2025/26 End-of-Year Interactive Report

Ambassadors to Promote Sexual Health in Diverse Communities in Baltimore

Funded by the Baltimore City Health DepartmentImplemented by RnD AssociatesPartners in Ending the HIV Epidemic

Breaking Barriers, Building Healthier Communities Together.

A community-centered impact report highlighting outreach, ambassador leadership, partner collaboration, evaluation learning, and stories from the field.

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RnD Associates approach

Community sexual health education moves through trusted people, places, and relationships.

RnD Associates provides sexual health training and follow-up support to youth, youth service professionals, returning citizens, barbers and beauticians, faith leaders, and LGBTQ+ community members. The work strengthens community education, referral pathways, PrEP and PEP awareness, syphilis prevention, and connection to care.

Priority ZIP Codes

2121521213212182122421217

Key Program Activities

Community engagement and educationHIV and STI testingPrEP and PEP referralsLinkage to prevention and treatment services

RAP Goal

Raise awareness about HIV, STIs, PrEP, PEP, and sexual health.
Address barriers to sexual health information and prevention practices.
Provide referrals to trusted prevention and treatment services.

Program focus areas

How the work happens across Baltimore communities

Ambassadors and partners gathered during a community sexual health education event — Ambassadors and partners bring prevention education into trusted community spaces.

University Youth Engagement

Recruit and train PrEP ambassadors at HBCUs, including Morgan State and Coppin State, and at other universities such as Towson and the University of Baltimore.

Housing Development Outreach

Prepare ambassadors to share PrEP education, distribute fact sheets, and connect residents in priority ZIP codes to prevention providers.

Churches and Faith-Based Programs

Build on RnD's faith-based sexual health work by incorporating PrEP information into church guidebooks, trainings, and community sessions.

Barbers, Beauticians, and Wellness Centers

Continue partnerships with trusted neighborhood businesses and wellness spaces to share brochures, posters, and prevention information.

Community Conversations and Performances

Use theater, music, dance, drumming, and facilitated discussion to make sexual health education engaging, practical, and community-centered.

Social and Popular Media

Use media, community forums, events, and fairs to share PrEP information and connect residents to services.

Together, these strategies raise awareness of HIV disparities, reduce barriers to sexual health information, promote PrEP and PEP, support HIV/STI testing, and link residents to prevention and treatment services while documenting the process and outcomes of the work.

Impact at a glance

Strong reach, expanding partnerships, and a clear next challenge: moving awareness into service uptake.

People reached1,957

community event participants

Events facilitated27

education sessions held

HIV/STI screenings44

service uptake learning point

PrEP referrals130

above annual target

Youth and adolescentsYoung adultsReturning citizensMen's healthWomen and girlsFamilies and caregiversLGBTQ+ communitiesFaith-connected audiencesBarbershops and salonsBlack and Brown communities

Ambassadorial Model

Trust is public health infrastructure.

RnD Associates mobilizes trusted community leaders to bring HIV/STI prevention, PrEP/PEP education, and service connections into everyday community spaces.

Trusted Ambassadors

Peer-led organizations carry prevention messages into spaces where residents already live, learn, work, worship, heal, and gather.

Culturally Grounded Education

Training and outreach connect HIV/STI prevention, PrEP, PEP, healthy relationships, consent, trauma, and emotional wellness.

Stigma Reduction

Storytelling, podcasts, workshops, and dialogue make difficult conversations safer, more relatable, and less clinical.

Service Navigation

The next phase strengthens warm handoffs to testing, PrEP/PEP, counseling, wellness resources, and trusted providers.

Timeline and gallery

Events moved through campuses, community networks, civic spaces, and trusted neighborhood settings.

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September 2025Photos archived

Ambassadors Meeting

Early network convening for ambassador coordination, sexual health education, and implementation planning.

