Sudan Divestment Webcast With Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, State Senator Ken Cuccinelli and Students at TV Worldwide Studios Draws National Audience
On-Line Video Town Hall Meeting With Va. High School Students, Elected Officials, Sets Precedent as Students Reject Support for
Jan. 23, 2007 02:09 PM
CHANTILLY, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/23/07 -- TV Worldwide, a renowned web-based global TV
network, announced it produced the first live webcast high school town
meeting on Sudan divestment, Friday, January 19th, featuring U.S.
Representative Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Va) and Virginia State Senator Ken
Cuccinelli, II (R-37), along with Virginia students from Westfield, Oakton,
Langley, Thomas Jefferson, and Fairfax Christian High Schools. The live
webcast attracted national on-line attendance in calling for the
Commonwealth of Virginia to divest from companies whose business practices
support the genocidal Sudanese government in Khartoum. Cuccinelli
introduced legislation on this subject after speaking with Congressman Wolf
and being contacted by Quinton Wiggins, a Westfield's High School student,
who asked about what Virginia was doing to help the people of southern
Sudan.
Wiggins joined Senator Cuccinelli and Congressman Frank Wolf at Friday's
student town hall meeting webcast. The event was designed to draw attention
to the plight of the people of Darfur. Congressman Wolf shared details from
his five trips to Sudan while Senator Cuccinelli and the students
encouraged Virginians to ask their legislators to vote for Sudan divestment
and let the world know that Virginia will not stand for the genocidal acts
of the Sudanese government.
On-line visitors to the live webcast town meeting were able to participate
in Q&A via e-mail, providing a fully interactive forum for education,
training, and sharing of information.
Wiggins and Loren Monk, a student leader at Westfield High School, spoke on
how young people can impact the legislative process, while other students
posed questions to Senator Cuccinelli and Congressman Wolf, both on-line
and from the studio audience. Mr. Elnour Adam, project director at the
Darfur Rehabilitation Project, spoke about his experience in the Sudan and
thanked Mr. Cuccinelli, Mr. Wolf and the students for their leadership on
behalf of his people.
Cuccinelli, encouraged by participation in the live webcast town hall
meeting, stated, "With help from these students and other interested
Virginians, I believe we will show the people of Darfur that we care and we
are willing to act to help them. When we put pressure on companies to stop
supporting genocide or lose our investment, the Sudanese government
listens. Divestment works."
"We're excited to have been selected to work with Senator Cuccinelli and
Congressman Wolf to produce the live webcast for this event," commented
Dave Gardy, CEO of TV Worldwide. "We were pleased we attracted such an
extensive national audience for this important issue and we're are always
proud to see our Virginia high school students lead the way as thought
leaders for the rest of the country, while utilizing the latest technology
via Internet TV."
Cuccinelli asked that Virginians contact their legislators and ask them to
support SB1331, co-patroned with Senator Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, and
HB1828, patroned by Delegate Shannon Valentine.
The free webcast was produced at TV Worldwide's state-of-the-art Internet
TV studios in Chantilly, Va, near Washington Dulles Airport and is
available for archived viewing at www.TVWorldwide.com and
www.Cuccinelli.org.
About TV Worldwide
As a pioneering global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company,
TV Worldwide (www.TVWorldwide.com) developed the first network of video
channels, an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations,
"aimcasting"(SM) to targeted demographic audiences worldwide.
Highly regarded for its staff DNA dating back to the 80s in the TV and
video industry, the company's award-winning team of professionals offer
full-service production expertise from marketing and public relations to
dynamic and innovative presentation techniques, fueling TV Worldwide's
leadership success in the New Media sector through the early adoption
turbulence of this burgeoning medium over the last decade.
TV Worldwide continues to develop new partnerships through both strategic
investment and marketing alliance relationships in the media, enterprise,
government and association arenas to develop the latest in creative live
webcast and on-demand state-of-the art video streaming content applications
for both demographic and private-label Internet TV channels. In recognition
of the company's unique achievements in New Media, TV Worldwide was
selected by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to
webcast the 58th annual Emmy awards for Technology and Engineering in
December of 2006. TV Worldwide has been named one of the streaming video
industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, and CEO
Dave Gardy has been honored as one of the 50 Most Influential People in
Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy also serves as President of the International
Webcasting Association.
Contact:
Pat Cleveland
TV Worldwide, Inc. Email Contact www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 Ext. 220
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