -Dr. Susan Witte, Associate Director, Columbia University's Social Intervention Group.

"I am very impressed by your important work." -Deborah Schwartz, President, The Brooklyn Historical Society.

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Transdiaspora Network (TDN) is a leading human capacity building non-profit organization conducting culturally-oriented HIV prevention and awareness activities in Brooklyn, New York. We communicate with at-risk youth of various cultural backgrounds and empower them to develop their sense of personal responsibility in their relationship with the community.

Since 2007, Transdiaspora Network (TDN) has done what no other youth-centered HIV prevention program has done: we reward youth's imagination for taking the risk to be inventive about prevention. The majority of those who have been enrolled in our programming cycles has reported increased knowledge and improved skills.

Through our groundbreaking programs, the RIPPLE Program and the BOLD Initiative, we are pioneering an effort in the field of HIV prevention by adopting a new conception of the human ecology to engage youth in an innovative dialogue. Our interest in HIV prevention stems from the desire to go beyond the current biomedical and individualist approach. We confront the social stigma of HIV locally and focus on health promotion one teen at a time. Our paramount belief is that knowledge initiates prevention. Therefore, it is extremely important to Talk Things Out!

{trans-di-as-po-ra} (meaning) >>> 1) a progressive overture to define a new social service paradigm for youth that expands new boundaries to re-connect them with cross-cultural strategies, local practices and personal narratives; 2) the interconnectivity of peripheral communities/societies related to common social issues like HIV prevention, health literacy and youth development.

Testimonial -- "TDN is a pretty fun program... when you're at the session, you don't really think it's about HIV... it's more of self-searching..." Erick, Haitian-descendent, program participant

Fact -- 50% of our 2008 community survey participants whose learning about HIV prevention had incorporated cultural heritage described their knowledge about the topic as "excellent" compared to 27.7% of those whose education did not incorporate cultural heritage at all. < read more >

Distintiveness -- We bridge the gap between mainstream and peripheral; we transform apparent deficits into strengths; we tap into the vast cultural reservoir of local communities. Our groundbreaking methods combines education, recreation and therapeutic elements to allow youth personalize their strategies for HIV prevention and practice empowerment. Discover our new alternative < click here! >

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Highlights!

TDN celebrated the National Latino AIDS Awareness Day at Columbia University School of Social Work, for the first time, with a panel discussion "HIV/AIDS and Latin@s: Dancing from Tradition to Prevention" (10/13/2011). < photos >

TDN has been awarded by the Suisse Credit Foundation, in 2010 and 2011, for our dedicated contribution to improve the living standars of minority groups in New York's metropolitan area.

In January 2011, TDN was the only Brooklyn-based organization invited to the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals conference addressing Poverty, Education and Global Health. (01/14/2011) < photos >

TDN was the first organization focusing on HIV prevention to ever participate at the Brazilian Day Festival officially. (09/05/2010) < press release >

Since 2008, TDN Team has marched for live four years in a row and has help to raise more $24 million at the AIDS Walk New York * We are recipient of the 2010 AIDS Walk New York Fundraising Award.

Brooklyn has been identified by the Center of Disease Control as having the highest total number of adolescents diagnosed with HIV/AIDS nationally, which reinforces TDN's purpose. < report >

The young women and men living with HIV today are the most visible evidence of the world's failure to keep its promise to prevent HIV infection and to empower young people to protect themselves and live a healthy AIDS-free life. < Opportunity in Crisis >