Published: September 10, 2008
African Diplomat's and Former Olympian's Daughter Suzanne Africa Engo Announces 'Africa 101 Project' - Her 858-Mile Run from New York to Chicago
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: 858-Mile Solo Ultra Marathon Kickoff: CAUSE MEDIA GROUP & NY AIDS
FILM FESTIVAL
WHO: Hit R&B Artist MAXWELL kicks off event with BERTIL LINDBLAD, Director
UNAIDS NYO; KENNETH PODZIBA, NYC Sports Commissioner, on behalf of Mayor
Bloomberg; TOBY TANSER, Shoe4Africa; and ceremony opener KEVIN LILES, EVP
Warner Music Group & "Make it Happen" author, among other VIP speakers
WHEN: Monday, September 15th, 2008, 10am sharp
WHERE: Media Island: The United Nations Headquarters New York Media Island
is the press island directly in front of the visitors' entrance gate of
The United Nations on 45th and 1st Avenue.
Beginning September 15th, online media personality and AIDS activist
Suzanne Africa Engo, joined by partners, trainers, celebrity friends and
community leaders, will launch the Africa 101 Project run. She will run 858
miles beginning at the United Nations inNew York to HARPO Studios inChicago
in a New York AIDS Film Festival initiative. As part of her efforts to raise
awareness for AIDS activism through this run, she has lost 94 pounds in 6
months on Oprah Winfrey's Best Life Diet and personal fitness, marathon and
yoga training since January in preparation for the final leg of her challenge
-- an 858-mile run before WORLD AIDS DAY. The project will be documented and
the finale will be at the opening of the New York AIDS Film Festival December
4th.
The festival this year will recognize with honors (PRODUCT) RED,
Shoe4Africa, Warner Music Group, Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) and special
recognition to the NY Commission of Sports, whose messages inspired Engo at
the annual festival held at the United Nations with UNAIDS as part of World
AIDS Day programming.
BACKGROUND PROFILE: SUZANNE AFRICA ENGO, founder of the New York AIDS Film
Festival (NYAFF), is ranked one of the TOP 40 Most Influential Youth AIDS
Activists Globally by MTV and The Kaiser Family Foundation. Africa Engo first
spoke at the United Nations at age 6 as a junior ambassador forCameroon and
continued her activism mostly specific to AIDS as co-founder of African Action
on AIDS (http://www.africanactiononaids.org) and founder of the NYAFF,
accredited to the United Nations ECOSOC & DPI. Africa Engo is the daughter of
International Court Judge and former UN Ambassador His Excellency Judge Paul
Bamela Engo, also a former Olympic athlete, and Her Excellency Dr. Ruth Bamela
Engo, President of African Action on AIDS and formerly of the Office of the
Special Adviser on Africa to the Secretary General of the United Nations
(OSAA).
Video & Info: http://www.africa101project.org
Photos:
Suzanne Africa Engo: http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2008-Engo.jpg
Maxwell: http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2008-Engo2.jpg
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SOURCE New York AIDS Film Festival
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