In Douglas, Josephine, Coos and Curry Counties, we reach high risk youth through presentations and HIV screening at juvenile detention centers, youth shelters, adolescent treatment groups and alternative schools. We also make presentations at public, charter and private schools. We access high risk adults through presentations and HIV screening to addiction treatment groups, shelters, self-help groups, county jails and the State Prison in North Bend. We monitor the incidence of HIV and Hepatitis and are the primary source of high-risk testing and incidence data in this four county region. Our covered areas encompass 9,900 square miles and two population centers (Roseburg and Grants Pass) along the I-5 corridor. Over a quarter million people live in this region.
GIVING
Rural HIV/AIDS Protest: 1991
- Protests in 1991 & 1992 represented a response by an outraged rural population robbed of vital tax dollars necesary to maintain services in the countryside. As a result of these protests, rural AIDS service organizations prospered through the 1990s. Through the first half of this decade, Portland bureacrats eager to promote their careers co-opted the Statewide Planning Groups responsible for distribution of these tax dollars.
S.F. AIDS/ARC Vigil: 1986
- The AIDS/ARC Vigil on United Nations Plaza at the Civic Center first drew attention to the interrelated problems of poverty, homelessness and AIDS in 1985. Protestors chained themselves to the Federal Building to publicize the need for increased federal response to the crisis. Billy Russo, Harm Reduction Center of Southern Oregon founder, participated in the Vigil for three weeks in the spring of 1986. His participation influenced the evolution of the organization over its 20 year history.
Remembering our volunteers
- Under Construction
Jesse C. Corder Memorial Park
- JCC Memorial Park is named for the first person to publicly acknowledge living with HIV/AIDS in rural Southern Oregon. Trees are planted for the people who died in Southwest Oregon. The Park serves as a silent witness to how we addressed the epidemic through the dying years. THIS ALBUM IS UNDER CONTRUCTION.
The Ruby House Years
- UNDER CONSTRUCTION
HIV Resource Center: 1998-2006
- The HIV Resource Center. the precursor to HRCSO served Douglas, Coos and Curry Counties. In 2006 it merged with AIDS Support And Prevention (ASAP) in Grants Pass. The two AIDS Service Organizations reorganized as HRCSO
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