Birmingham AIDS Outreach's Youth Advisory Council

Mission Statement

The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is an award-winning group of young men and women, ages 13-19, who are trained as peer educators and provide primary prevention education to the adolescent community on a peer-to-peer basis. Peer education programs across the nation report considerable success in their efforts to educate adolescents about the realities and risks of HIV and AIDS. BAO's Youth Advisory Council is no exception. YAC was awarded the national Youth in Action Award in 2002 and was recognized by the American Red Cross as Educators of the Year.