OPPORTUNITIES / ACTION: Want to see your face in Times Square? Send a snap and get beamed on the massive MTV billboard!

Big news x 2.

1)      MTV Voices is relaunching. You heard it here first! Keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks for an amazing new site, and some awesome content coming your way.

2)      To celebrate we are taking over 2 massive screens in Times Square, New York, on International Youth Day (12^th August). We want to show the world what being a young person is really all about and best of all, we want you to star in it.

So here’s what you need to do:

First thing is to snap a pic of you holding up the answer to one of these questions:

·        What’s the biggest challenge you face?

·        Why are you not the stereotype?·

·        Three words that define your generation.

·        If no money/person could stop me I would….

We need it as high res as possible, and in landscape*.

Next, email the pic, with your name and the question you’ve answered to mtv.voices@mtvnmix.com.

The deadline is August 4^th.

We might share your picture on mtvvoices.com or our social media sites, so if you don’t want to be a part of that, let us know in the email, otherwise we’ll assume it’s ok.

So, all that’s left to do is go get snapping – you can be creative as you like, and choose any location you want. It’s your chance to show the world just what it means to be you.

*We’re looking for photos from people who are 16+, but if you’re younger than that and want to get involved drop us an email, as we’ll need to get your parents’ permission.

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NEWS / PROJECTS: Kenyan TV drama, ‘Shuga’, entertains as it raises AIDS awareness (AFRICA)

by Rod Huntress

NEW YORK, USA, 27 January 2010 – Partnerships play a vital role in UNICEF's efforts to halt and reverse the HIV/AIDS pandemic. When it comes to delivering messages about HIV prevention, the organization's work with media and entertainment partners such as MTV provides a valuable – and credible – connection to young audiences.

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Yesterday at its New York headquarters, UNICEF highlighted a recent collaboration with MTV with a screening of 'Shuga', a three-part TV drama about a group of young friends living in Nairobi, Kenya. As they explore the complexities of love, the characters confront the risk of HIV infection – and learn that a positive test result for the virus is not a death sentence.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Staying Alive Global Youth Advisory Panels

Staying Alive believes that change lies in the hands of young people – and that if the dynamics of the HIV epidemic are really to alter then this generation must be informed and empowered. To ensure that youth involvement is always at the forefront of the production and decision making of its campaign, a Regional and Global Youth Advisory Panels will be developed and implemented for Staying Alive.

The youth panels will ensure that Staying Alive initiatives continue to adequately address young peoples’ sexual health concerns and continue to use its global media platform to keep them aware of HIV/AIDS and aid in the prevention of the disease. The youth advisory panels will stand as another essential element in MTV Staying Alive’s frontline in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

The youth advisers will be involved in giving feedback on Staying Alive content, participant in pre-testing and help come up with new initiatives for the Staying Alive campaign.

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NEWS / TV / EVENTS / AWARDS: UNICEF and MTV's HIV-focused documentary 'Xpress' wins award from World Media Festival

UNICEF and MTV’s HIV-focused documentary ‘Xpress’ wins award from World Media Festival

By Eva-Lotta Schiermeyer

NEW YORK, USA, 22 April 2008 – ‘Xpress’, the fourth video documentary co-produced by MTV Latin America and UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean, has been announced as the recipent of a Silver Award in the education category at the World Media Festival – a global competition to be held in Hamburg, Germany on 14 May.

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