Press Releases

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Sister To Sister Wins 2010 AEP Distinguished Acheivement Award

Posted on June 10, 2010

New York, NY – Sister To Sister, an evidence-based, 20-minute, 1-to-1 HIV Risk Reduction Invervention for Women in primary health care clinics, and community based organizations, won the prestigious Associated of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award for 2010, under the category “Life Lessons”. The overall purpose of the Sister To Sister intervention is to provide [...]

¡Cuídate! en Español

Posted on March 30, 2010

SELECT MEDIA ANUNCIA EL LANZAMIENTO DE UN PROGRAMA EN ESPAñOL BASADO EN EVIDENCIA, SOBRE LA REDUCCIÓN DE RIESGO DEL VIH, CREADO ESPECÍFICAMENTE PARA LA JUVENTUD LATINA.
La empresa de publicaciones Select Media, Inc., anunció el lanzamiento de la versión en español del programa curricular basado en evidencia ¡Cuídate!
¡Cuídate! es un programa de reducción de riesgo [...]

¡Cuídate! Curriculum in Spanish Now Available

Posted on March 24, 2010

SELECT MEDIA ANNOUNCES EVIDENCE-BASED SPANISH LANGUAGE HIV RISK-REDUCTION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR LATINO YOUTH
NEW YORK, March 24th, 2010 – Evidence-based curriculum publisher Select Media, Inc., announced the release of the Spanish language version of the Best-Evidence curriculum, ¡Cuídate!
¡Cuídate! is an HIV risk-reduction program designed specifically for Latino youth, that is proven to reduce the frequency of [...]

First Abstinence-Only Study Proven Effective Among At-Risk Inner-City Adolescents

Posted on March 16, 2010

SELECT MEDIA ANNOUNCES FIRST ABSTINENCE-ONLY CURRICULUM PROVEN EFFECTIVE AMONG AT-RISK INNER-CITY ADOLESCENTS

Nationally-renowned researchers pioneered a new education approach that works in delaying
teen sex and could have a major impact on the future of health education
NEW YORK, March 16, 2010 – Evidence-based curriculum publisher Select Media, Inc., announced the first Abstinence-only, HIV/AIDS, STD and [...]

World AIDS Day ‘09 Grant Recipients Announced

Posted on December 1, 2009

In honor of  World AIDS Day ‘09, Select Media notified the 50 nonprofit recipient organizations that have been awarded the Sister To Sister HIV Prevention Intervention Kit grant.
AIDS is the leading cause of death among African-American women between the ages of 25 and 34 years and 26% of all AIDS cases in the US are [...]

50 Free Sister To Sister Curriculums For World AIDS Day 2009

Posted on October 27, 2009

Reaching Women-at-risk with Evidence-Based HIV Risk Reduction Intervention RFP Announcement!
In Honor of World AIDS Day, December 1, 2009 Select Media is giving away 50 Sister To Sister  HIV Risk Reduction Intervention Curriculum Kits to qualified nonprofits serving women in health care settings. Indentified by the CDC as a “best-evidence” intervention, Sister To Sister is a [...]

2007 HIV/AIDS Story Writing Contest

Posted on January 26, 2007

HIV. Sex. Condoms. Drugs. Abstinence. AIDS. Personal Vulnerability. You’ve thought about it, now write about it. It can be real life or made up. Write it down. Send it in.
To get the contest website, click here: www.hearmeproject.org
Contest entry form is here.

MTV Overdrive Premieres “The Hard Way”, Hear Me’s HIV Education Film with Wanda Sykes

Posted on November 14, 2005

HEAR ME, Inc. is pleased to announce that the winning entry from last year’s First Annual HIV/AIDS Story-Writing Contest for Youth At-Risk, “The Hard Way,” written by 14-year-old Shawn Nabors of Brooklyn, New York – and recently adapted into a short film – is making its national debut via MTV Overdrive, the broadband network (www.think.mtv.com). [...]

The Hear Me Project compensates for HIV/AIDS education funding cuts

Posted on August 12, 2005

THE HEAR ME PROJECT – STORY-WRITING CONTEST DEADLINE FOR CALL FOR ENTRIES- WORLD AIDS DAY-DECEMBER 1
New York, NY- Beth Wachter, President of education media corporation Select Media, has been producing and distributing evidence-based and CDC-approved HIV/AIDS education materials for youth since 1988. Wachter has watched a steady decline in HIV/AIDS education funding, and a rise [...]

Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson, MTV Lend a Hand

Posted on March 25, 2005

The HEAR ME Project has teamed up with Think MTV to launch the second annual National HIV/AIDS Story-Writing Competition for youth at-risk, with an impressive celebrity jury. Morgan Freeman is honorary chair of the panel which consists of Spike Lee, Scarlett Johansson, Forest Whitaker, Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order),Jasmine Guy (Dead Like Me), LeVar [...]

14-YEAR-OLD Wins National HIV/AIDS Writing Competition For At-Risk Youth

Posted on December 1, 2004

Contest Jurors Include Spike Lee, Jesse L. Martin, Robert Rodriguez
Youth-At-Risk Write to Celebrity Jurors, “Thank you for hearing me!”
New York, NY, December 1, 2004- Shawn C. Nabors, 14 of Brooklyn, NY, is the winner of the Positively Negative, an HIV/AIDS National Story-Writing Competition for youth ages 14-22. Nabors will receive a $500 cash prize and [...]