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Rap-It-Up HIV/AIDS Campaign Blazes Into West Palm Beach, FL on July 22 Thursday July 13, 5:44 pm ET BET's Mad Linx Slated to Host Teen Health Forum with Celebrity Panel Including Actor Lamman Rucker
WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- BET's Rap-It-Up, the cable network's
award-winning national HIV/AIDS public awareness initiative, brings its
exceptional campaign to West Palm Beach to host a teen health forum at
the Palm Beach Community College's Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center on
Saturday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m. Partnering with Rap-It-Up for the
community effort will be the Palm Beach Health Department and the local
City Government offices of Belle Glade, South Bay and Pahokee.
The Rap-It-Up teen health forum will address the social issues, sexual behavior and attitudes impacting today's teens; and the rise of HIV/AIDS in the urban community. RAP CITY's Mad Linx will serve as the forum moderator and will be joined by local 102.3 FM radio personality Frisco, actor (All My Children and Half & Half) Lamman Rucker, AIDS activist Marvelyn Brown, Hip-Hop artists Alashus and Lil Ma, and gospel recording artist Lisa McClendon. The Palm Beach Health Department will also be onsite to administer counseling and distribute health materials, and there will also be a concert for forum attendees following the health forum. The event is free and open to the public; interested individuals should contact telephone number 561-996-3310 for more information regarding tickets. Today's disturbing statistics have shown that the state of Florida ranks number two of top ten states with the highest number of African Americans estimated to be living with AIDS. Additionally, African Americans account for the most AIDS diagnoses, people estimated to be living with AIDS, and HIV- related deaths than any other racial group within the United States. Although African-American teens (ages 13 - 19) represent only 15 percent of U.S. teens, they accounted for 66 percent of newly-reported AIDS cases in 2003. Since its launch in 1997, BET's Rap-It-Up Campaign has tested over 6,000 people nationwide for HIV infection; managed over one million calls to the Rap-It-Up toll-free hotline; hosted community teen forums for over 9,000 youth; and reached millions of viewers via HIV-related programming on the BET Network, including award-winning news specials, documentaries and public service announcements.
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Rap-It-Up Hosts David Deal Playday BET Teen Concert on August 4
PRNewswire - July 26, 2004 WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- BET's Rap-It-Up, the cable network's national HIV/AIDS public awareness initiative, comes to Fort Lauderdale to host the David Deal Playday/BET Teen Concert in partnership with the City of Fort Lauderdale and local radio station, 103.5 The Beat. BET's Rap-It-Up, along with the Broward County Health Department will also conduct onsite HIV Testing during the event. The BET Teen Concert, a part of the 51st Annual David Deal Playday event, is free to the public and will take place on August 4 from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Mills Pond Park on 2201 N.W. 9th Avenue. BET's Tiffany, host of the cable network's music show, THE CENTER and DiDi Skky, host of the South Florida music program "Tha Hitz Factory" will host the concert. Concert attendees can look forward to performances by BME Recording Artist Lil Scrappy, VH1 Diva's winner Tarralyn Ramsey, Florida's own Nappy Headz, 15-yr-old rap sensation Alashus, Lil' Brianna, Pitbull, and the Po Boy Family among others. 103.5 The Beat will also be onsite to promote the event and HIV testing efforts. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, African Americans represent only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for more than half of all new HIV infections expected to occur in the U.S. each year. African-American teens (ages 13 - 19) represent only 15% of U.S. teenagers, yet accounted for almost 61% of new AIDS cases reported among teens in 2001. Additionally, in a CDC study, Florida ranked second among the states with the most African Americans estimated to be living with AIDS in 2001. "Disturbing statistics such as these reflect the impact that HIV/AIDS has had on the African-American community and young adults," said Vikki Johnson, BET's Manager of Public Affairs. "However through community outreach and educational programs such as Rap-It-Up, BET hopes to provide the vital information and resources necessary to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and to educate young adults about testing and prevention." Since its launch in 2000, BET's Rap-It-Up Campaign has tested over 4,000 people nationwide for HIV infection; managed over 815,000 calls to the Rap-It- Up toll-free hotline; hosted community teen forums for over 4,000 youth; and reached millions of viewers via HIV-related programming on the BET Network, including award-winning news specials, documentaries and public service announcements. 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). The partnership includes special programming, public service advertisements (PSAs), online content on bet.com, and a free resource and referral service. In 2000, the campaign launched a grassroots initiative to complement the on-air and online components of Rap- It-Up. Program elements include teen forums, mobile HIV testing events, and a middle and high school curriculum on HIV/AIDS. 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. ABOUT BET BET, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), is the nation's leading television network providing quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs programming for the African-American audience. The BET Network reaches more than 78 million households according to Nielsen media research, and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. BET is a dominant consumer brand in the urban marketplace with a diverse group of branded businesses: BET.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 Books label, and publisher of new imprints Sepia and New Spirit. SOURCE BET (Black Entertainment Television) Web Site: http://www.bet.com
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