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: [email protected] ●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 [email protected] ● 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.