The New Orleans
AIDS Task Force will
coordinate with the Orleans Community Planning Group to administer on-site
counseling
and HIV testing.com,
and a free resource and referral service. Information on HIV/AIDS is available
at http://www.
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In 2000, the campaign launched a
grassroots initiative to complement the on-air
and online components of Rap-
It-Up., a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service
broadband communications
company with approximately 6.
Among those who have already had sex, 73% said they were more likely
to use
condoms, 69% said they were more likely to talk with a partner, and 65% said
they were
more likely to get tested for STDs because of the campaign.renown noyse
com and available
through MTV.org, the
Foundation's free
health information service. Information includes sexuality, emotional health and
wellbeing, substance abuse, fitness, and nutrition.
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The partnership includes special
programming
, public service advertisements (PSAs), online content on bet.3 million basic cable subscribers.cfm
The multi-faceted Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself campaign
includes targeted public service
announcements (PSAs); extensive online
resources housed at http://www. The campaign has been recognized
by the National Academy of TV
Arts + Sciences for the last three consecutive years with the Emmy
for the
best national public service campaign, and last year was awarded, along with
its parent
company, Viacom, a Peabody Award for the initiative. In 2001, MTV launched Fight For Your Rights: Take
A Stand
Against Discrimination. MTV Networks also operates and offers joint
ventures, licensing
agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming
can be seen worldwide.diagnoses renown
S. BET is a
dominant
consumer brand in the urban marketplace with a diverse group of
branded businesses: BET. Our research
shows these messages are
being heard.S.
MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television
programming services
MTV: Music Television, MTV2, mtvU, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1,
CMT:
Country Music Television, and Spike TV, as well as The Digital Suite from
MTV Networks, a package
of thirteen digital services, all of which are
trademarks of MTV Networks.teenagers lamplight
Although African-American
teens
make up only 15% of U. The BET Network
reaches more than 80 million households according
to Nielsen media research,
and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.5, KNOU
FM, is owned and operated by On Top Communications LLC. The full
report is available online at:
http:
//www.kaisernetwork.
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5, KNOU FM
Hot 104."
In a national survey conducted by the Foundation
in 2003, more than one in
two (59%) 16-to 24-year-olds nationwide recognize the campaign, and many
say
they have acted on what they have seen. Parental permission was obtained for respondents under
age 18.mtv.moods wellbeing
Mad Linx, host of BET's RAP CITY, will host the
block party featuring performances from
some of today's hottest hip hop and
R+B artists. The campaign was nominated for
an Emmy for Best
National Public Service Announcement in 2002 and 2001, and
has received numerous other awards, including
the 2002 Cable Positive POP
Award for Outstanding Newsmagazine Series, the 2002 CTPAA Joel Berger
Award,
the 2002 NAACP Image Award, the 2002 Academy of Television Arts + Science TV
Cares "Ribbon
of Hope" Award, and the 2002 NBACA Community Service Award. "Our goal with our pro-social campaigns
, including 'Protect
Yourself,' is always to empower young people by giving them the tools they
need
to make informed decisions.pediatricians moods
Today's disturbing statistics have shown that African Americans account
for the most AIDS diagnoses, people estimated to be living with AIDS, and HIV-
related deaths
than any other racial group.stds bullying
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, African Americans in the
state
of Louisiana accounted for 69% of the state's newly-reported AIDS cases
in 2003."
Since its
launch in 1997, BET's Rap-It-Up Campaign has tested over 5,800
people nationwide for HIV infection;
managed over 988,000 calls to the Rap-It-
Up toll-free hotline; hosted community teen forums for
over 8,600 youth; and
reached millions of viewers via HIV-related programming on the BET Network
,
including award-winning news specials, documentaries and public service
announcements.
