The document discusses BASUAH, a program that provides culturally specific HIV/AIDS training to the African American community. It does this through online training modules and partnerships with various organizations. The collaboration between BASUAH, the Illinois Department of Public Health, University of Illinois Springfield, and Chicago State University allows them to train over 3,000 ambassadors on HIV/AIDS issues. Through an online biology course at CSU, students become ambassadors and create presentations in platforms like Second Life to educate others.

1. Presented by Julian Scheinbuks Aka Jules Gigamon Veronica Halloway Aka No Morane Deb Antoine Aka Vidorah Messmer

2. PURPOSE OF BASUAH (Brothers And Sisters United Against HIV/AIDS) Provide culturally specific training on HIV/AIDS the African American community

3. HIV/AIDS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY … blacks make up just 12 % of the U.S. pop., [but] they account for nearly half of new HIV infections...The harsh reality is that 1 in 16 black men will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in their lifetime, as will 1 in 30 black women. KEVIN FENTON, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Summer 2008 “ “

4. The Collaboration

6. Other Uses of Technology by BASUAH Text Messaging E-cards Podcasting Blogging YouTube Face Book MySpace Second Life Twitter Wikis

13. Biology Class Objectives

19. Second Life Demo