AEGiS-PRn: World AIDS Day 2003 - Young People Speak Out: Special preview screening of Nickelodeon's and The N's specials on young people and HIV/AIDS

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World AIDS Day 2003 - Young People Speak Out: Special preview screening of Nickelodeon's and The N's specials on young people and HIV/AIDS

PRNewswire - November 25, 2003

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, 1 December, 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 students from the New York area.

Stephen Lewis, the 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 US. He will be joined by UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy and Linda Ellerbee, the award-winning television producer, best selling author and host of Nickelodeon's Nick News, who will discuss her experiences filming in South Africa.

The specials will debut Monday, December 1st on Nickelodeon at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and The N at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.

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)

Nickelodeon, the number one US-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.

SOURCE US Fund for UNICEF

Web Site: http://www.unicefusa.org

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