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New Champions "Thank You" Party
Friday September 10, 2010
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Club Cafe (209 Columbus Ave, Boston)
Join the MALE Center, Fenway Health and LHI as we show our appreciation to the many New Champions that have been trained during the last 3 years. Our brief program will allow all of us to share some stories and talk about our many outreach activities, but most importantly, it will allow us to say “thank you” to each of you for helping with this model of harm and risk reduction. Please feel free to bring a friend, and wear your New Champions shirt! For more information or to RSVP, please contact Catrina Cooley at 617-450-1980 or ccooley@aac.org
Saturday HIV Testing
Saturday, September 11, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Free Rapid HIV Testing
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
Online Presence for Employment Training - Free Seminar
Monday, September 13, 2010
@ Harriet Tubman House, 566 Columbus Ave.
A seminar dealing with online resources & technology skills for adults seeking employment. Help improve your job search and learn new techniques and tactics for getting your resume noticed. This program is made possible though a grant from Microsoft Corporation. For more information click here or email the event organizer, Keith Simon
Monthly Book Club
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
September's selected reading will be:
The Object of My Affection
by Stephen McCauley
ISBN-13: 9780671743505
The Object of My Affection gets you to
care about this screwed-up lot of characters as they attempt to force the square peg of life-as-it-is-wished into the round hole of life-as-it-is. It offers no pat resolutions but rather an overall sense of hope, made all the more believable by the fact that the author has not frantically tried to tie up every single loose end.
USE ME Boys Outreach Training
Saturday September 21, 2010
6:00PM to 9:00PM 
The USE ME Boys team consists of guys who enjoy going out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute prevention and other safer sex materials. Don’t do the bar scene? You can help distribute materials and talk about The MALE Center with your friends anytime, anyplace! Help us spread the word by going out to bars, the Fens, or just talking to your friends. Hand out condoms, lube, and talk about safer sex. To find out more or to register for our next training, email us.
Monthly Movie Night
Wednesday, Septembr 22, 2010
6:30PM to 8:00PM
September's movie will be:
In and Out
When a Hollywood heartthrob "outs" his small-town high-school drama teacher Howard Brackett during the Oscar telecast, the entire town of Greenleaf, Indiana, wonders if Howard's really gay. More to the point, Howard wonders, too--quite a dilemma considering his pending marriage to Emily, who's patiently tolerated a three-year engagement.
QUEER COLORS:
A discussion group for men of color who have sex with men (MSM))
Wednesday September 29, 2010
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Meet with other gay, bi and MSM guys of color to talk about ways to keep educating and empowering the community while also making sure that important topics aren’t overlooked. We’ll talk about the unique issues MSM of color face and about some of the strategies and solutions that others within the group have used. From our shared experiences, we can continue to make an impact within our community.
Saturday HIV Testing
Saturday, October 2, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Free Rapid HIV Testing
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
USE ME Boys Outreach Training
Saturday October 2, 2010
12:00PM to 3:000PM
The USE ME Boys team consists of guys who enjoy going out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute prevention and other safer sex materials. Don’t do the bar scene? You can help distribute materials and talk about The MALE Center with your friends anytime, anyplace! Help us spread the word by going out to bars, the Fens, or just talking to your friends. Hand out condoms, lube, and talk about safer sex. To find out more or to register for our next training, email us.
Saturday HIV Testing
Saturday, November 6, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Free Rapid HIV Testing
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
USE ME Boys Outreach Training
Saturday November 6, 2010
12:00PM to 3:000PM
The USE ME Boys team consists of guys who enjoy going out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute prevention and other safer sex materials. Don’t do the bar scene? You can help distribute materials and talk about The MALE Center with your friends anytime, anyplace! Help us spread the word by going out to bars, the Fens, or just talking to your friends. Hand out condoms, lube, and talk about safer sex. To find out more or to register for our next training, email us.
Saturday HIV Testing
Saturday, December 11, 2010
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Free Rapid HIV Testing
The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated. The MALE Center is Boston’s only Saturday rapid testing option for gay and bisexual men.
