ETSI Health Clinic

09/01/2026

🚨 ETSI HEALTH CLINIC IS HIRING! 🚨

We are hiring two Nighttime Community Outreach Workers to provide compassionate services to people experiencing homelessness who are impacted by substance use and HIV.

This initiative is part of ETSI Health Clinic continued advocacy to help clean up and revitalize downtown Portsmouth by addressing the underlying challenges affecting our community. We will meet people where they are, connect them with essential health and recovery services, and help create a safer, healthier downtown for everyone.

📍 Work area: City of Portsmouth
🕕 Hours: 6:00 PM–11:00 PM
💵 Pay: $18.50 per hour
🌙 Night differential: Additional $2.00 per hour

We are seeking dependable, compassionate individuals who are committed to serving our community with dignity and respect.

Apply today at etsihcvas.org/apply

Lisa L. Lucas-Burke for Portsmouth City Council
Senator L. Louise Lucas

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

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08/24/2026

🎉 MEET WHITNEY C! 💜❤️

ETSI Health Clinic is proud to introduce Whitney C, our Community Engagement Peer Support Advocate!

Whitney is committed to meeting people where they are and helping our community feel heard, supported, respected, and connected to care. In her role, she will help:

🤝 Connect individuals with community resources and support
💜 Provide compassionate peer support
📣 Promote health education and community engagement
🛡️ Advocate for health, rights, and overall well-being

At ETSI Health Clinic, we know that healthier communities are built through trust, education, advocacy, and access.

YOUR HEALTH. YOUR VOICE. OUR COMMUNITY. OUR MISSION. ❤️

📍 ETSI Health Clinic | Portsmouth, Virginia
📞 757-800-3105
🌐 www.etsihcvas.org

Educate. Empower. Engage. End the Stigma.

08/21/2026

🍽️ COMMUNITY GATHERING — COME SHARE A MEAL WITH US!

RESET INC, Affordable VA, and New Mount Olive AME Church warmly invite the community to come together for an afternoon of food, family, fellowship, fun, and community connection!

📅 Sunday, August 30, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 New Mount Olive AME Church
1953 Campostella Road, Chesapeake, VA 23324

This FREE, family-friendly community gathering is open to the community. Bring the entire family and enjoy:

🍽️ Hot meals served
🎉 Entertainment and activities for the kids
🎁 Raffle giveaways throughout the event
🤝 Community resources and information
❤️ Fellowship with neighbors, families, and community partners

Whether you are coming to enjoy a hot meal, connect with helpful resources, participate in our raffle giveaways, or simply spend a great afternoon with your family and community, we welcome you!

This gathering is about more than sharing a meal. It is about bringing neighbors together, strengthening our community, and making sure families know that resources and support are available.

Hosted at New Mount Olive AME Church
Sponsored by RESET INC & Affordable VA

Come hungry. Bring the family. Enjoy the fun. You may even leave with a raffle prize! 🎁❤️

We look forward to seeing you August 30th from 2–5 PM!

08/21/2026

🎉 GO ETSI HEALTH CLINIC! 🎉

14 PEOPLE TESTED & CONNECTED TO PrEP SERVICES IN ONE DAY! ❤️💙

ETSI Health Clinic is making an impact in Hampton Roads by expanding access to HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care.

14 people. ONE DAY. One mission: END HIV!

💊 PrEP HIV Prevention
🧪 HIV/STI Testing
❤️ Prevention Education
🏥 Treatment & Care
🤝 Linkage to Services

ENDING TRANSMISSION OF SEXUAL INFECTIONS — ONE PERSON AT A TIME!

08/20/2026

Many, if not all, people with HIV on expanded Medicaid are going to have to deal with the program’s new work requirement, which goes into effect Jan. 1, so it’s important to talk with an expert now about what you can expect and how to prepare for it.
positivelyaware.com/work-rule-lawsuit

08/20/2026

Nyonna L. Byers has been doing HIV-led community work for years, with a strong focus on Black and Brown people and other underserved communities across Hampton Roads. Her work has included HIV education, prevention, testing, linkage and retention in care, PrEP access, outreach, housing support, transportation assistance, and helping people overcome barriers that keep them from receiving care.

Before founding ETSI Health Clinic, Nyonna served as a Peer Navigator/HIV Educator with Minority AIDS Support Services (MASS) in Norfolk, where her HIV advocacy and education work was already well established. (Minority Aids Support Services)

Through Empowering Transgender Services and ETSI Health Clinic, she expanded that work into direct services. In October 2023, the Virginia Community HIV Planning Group featured Nyonna for an Agency Spotlight on Empowering Transgender Services, recognizing the work being done for transgender communities and people impacted by HIV. (Virginia Regulatory Town Hall)

In 2024, Nyonna opened ETSI Health Clinic in Portsmouth, providing HIV/STI testing, treatment, prevention and supportive services. By 2026, the clinic was reported to be keeping approximately 120 patients connected to care while continuing to serve people who may otherwise fall through the cracks. (WHRO Public Media)

Nyonna was also spotlighted through SHAAD (Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day) for her HIV leadership and community work. Her recognition through SHAAD is another part of a much longer story: Nyonna did not just recently enter HIV advocacy—she has spent years educating, navigating, advocating and ultimately building HIV-focused services for communities that have historically been underserved.

From Peer Navigator and HIV Educator, to community advocate, to founder of an HIV-led organization and clinic, Nyonna L. Byers’ work has consistently centered on ending HIV transmission, reducing stigma, connecting people to care, and making sure transgender people and other underserved communities have a place at the table.

EVERYONE IS HIV POSSIBLE ‼️‼️‼️‼️💃🛑

Nyonna Byers is a community advocate from Virginia dedicated to improving the lives of Transwomen in her community.