World AIDS Event in NYC: Young People and HIV/AIDS

[Guest guest]

MEDIA ADVISORY

For more information contact:

Rob Graham, Kaiser Family Foundation, 650-854-9400, rgraham@...

Liza Barrie, UNICEF (212) 326-7593, lbarrie@... or

Marixie Mercado, UNICEF (212) 326-7133, mmercado@...

Special Preview Screening of Nickelodeon's and The N's Specials on Young People

and HIV/AIDS

- World AIDS Day, December, 1st -

Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF, , UN Secretary-General's

Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and Ellerbee, Distinguished

Journalist and Host of Nickelodeon's Nick News

One of every two new HIV infections today occurs in someone under the age of 25.

On World AIDS Day - Monday, December, 1st - UNICEF, in partnership with the

Kaiser Family Foundation, Nickelodeon and the teen network, The N, will screen

excerpts from two new specials on youth and HIV/AIDS, Nick News: The Courage to

Live: Kids, South Africa and AIDS, and A Walk In Your Shoes: Living With

HIV/AIDS, before an audience of 200 young people from the New York area:

WHEN: Monday, December 1, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET

WHERE: The Hitchcock / Rockefeller Auditorium, YWCA of the City of New York,

610 Lexington Avenue (corner of 53rd)

RSVP: Space is limited - Please RSVP to Rob Graham 650-854-9400 or

rgraham@...

, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa will

moderate a post-show discussion with a panel of HIV-positive young people from

Africa and the U.S. He will be joined by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director,

UNICEF, and Ellerbee, the award-winning television producer, best selling

author and host of Nick News, who will discuss her experiences filming in South

Africa.

Nick News: The Courage to Live: Kids, South Africa and AIDS will debut at 9:00

p.m. ET/PT on Nickelodeon and A Walk In Your Shoes - Living With HIV/AIDS will

debut at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on The N.

Nickelodeon, the number one U.S. -based kids entertainment brand, and The N, the

nighttime network for tweens and teens, are properties of Viacom, Inc. In

January 2003, Viacom and the Kaiser Family Foundation launched KNOW HIV/AIDS, a

global public education partnership to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.

UNICEF is the world's leading child rights organization. Operating in more than

158 countries, UNICEF works for health, education, equality and protection for

every child.