PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- KEEPING IT REAL
CHJ's new substance abuse education program, "Keeping it Real" will provide critical HIV and substance abuse education through a rotating series of six workshops in jail units that house self-identified gay men (the "K6G Unit" of Men's Central Jail) and women who are housed at the Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF).
- CHJ's WOMEN'S PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM
CHJ's Women's Peer Education Program (WPEP), our first treatment-focused intervention with positive women, will meet the unmet education and healthcare access needs of HIV+ and at-risk women in the L.A. County Jail. The goal of WPEP is to educate and empower HIV+ women to stay healthy and advocate for their own healthcare, both during incarceration and after release.
Consultants
Julaun Lewis, Inmate Hotline Manager
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Al Brown, PPN Peer Mentor
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Al Brown has been part of the Center For Health Justice family since 2009; he has been a health educator since 2003 and is very focused on educating and uplifting the community. Al started as a volunteer; he is a full time employee working as a program consultant /hot-line operator/ health educator and positive parolee network peer mentor. Al is a public speaker for Health Justice and speaks at re-entry into society roundtable meetings. Al is also a member of BTAN, the black treatment advocates network developed for community mobilization in their fight against HIV. Al is a team player and understands that it is always about helping the clients help themselves.
Beverly Henry, Peer Educator
Beverly began her advocacy in Chowchilla prison for women a decade ago in an attempt to stop attacks on HIV/AIDS inmates and to establish an understanding of the disease among other prisoners. She was employed as a Peer Educator at CCWF under the supervision of Center Force. She has written many inspiring articles for Magazines including POZ, HIV Plus, Positively Aware and she is featured in books including Women Behind Bars, and Focus on Living. She continues to educate herself and has been certified by The Office of Aids Policy and Program for the County of Los Angeles as an HIV/AIDS counselor/tester. Beverly is currently a staff volunteer at The Center For Health Justice and does motivation/inspirational speaking in Los Angeles County middle schools, PACT meetings for post incarcerated males and females coming out of CDCR and many other venues.
Martin H Olivares, PhD, TCM Clinical Supervisor
Martin H. Olivares is originally from Chile and brings a unique cultural perspective to his work. His academic background includes Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and inter-Cultural Communications with a certificate in Translation/Interpretation. He also has post-graduate training in Educational Psychology, holds a certificate in Object Relations/Self Psychology, a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; and is a licensed Family & Marriage Therapist. He has over 15 years of experience in the mental health field, consisting of working with individuals suffering from acute and chronic mental disturbances in an outpatient setting including cultural diversity, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, trauma, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and acculturation issues. Part of my work includes lecturing on the impact of cultural variables on Latinos’ lives, and on issues of transference and counter-transference in psychotherapy. He also has experience working with families experiencing relationship difficulties, and adolescent and or adults who are struggling with personal and interpersonal difficulties that prevent them from achieving their goals in life. He is CHJ’s Clinical Supervisor and works with the TCM and Education Staff.
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD (USC)
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John Williams, MD (UCLA)
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Heather Guentzel
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Nina Harawa, MPH, PhD (CDU)
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Homero del Pino, PhD (CDU)
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John Williams (UCLA)
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Dr Wilbert Jordan (Oasis Clinic)
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Nnenna Weathers (CSULA)
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