Training and network meetingAmbassadors and implementation partnersBaltimore

Network coordination
Training
Program launch momentum

September 202527 photos

AIDS Action Baltimore PrEP Town Hall

PrEP education and feedback session connected to community review of prevention messaging and PSA development.

Town hallCommunity members and HIV prevention partnersBaltimore

PrEP awareness
Community feedback
PSA refinement input

September 2025Photos archived

BCHD Site Visit

Site visit documentation supports funder-facing context for program implementation, monitoring, and partner coordination.

Funder and implementation visitBCHD and RnD implementation partnersBaltimore

Implementation visibility
Funder coordination
Program documentation

October 2025Event highlight

Marcus Garvey Community Health Event

Community engagement event integrating sexual health education, resource sharing, and trusted neighborhood outreach.

Community health eventCommunity residentsBaltimore

Community reach
Health education
Resource connection

October 20253 photos

Queens Sisterhood Society Dinner Meeting

Partner convening supporting women-centered wellness, sexual health dialogue, and ambassador coordination.

Ambassador partner meetingWomen and girls, ambassador partnersBaltimore

Partner engagement
Women-centered wellness
Community trust building

November 20255 photos

Syphilis Session with LGBTQ+ Community

Interactive syphilis education and prevention session focused on awareness, testing, inclusive language, and stigma reduction.

Inclusive sexual health trainingLGBTQ+ community members and ambassadorsMayor's Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs community gathering, Baltimore

Syphilis awareness
Inclusive education
Ambassador training

Performance dashboard

Targets versus achievements show exceptional education reach and priority areas for service connection.

Performance measures show how broad community education translated into partner reach, referrals, and lessons for strengthening service connections.

Community education sessions held

Target 6 / Achieved 27 / Met or exceeded

450%

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Ambassador network

A diverse coalition translates public health priorities into trusted community action.

The Nolita Project

Youth Development & Leadership, Youth Diversion Program, Returning Citizen Program

Supports youth leadership, diversion, and returning citizen programming while making sexual health conversations practical and empowering for young people navigating real-life challenges.

Teens and young adults exposed to trauma, violence, or instabilityWebsite

Each1Save1

Mentoring, Returning Citizens, Violence Prevention

Brings sexual health education into mentoring, reentry, violence prevention, and youth empowerment spaces that traditional outreach often misses.

Returning citizens, court-involved youth, and families affected by violenceWebsite

Queens Sisterhood Society

Women Empowerment

Creates sister circles, community dinners, and empowerment workshops where women can discuss relationships, emotional wellness, sexual health, and PrEP/PEP safely.

Women, girls, and community members seeking healing-centered spacesWebsite

Own Your Ase

Rites of Passage & Cultural Healing

Blends African-centered rites of passage, cultural healing, self-worth, sexual responsibility, and emotional wellness.

Adolescent girls and young womenWebsite

For My Kidz

Youth Development, Harm Reduction & Returning Citizens

Uses family-centered engagement to bring sexual health conversations into broader healing, parenting, and community wellness work.

Youth, parents, and families impacted by trauma, substance use, or incarcerationWebsite

Brothers Helping Brothers / Apex Holistic Wellness

Returning Citizens & Men's Health

Supports men in accessing sexual health education, PrEP/PEP information, and STI testing without shame or fear.

Men, especially formerly incarcerated or reentering community membersWebsite pending

More Than a Shop

Barbers & Beauticians Network

Uses barbershops and beauty salons as hubs for natural, relatable, stigma-free sexual health conversations.

Community members reached through trusted neighborhood shopsWebsite

Women's Wellness Lounge

Wellness, Safe Spaces & PrEP Education

Weaves sexual and reproductive health into holistic wellness, consent, pleasure, emotional restoration, and informed decision-making.

Women seeking whole-person wellness and sexual health supportWebsite

Brand New Now Press

Storytelling, Trauma Healing & Behavior Change

Uses storytelling, coaching, and behavior change expertise to help people work through emotional barriers that affect health decisions.

