Next m

ornin

g...

Later th

at day...

Good

morning.

Man, I had

a crazy night! It w

ould have been perfect if I

could actually rem

ember it.

Don't tell m

eyou blackedout again?

Inocencio, youknow

you have ad

rinking problem.W

ho the hell are you to jud

ge me?

Shooting up andd

oing AL

OT

ofthings I regret!

Calm

dow

n man,

I just want to help.

I had hit rock bottom

. T

hat's when I knew

the fun was O

VE

R.

So? I don't d

othe sam

e stuffyou d

id!

What the #

%@

&?

Where am

I?W

ho is this?

Typical n

ight of p

artying across th

e bord

er.

You know, I used

to be like you.I w

ould get all m

essed up.

La

mañ

ana

sigu

ient

e.

Más

tard

e es

e d

ía...

Bue

nos

día

s.

Inoc

enci

o, tú

sab

es

que

tien

es u

n pr

oble

ma

con

la to

mad

era.

¿Qui

én te

cre

es tú

para

juzg

arm

e?

Tú

sabe

s qu

e yo

era

com

o tú

, tam

bién

m

e al

ocab

a as

í.

Cál

mat

e co

mpa

.Só

lo te

qui

ero

ayud

ar.

Ent

once

s m

e d

i cue

nta

que

esta

ba p

erd

ido,

la d

iver

sión

se h

abía

term

inad

o.

¿Yqu

é? Y

o no

hago

lo m

ism

oqu

e tú

.

Sí g

üey,

¡tuv

e un

a no

che

loca

! ¡Q

ué s

uave

est

aría

si m

e pu

die

ra a

cord

ar d

e lo

que

pas

ó!

No

me

dig

asqu

e se

te f

ue la

ond

a ot

ra v

ez.

Una

noc

he d

e fi

esta

en

la f

ront

era.

Cua

ndo

me

pica

bahi

ce M

UC

HA

S co

sas

de

las

que

ahor

a m

ear

repi

ento

.

¿Qué

dia

blos

?¿D

ónd

e es

toy?

¿Qui

én e

s és

ta?

Afew

week

s later at a bar...

Like H

IV!

HIV

is serious! It's the virus that

causes AID

S!

You don’t even

remem

ber who

they were.

You're sleepingaround

. You can catch som

ething.

Ya know you d

on't have to get your blood

draw

n to get tested.

Hey, R

odolfo,

what's up? So,

how ya been?

I'm cool...

I can't believe I justtook an H

IV test…

butit's tim

e I took control.

Nah m

an, allthose chicksw

ere clean.

Just like my shooting

up was d

angerous...

...you should know

that what you're d

oingw

hen you're drunk is

putting you at risk.

One w

eek later.

HIV

? Dam

n, is it that serious?

No, m

an. Listen, you

have more than a

drinking problem

.

...just letting everyone knowabout H

IV and

how they

can protect themselves.

Yeah, bro, it is. And

the onlyw

ay to know if you're infected

with H

IV is to get tested

.

Like w

hat?

Dam

n...

Man, m

y friends keep

talking about this HIV

stuff.M

aybe I need to listen.

This fotonovela, Rude Awakening, was developed by the Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. (202.783.2628 - www.fwjustice.org)

and the Rural Women’s Health Project, in collaboration with youth Promotores de Salud, and with the financial support of the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Writers: Jonathan Peña, Verónica Suárez, Jesús "Chuy" Martinez

Actors: Oscar Olvera, Jesús "Chuy" Martinez, Verónica Suárez, Israel Díaz

©2004, Rural Women’s Health Project, www.rwhp.org●email: rwhp@cafl.com ●352-372-1095

Una

s se

man

as d

espu

és

en u

n ba

r...

¡El V

IH e

s co

sa s

eria

! Es

el

viru

s qu

e ca

usa

el S

IDA

.

Chi

n...

¡Ni s

iqui

era

te r

ecue

rdas

qu

iéne

s er

an!

Te e

stás

met

iend

o co

ncu

alqu

iera

. Te

pued

esco

ntag

iar

con

algo

.

Es

más

, ni t

e ti

enen

qu

e sa

car

sang

re.

Hey

Rud

y,¿c

ómo

está

s?E

stoy

bie

n...

No

pued

o cr

eer

que

me

acab

o d

e ha

cer

la p

rueb

ad

el V

IH...

pero

ya

es h

ora

de

tom

ar c

ontr

ol.

Mis

am

igos

me

sigu

en

dic

iend

o so

bre

el V

IH,

tal v

ez te

ngan

raz

ón.

No

güey

, tod

ases

as c

hava

ses

taba

n lim

pias

.

Así

com

o m

is lo

cura

s m

epu

sier

on e

n pe

ligro

...

Un

a se

man

a d

esp

ués

.

¿VIH

? C

hin…

¿En

seri

o?

No

güey

, esc

ucha

. T

ú ti

enes

más

que

un

prob

lem

a d

e be

ber.

...na

da

más

and

o d

and

o in

form

ació

n a

la g

ente

sob

re e

lV

IH y

cóm

o se

pue

den

pro

tege

r.

Sí h

ombr

e, e

s im

port

ante

. Y

la ú

nica

for

ma

de

sabe

r si

está

s in

fect

ado

es h

acié

ndot

ela

pru

eba

del

VIH

.

¿Com

o qu

é?

La fotonovela, Un Cruel Despertar fue desarollada por el Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc. (202.783.2628 - www.fwjustice.org) y

Rural Women’s Health Project, en colaboración con los jóvenesPromotores de Salud y con el apoyo financiero de los

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Autores: Jonathan Peña, Verónica Suárez, Jesús "Chuy" Martinez

Actores: Oscar Olvera, Jesús "Chuy" Martinez, Verónica Suárez, Israel Díaz

©2004, Rural Women’s Health Project, www.rwhp.org ● email rwhp@cafl.com ● 352-372-1095

¡Com

o el

VIH

!

...lo

que

hac

es c

uand

obe

bes

te p

one

en

ries

go ta

mbi

én a

ti.