BET’S BIG TIGGER AND MTV’S KULE FOR DUAL SCREENING OF SHUGA

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation will be hosting a unique World AIDS Day event, Shuga Talks, in which two simultaneous screenings of MTV Staying Alive drama Shuga will be held in Nairobi, Kenya and Washington, D.C. on December  today.  

Following the screenings, audience members - those attending in person and watching from home - will have the opportunity to participate in a live video discussion via satellite, and engage with other young people around the world using social media platforms, to address key HIV and AIDS issues highlighted in the show.

Hosted by BET entertainer Big Tigger (Rap City, 106 & Park) in Washington, D.C. and MTV Africa VJ Kule Ekirapa in Nairobi, viewers at home will have the chance to tune in to the debate that will be streamed live at www.mtvshuga.com/shugatalks. In addition, testing centers will be present at both screenings to encourage audience members to get tested.

“MTV Staying Alive is dedicated to creating new and innovative ways to empower young people engaged in fighting the stigma, spread and threat of the HIV and AIDS epidemic around the world,” said Georgia Arnold, Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation.  “Shuga is an authentic, provocative piece of entertainment, and with initiatives like Shuga Talks, we are encouraging young people to explore important HIV and AIDS issues in unexpected ways.”

The second series, Shuga: Love, Sex Money, will premier on Valentine’s Day, February 14th 2012.