"We are very proud of the impressive results that our partnership with
Kaiser has produced and look
forward to continued success with our 'Fight For
Your Rights' campaign," commented Van Toffler, President
, MTV Networks Music +
Logo Group. In addition to sexual health
PSAs that will air multiple times
daily throughout the next year, new targeted
PSAs will debut during top-rated programs including
the Video Music Awards and
MTV Movie Awards.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non
-profit, private operating
foundation dedicated to providing information and analysis on health issues
to
policymakers, the media, and the general public.honest endings
Media Opportunities: Coverage of
Concert and Block Party Activities;
Interview + Photo Opportunities with
BET Talent,
Concert Performers, BET Rap-It-Up Representatives,
KNOU Radio Personalities, and Event Partners. The
nation's third-largest cable
television provider, Cox offers analog cable
television under the Cox Cable brand as well as digital
video service under
the Cox Digital Cable brand, featuring advanced services including digital
video
recording, high-definition television and video-on-demand. As Part of Fight For Your Rights: Protect
Yourself Campaign, Partnership Is
Renewed for 9th Year
More Than One Million Viewers Have Called Campaign's Hotline;
Nearly 100 Million Viewers
Have Seen Sexual Health Programming
NEW YORK, MTV: Music Television and the Kaiser
Family
Foundation today announced they have extended their partnership to
promote sexual health among young
people. "To reach young
people with the information they need to make wise decisions, we realized
long
ago that we needed to go where they go. Originally
launched in 1999 with the Take A Stand
Against Violence campaign, "Fight For
Your Rights" is an MTV series of yearlong comprehensive on
-and-off air
campaigns, designed to educate and empower young people about the issues that
concern
them most.
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Among those scheduled to perform are Trillville, Paul Wall, Do
or Die, Gucci
Mane, Choppa, Nappy Headz, Dizzy, 10th Ward Buck, Faster Boyz
and many more.com, the Number 1 Internet
portal for African
Americans; BET Digital Networks - BET Jazz, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop,
attractive
alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event
Productions, specializing in a full
range of event production services,
including event management, venue selection, talent recruitment
, sound,
lighting and stage production; and BET Books, the nation's leading publisher
of African
-American themed romance novels under the Arabesque imprint which
also publishes compelling fiction
under the Sepia imprint and inspirational
fiction and nonfiction under the New Spirit imprint.7 million
total
customers, including approximately 6. The most recent special, "The
Campus Guide to Safer
Sex," premiered on World AIDS Day 2004 and followed MTV
News correspondents Gideon Yago and SuChin
Pak as they toured colleges across
the U.pediatricians lamplight
On Top is headquartered in Lanham, Maryland and owns
and operate radio
stations in four markets.marla stds
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Cox Communications Inc. Local cable
advertising
, promotional opportunities and production services are sold under
the Cox Media brand. Through our
partnership with Kaiser, we are
thrilled to help give young people control of their sexual health
."
"With more than one in two new HIV infections occurring in this country
among people under
the age 25, and the impact of other STDs even greater,
sexual health is an issue of foremost concern
for America's youth," said Matt
James, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation. It is not
associated with
Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.judgmental stis
kff.org/entmedia/Reaching-the-MTV-Generation
.com; and longform programming, which has included documentaries on
abstinence, HIV/AIDS prevention
, sex education, sexual politics, and STD
prevention.mononucleosis scoliosis
"These devastating statistics reflect
the urgent need to educate
communities that HIV is 100% preventable," said Vikki Johnson, BET's Manager
of Public Affairs. The first MTV News
report, pegged to National Condom Day, premiered yesterday
and addresses some
of the myths and misconceptions many young people have about sexual health.pediatricians renown
Program
elements include teen forums, mobile HIV testing events, and a
middle and high school curriculum
on HIV/AIDS. Cox is an investor in programming services including
Discovery Communications Inc.
In addition, there have been more than one million calls to the campaign's
toll-free hotline
(1-888-BE SAFE 1), through which callers can receive
additional information or be connected to a
counselor at the Center for
Disease Control + Prevention. Among young people who saw the
campaign
and have not had sex, 66% said they were more likely to wait to
become sexually active because of
the partnership's PSAs and programming. In addition to the MTV News reports, Kaiser and MTV will
also
co-produce at least one long-form documentary on a topic of protecting
young people's sexual health
.sexually noyse
KNOU Rap-It-Up Block Party Features Free Concert
and On
-site HIV Testing
WASHINGTON, BET's Rap-It-Up brings its award-
winning national HIV/AIDS
public awareness initiative to New Orleans to
sponsor the Annual KNOU Block Party on Sunday, May
29 from 2 - 7 p. to find out how young people are protecting themselves and dealing
with STDs, HIV
/AIDS, and unintended pregnancy.
