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Rural HIV/AIDS Protest: 1991

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    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

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    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

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Jesse C. Corder Memorial Park

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    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

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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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HIV Testing

What do we do?

We provide over 1,200 HIV screenings each year.  Counselors use standardized screening procedures to conduct testing and risk assessment counseling.  These assessments set the stage for personalized risk reduction as well as providing complete risk profiles, HIV status and demographic information.  Data collected from HIV testing and counseling efforts become part of Oregon’s disease surveillance, in order to facilitate focused HIV prevention efforts.

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What is the need?

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 25 percent of infected Americans have not been tested and do not know they are infected with HIV.  People who don’t know they are infected are more likely to transmit the virus to others.

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Who do we serve?

Through our health education presentations and syringe exchange program, we reach people who may have engaged in risky behaviors in the past, those who continue to engage in high risk behavior, and youth who are curious and experimenting. By offering the HIV test during our outreach presentations, most barriers to testing and counseling are reduced. 

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HIV Testing

Free Rapid HIV Testing--Results in 20 Minutes
Anonymous • Painless • No Needles

QUESTIONS? Contact:
Harm Reduction Center of Southern Oregon
832 NW Highland Street, Roseburg, OR  97470
541/440-2761  maggie@harmreductioncenter.org

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HIV Testing Sites

BANDON
Saturday after 4th Friday of the Month
Coos Bay Specialty Clinic
913 SE 11th St.
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

*BROOKINGS4th Friday of the Month
Curry County Health Department Annex
425 Mill Beach Road
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

COOS BAY
2nd Thurs. of the Month
South Coast Hospice
1610 Thompson Road
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

*GOLD BEACH
4th Friday of the Month
Curry County Health Department
94235 Moore Street
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

GRANTS PASS
Monday through Friday
Newman Methodist Church Annex
132 NE “B” St., Suite 23
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

*PORT ORFORD
4th Friday of the Month
Curry County Health Department Annex
1403 Oregon Hwy. 101
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

REEDSPORT
Last Thurs. of the Month
Family Resource Center
5 St. John’s Way
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

ROSEBURG
Monday through Friday
Harm Reduction Center
832 NW Highland Street
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

*No Testing on the Oregon Coast during the months of November and December or during periods of flooding.

No Testing on Holidays at any Location .

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