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(PRNcwsFoto) Winter Olympic bobsled Gold Medallists Vanetta Flowers (left) and Jill Bakken (right) surround Victor Award winner Shane Battier of the Memphis Grizzlies at the 36th Annual Victor Sports Awards held at the Las Vegas Hilton June 29. The 36th Victor Awards honored the world's greatest athletes in front of a capaci ty crowd at the Hilton. The star-studded evening continued the Victor Awards' illustrious tradition as the longest running televised sports awards show and benefited the City of Hope Cancer Center. * Jackson o fnm fwtte C7 artist for Sony Music since 1979. when the company was known as CBS Records. Jackson's comments come after disappointing sales for his last album. "Invincible." ! which took five years to ? record. Despite Jackson's allegations. Sony Music spent an estimated $25 million pro moting "Invincible." Fans of Jackson have .charged that the label did not do enough to launch his last ; album. Others in the industry ? have said its sales were '? indicative of Jackson's declining appeal in" the cur ; rent music market. Later Saturday outside Sony Music headquarters in midtown Manhattan, about 150 fans gathered, hoisting protest signs that read "Please ; Sony, stop killing the music"; "Terminate Tommy Mottola "; ' and "Invincible is Unbreak able." A Jackson impersonator walked by with a black-and white umbrella over him. and fan Richard O'Dell told the i crowd: "Michael needs to he ft promoted and if Sony can't do it. then we the fans are going t to do it. That's? why we're ; 9 here." t The protesters vowed not 1 to buy any Sony products I except for Jackson's CDs. I At midafternoon, the real i Jackson appeared at Sony, i riding a double-decker city I tour bus. He sat on the open I top deck, crouched under his f umbrella as the bus passed by the Sony building at 56th t Street and Madison Avenue. ; Then he stood up and raised both fists, joining the crowd j in chanting "Down with i Tommy Mottola!" t The bus drove twice i around the block, with hun dreds of fans running after it s screaming, "Michael, we love f you!" - with police chasing f the,m off the street. a Jackson held up a poster with three boxes marked "The t Good. The Bad and The Ugly" - with an image of t himself in the "The Good" i box and Mottola's face with I devilish horns in "The Bad" i box. while Mottofa's real t mage adorned "The Ugly" wx. In Harlem. Jackson men ioned several other black artists as victims of the indus ;ry. including James Brown. Vlariah Carey and Sammy Davis Jr. Jackson alleged that Davis died penniless, dthough Davis' attorney said n 1990 that the one-time nember of the "Rat Pack" eft an estate worth more than 56 million when he died. In order to survive eco tomically. many artists "are ilways on tour because if they itop touring, they'll go hun :rv." said Jackson, who is :onsidered to have one of the nost lucrative contracts in the ndustry. He urged the audience to upport him because "if you ight for me, you're fighting or all black people, dead and dive. "...We have to put a stop to his incredible injustice." After the rally. Jackson net privately with Sharpton n his office before climbing Kick into his limousine as a ,-rowd of hundreds screamed ind cheered. Five teen-agers study math and science in college SIM CI AL II) I III CHRONICLE "Wow! I've never been to college before." said one excited teen-ager after hearing of her acceptance into Wake Forest University. It's not very often that five teen-agers get the opportunity to study math and science in college. A I i s h a Richardson, Michelle Nance. Aki lah Peterson, Jamea Hes ter and Jessi ca Arm strong applied for and were selected as participants in the SCI MAX Pro gram June 3 14. SCIMAX (Science and Math Excel lence) is a community partnership to help ensure that all graduates of Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools are prepared to pur sue post-secondary studies or careers in science, mathemat ics and engineering. The Kernersville Chapter of National Women of Achievement is very proud of its Youth Achievers who excel in school and in their commu nities. Father and Male Achiever Alexander Richardson is an excellent mentor, working with Achievers Annie Hair ston. Delois Bailey, Susan Nance, Vickie Miller and par ents of the Youth Achievers. Left to right: Alisha Richardson, Akilah Peterson, Jamea Hester, Jessica Arm strong and Michelle Nance. Clinton from pane C7 youths (http:/Avww.staying alive.otg/). grassroots events and advocacy opportunities. The cam paign will address issues such as getting tested for STDs, sexual behaviors and the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people around the world. MTV. the Kaiser Family Foundation and the YouthNet Pro gram spearheaded by Family Health International will also col laborate on targeted public service messages that w ill air throughout the year. These spots will be local ized by regional MTV channels and tagged with relevant tele phone hotline and/or Web site details for those seeking more information. Additional announcements will be made II about the campaign in the coming weeks. "This collaboration will opti mize the opportunity to reach young people worldwide with the essential sexual health messages they need to make safer choices," said Willard Cafes. Jr., president of the Family Health Institute of Family Health international. Working in tandem with the Staying Alive campaign. MTV US launched its own yearlong comprehensive sexual health campaign. Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself, earlier this year. Developed in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself is designed to educate and empower young people on issues pertaining to their sexual health. Launched just eight weeks after the first reported case of HIV/AIDS, MTV has been com mitted to increasing awareness and fighting the deadly disease for more than 20 years. Efforts have included public service announce ments, concerts and special pro gramming such as the Emmy Award-winning documentary series on HIV/AIDS called "Stay ing Alive," which has been hosted by Ricky Martin, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and George Michael. In addition to original pro gramming, MTV has conducted extensive research that measures risk behavior among young peo ple and broadcast messages to youths across the globe concern ing HIV/AIDS awareness featur ing some of the world's most pop ular artfsls such as Madonna, Bono of U2, Michael Stipe of REM, Destiny's Child, Depeche Mode, Travis, Jay-Z. and more. [EVERYONE'S CONCERNS (A Z K Ui 0 z 0 0 (A iii 0 E id > ui Friday Nights at 9:30 July, 2002 Black Issues Forum Friday, .lulv 5 QP 9:30 I'M Church Folk Visit unctv.org/hif. Friday, .lulv 12 @ 9:30 PM Rev. AI Sharpton See unctv.org/hif. Friday, .lulv 19 @ 9:30 PM Roundtable See uiictv.org/hif. Friday, .lulv 26 @ 9:30 PM Randall Robinson See unctv.org/hif. A 30-minute review of critical issues that affect the black community and influence the quality of living for all North Carolinians. ?fc Host, Jay Hdloway ? ? ^^^H HI v v gV ?BM
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