To date, the partnership has produced more than 50 unique PSAs, and
more than
two dozen longer-form programs.FightForYourRights.renown bullying
B), is the nation's
leading television
network providing quality entertainment, music, news and
public affairs programming for the African
-American audience.FightForYourRights.mtv. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J.wellbeing judgmental
teens, they account
for 65% of newly-reported AIDS
cases.
ABOUT RAP-IT-UP
Since 1997, the Kaiser Family
Foundation and BET: Black Entertainment
Television have partnered on an extensive public education
campaign to inform
young people about sexual health issues, including HIV/AIDS and other
sexually
-transmitted diseases (STDs).
About Hot 104.MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation Extend Sexual
Health Information Partnership for Young People
The
National Survey of Teens and Young Adults
on Sexual Health Public Education
Campaigns was a nationally representative, random-digit-dial telephone
survey
of 1,100 young people age 16-24, conducted from January 27 through April 6,
2003.
The most recent PSA campaign, "Get Perspective," featured young people
talking candidly about sexual
health issues.lamplight stds
CT at
Marconi Meadows City Park." The BET cable network airs on
Cox Communications
' channel 22, as part of the local cable provider's overall
line-up.cox. Cox Communications is a wholly
-owned subsidiary
of Cox Enterprises Inc.
Since 1997, MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation
have partnered on an
Emmy- and Peabody Award winning public education campaign to inform young
people
about sexual health issues, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs).diagnoses marla
The KNOU Block Party is free to the public and will provide numerous
activities for event attendees
, including a concert, community vendors,
premium giveaways and free HIV testing. BET's Mad Linx
and event partners will also be on hand to
mingle attendees. Commercial voice
and data services
are offered via Cox Business Services. On Top Communications is a minority owned and
operated company
dedicated to serving the African-American communities in each
of its markets.
For more information
, please visit http://www.com. In 2002, the effort became Fight For Your Rights:
Protect Yourself
, which includes special programming; public service messages;
one of the most comprehensive sexual
health websites for youth; grassroots
events and advocacy opportunities; and an extensive resource
and referral
service, including a toll-free hotline and sexual health guide.kff.lamplight honest
BET Cox Communications
of New Orleans and Hot 104.5 FM Bring Award-Winning Rap-It-Up Campaign to New Orleans on May 29
"The Rap-It-Up Campaign has made a
tremendous impact nationwide, and we are proud to be the local
company who
helped bring it to the New Orleans community. Cox provides
an array of other communications
services including local and long-distance
telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand, high
-speed Internet service
under the Cox High Speed Internet brand, and home networking.acne endings
m. "Through
Rap-It-Up's grassroots efforts, BET is able to
work directly with at risk communities to provide
the information and
resources necessary to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, and to help young adults
change their sexual behavior in order to curb this deadly trend.
ABOUT BET
BET
, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc. This marks the ninth year of
collaboration between MTV and Kaiser
on the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning
"Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself" campaign, a joint
effort to inform
and empower young people on sexual health issues, including such issues as
HIV
/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), responsible sexual
health decision-making, abstinence
, and more open communication with partners,
providers and parents.
Kicking off the renewed
partnership, MTV News will produce a series of
sexual health news segments to air throughout the
year.org, and a daily news summary report on developments in
HIV/AIDS is available on http://www
.This category includes sites that provide information, tips, guides, and activities to help teens learn
about health.
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Partnering with Rap-It-Up for the community effort
will be KNOU-FM, Cox Communications
, MTV/BET Networks, and the New Orleans
AIDS Task Force.
"Recognizing the startling HIV/AIDS
statistics in our local community, we
knew that getting involved in this event could help make a
difference," said
Cox Communications' Steve Sawyer. (NYSE: VIA; VIA.
About Cox Communications
(http://www.
The joint campaign's critically acclaimed sexual health programming has
been
seen by nearly 100 million viewers since the partnership began in 1997.endings teenshealth
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