Individuals facing fear, shame, emotional barriers, food/body trauma, or care-seeking hesitationWebsite

God Is Here Media

Faith-Based Media, Storytelling & Public Health Messaging

Creates media that promotes healing, public health outcomes, sexual health awareness, disease prevention, ACEs awareness, and literacy.

Faith-connected and media-reached audiencesWebsite

The Voice of Africa

Media Power House

Amplifies the Ambassadors' work through print media, interviews, storytelling, and mass communication.

Public audiences reached through media coverageWebsite

Morgan State University

Campus Engagement & Public Health Practice

Supports healthy relationships and sexual health promotion through campus activities, practicum opportunities, and community-facing program space.

Students, young adults, and practicum learnersWebsite

Evaluation findings

Participants gained knowledge, confidence, and readiness while persistent barriers shaped the next phase.

What strengthened

Evaluation narratives point to improved understanding of PrEP, PEP, HIV/STI prevention, communication, and inclusive sexual health service approaches.

What remained hard

Testing uptake and prevention service connection still face stigma, access barriers, mistrust, and readiness gaps.

What comes next

Strengthen warm handoffs, provider relationships, follow-up systems, ambassador tools, and data capture from awareness moments to service uptake.

Podcasts and Videos

Watch ambassador stories, partner meetings, and prevention messages directly in the report.

These videos bring the project voice into the website through public service messaging, partner dialogue, and community-centered sexual health education.

Podcasts and Videos

PrEP Public Service Announcement

A public service message encouraging open conversations about PrEP, HIV prevention, and access to trusted sexual health resources.

Podcasts and Videos

RnD Associates Sexual Health Ambassadors and Impact

A program story highlighting the Sexual Health Ambassadors model, partner leadership, and community impact.

Podcasts and Videos

BELN Meeting

A partner meeting featuring ambassador outreach, prevention education, and opportunities for community collaboration.

Podcasts and Videos

RnD Associates Sexual Health Ambassadors Meeting Featuring Barbers and Beauticians

A meeting focused on the role of barbers, beauticians, and trusted neighborhood spaces in sexual health promotion.

Media and storytelling

Flyers, podcasts, video, and PSA work made sexual health messages visible and culturally grounded.

Storytelling media / 2026

PrEP Public Service Announcement

Community-shaped PSA designed to normalize conversations around PrEP and HIV prevention across Baltimore communities.

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Community flyer / 2026

Promoting Sexual Health in Black Churches

Community education artwork supporting faith-based conversations about sexual and reproductive health, healthy relationships, family wellness, and prevention.

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Report resource / 2025-2026

Annual Report - PS0024 final

Print/PDF companion report for readers who want the full annual report format alongside this interactive website.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Ambassadors Meeting Feb 2026

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Ambassadors Meetings Oct 2025

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Ambassadors Meetings Sept 2025

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

April 2026 Events

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Baltimore Brothers Training on Sexual Health

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Report resource / 2025-2026

Valentine's: Love, Relationships and Sexual Health

Downloadable brochure or handout supporting community education, partner outreach, or event participation.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Community Outreach Flyer

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Community Outreach Flyer

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

May 30th, 2026 event

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Report resource / 2025-2026

RnD Associates, Brochure vs 1.0

Downloadable brochure or handout supporting community education, partner outreach, or event participation.

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Community flyer / 2025-2026

Teen Sexual Education Flyer

Community outreach flyer used to invite residents, students, ambassadors, or partner networks into sexual health education and prevention activities.

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Report resource / 2025-2026

Wellness Fair- Trifold Brochure (2)

Downloadable brochure or handout supporting community education, partner outreach, or event participation.

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Next phase

From awareness to action.

Deepen referral pathways from ambassadors to trusted providers.

Equip ambassadors with practical tools for follow-up, navigation, and warm handoffs.

Expand partnerships across campuses, youth programs, faith communities, health centers, and neighborhood businesses.

Use evaluation learning to move more residents from awareness to prevention services.