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{"value"=>"57761", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1982-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1982/1997"}
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{"value"=>"Subseries VII. D. Community Health Education Services (CHES)"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"14.25 boxes, 1.45 Megabytes (1 disk image, 186 computer files)"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Community Health Education Services (CHES) division of the Education Department was responsible for delivering AIDS information to the public via information tables, direct mail and telephone campaigns, as well as connecting with underserved communities. CHES accomplished these goals through a series of programs and initiatives: the Community Support Network, People of Color AIDS Prevention program, the Speakers' Bureau, and the distribution of pamphlets though tabling events.</p> <p>The Community Support Network (CSN) began in 1982 and maintained the distribution and collection of donation cans and literature at gay establishments, mostly bars and bathhouses. By 1988, more than 300 establishments in New York City participated in CSN. The People of Color AIDS Prevention (POC) program conducted outreach to gay and bisexual men of minority communities, mainly Blacks and Latinos. POC adapted its literature for these communities and created focus groups and advisory panels made up of members of the communities. Programs targeted at these communities included What's in it 4 Me?, a workshop by and for gay black men and <span class=\"title\">Noche de Ronda</span>, a safe sex play in Spanish. The Speakers' Bureau was staffed by volunteers who gave presentations on HIV/AIDS and safe sex, their personal experiences with AIDS, homophobia and AIDS, and women and AIDS. These presentations were free and held at community centers, churches, schools, anywhere groups of people gathered. Tabling was another early program of GMHC. Volunteers distributed literature and were stationed at information tables throughout New York City in high traffic areas, especially ones with large populations of gay men. The service expanded to tables scheduled for street fairs, conferences, and health fairs.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This subseries contains memoranda, reports, correspondence, and other material related to the Community Health Education Services division of the Education Department. The subseries is divided into eight sub-subseries: the Administrative Files of the department, the files of the Assistant Coordinator, the Assistant Director, and the Coordinator, the Community Support Network (CSN), the People of Color AIDS Prevention program, the Speakers' Bureau, and the Tabling initiative. Included here are information sheets on CSN establishments; statistical reports listing numbers and locations of literature and condoms distributed; assessments of outreach tables; plans for expansions of the division; the log of the Volunteer Manager which contains daily entries describing volunteer interviews, work done by volunteers, and other events of the day; memoranda on planned bar interventions and zaps (targeted protests aimed at a specific person or organization); correspondence with organizations requesting Speakers' Bureau presentations; and reports on these events.</p> <p>Electronic records contain correspondence, memoranda, statistical reports, and analysis on the efficiency of certain department programs. Correspondence and memoranda detail outreach at events, primarily through tabling, and the development of informational literature and condom packets. The statistical reports were produced monthly and detail workshops, forums, and interventions hosted by CHES. These reports include the number of attendees for each program and a brief description of the audience for each event. The records also contain a Spanish assistance program that GMHC used to translate content and a Medical Information Mailing System for organizing mailings.</p>"}
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1982
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1982
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1997
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1982
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1997