BET To Tackle Teen Violence Tonight In Live Televised Forum

106 & PARK Tackles Teen Violence With a Special '106 & PARK' Live Tonight at 6 p.m.*

'America's Psychologist' Dr. Jeff Gardere Included Among Panel of Experts and City Officials

 

 

NEW YORK, - This past October the White House dispatched two Cabinet officials in response to the beating of 16-year-old Derrion Albert in a street brawl that resulted in death in Chicago. Last year a 13-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in Harlem, New York. Two additional young men were wounded in the same shooting. Among 10 to 24 year olds, homicide is the leading cause of death for African Americans and the second leading cause of death for Hispanics. LIVE from New York City  tonight at 6 p.m.*, 106 & PARK takes on the ever-rising issue of teen violence. 106 & PARK along with Dr. Jeff Gardere will gather a panel of experts, city officials, role models, victims, perpetrators and survivors to carefully examine the impact teen violence has among our youth.

*This special episode of 106 & PARK will air live at 6 p.m. and will air tape delayed for the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.

For more information on 106 & PARK, log onto www.bet.com/106andPark

*All times ET/PT

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BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. ( VIA, VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 98 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip-Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

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