Protect Yourself 1, Inc (PY1), a Non-Profit Organization, was incorporated in New Mexico, as an educational response to the World-Wide AIDS pandemic. PY1 is certified by the State of Maryland as a Charitable Organization and began operating in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service in August 2005.  A community-serving Organization, its PY1 Board of Officers, Advisory Board and Corporate team comprise a talent pool of world-class professional educators, communicators, multimedia producers, managers, musicians and performance artists residing in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and throughout the United States.

Protect Yourself 1, Inc.’s (PY1) mission is to increase awareness about HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) viruses in order to foster a sense of individual responsibility and positive health behaviors through music, media, art, and non-profit  educational events, programs and activities.

Protect Yourself 1, Inc.'s overarching goals are to disseminate information about sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C (HCV) to at-risk populations. To partner with organizations and individuals around the world to sponsor and develop multimedia, creative and performance arts presentations that promote awareness about AIDS, to propose solutions that reduce the negative impact of AIDS, and to change cultural attitudes in support of sexual behavior that decreases cases of AIDS, STDs, and unwanted Teen Pregnancies.

In virtually every country or market throughout the world, existing Awareness, Prevention or Educational HIV/AIDS platforms do not adequately reach and serve the human race - especially those most at-risk populations. Protect Yourself 1, Inc. exists to close that health educational and information gap and to raise the level of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C (HCV) Awareness to save lives and improve the quality of life for us all.

“AIDS is a World problem. It doesn't discriminate along racial, religious or geo-political lines. We are all at risk! Help us make an impact on society by reminding Everyone of the importance of Safe Sex or No Sex. The life you save could be that of a friend, a loved one, or your own. Protect Yourself! Help us remind each other to do the same."

Jean Albert Renaud © 2001 Founder Protect Yourself 1, Inc