USE ME Boys Outreach Training
Saturday December 11, 2010
12:00PM to 3:000PM
The USE ME Boys team consists of guys who enjoy going out to bars and clubs in Boston to help distribute prevention and other safer sex materials. Don’t do the bar scene? You can help distribute materials and talk about The MALE Center with your friends anytime, anyplace! Help us spread the word by going out to bars, the Fens, or just talking to your friends. Hand out condoms, lube, and talk about safer sex. To find out more or to register for our next training, email us.
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A.A.W.O.L.
Sundays
7:00PM to 9:00PM
The A.A.W.O.L., or Alcoholics Anonymous – Way of Life, approach to step work is designed to take participants through the steps in 24 weeks by reading, learning, and practicing one step every two weeks. The steps are done in this fashion, in consecutive order, in an effort to build a program of recovery based upon the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. While this program is used widely both institutionally, and on a personal basis it is not an Alcoholics Anonymous approved method for taking the 12 steps, although it does utilize some conference approved literature.
Hosted by The MALE Center, contact aawolboston@gmail.com for more information. Read a full overview by downloading the AAWOL description (PDF)
Living Positively Support Group
Thursdays
1:00PM to 2:30PM
Open to all men regardless of HIV status, this group will primarily focus on health recovery issues. In a discussion format and using a harm reduction model, this group will discuss such topics as substance use, career planning, finances, domestic violence, personal healing, and support behavior changes to healthier living.
Newly Diagnosed Group
Evening Group - Call for more information
Confidential pre-registration requested
This educational and support group is exclusively for people newly diagnosed with HIV, people still adjusting and building support around living with HIV, or for people living with HIV who are isolated, having a difficult time or are not in medical care. This group is free. Please call 617-450-1221 to register.
Know your HIV status.
Get Tested FREE at the MALE Center.
The MALE Center Offers More Convenient HIV Testing Hours
Rapid testing involves a small finger stick and results are ready in about 10 minutes. The MALE Center offers evening rapid HIV testing appointments on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until 8PM. This is the only rapid HIV testing location in Boston to offer after 5PM testing hours.
The MALE Center also offers a once-a-month Saturday rapid HIV testing clinic from 11AM 5PM, making it the only location in Boston to offer Saturday testing.
Appointments are strongly encouraged, and walk-ins will be accommodated.
To learn more about HIV Rapid Testing at The MALE Center, to talk to a prevention specialist, or to make an appointment to get tested, call 617.450.1987 or email us malecenter@aac.org
Community Advisory Board
The MALE Center is now accepting applications to join our Advisory Board.
The mission of The MALE Center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) is to provide advice to the staff and senior management of The MALE Center and to work collaboratively on a range of strategies, policies, and programmatic issues affecting the lives of gay, bisexual, and all men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the Boston metro area.
The CAB and Center staff will work toward achieving the following goals:
1) To decrease the number of new HIV infections;
2) To increase the number of men who know their HIV status;
3) To empower the community to make choices that reflect their desire for health and well-being;
4) To create community for gay and bisexual men in Boston through activities that focus on holistic perspective of health; and
5) To improve the health and quality of life of infected and high-risk uninfected men.
Members of the CAB must be members of the MSM community and live in or frequent the City of Boston. Download an application (PDF) or email us at malecenter@aac.org for more information.
Alcohol, Substance Use, or Crystal Meth Concerns -- Call Us!
Do you have concerns over the amount of alcohol, substances, or crystal meth you are using? Do you have a friend you think needs some help? The MALE Center is able to assist you and your friends. Please contact us at 617.450.1987 for more information or to speak privately with a counselor.
Do you need condoms & lube for yourself or an upcoming party?
We will be happy to supply you with what you need to play safer. Ask about some of our other fun sexual health supplies.
Free Internet & Computers
Did you know The MALE Center offers free wireless internet? Don’t have a laptop? Don’t worry, we have computers for you to use in our community room. Get online, prepare your resume, or check your email in a friendly, supportive environment.
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