HUMAN RIGHTS 101 Honors New York and New Jersey High School Students For Outstanding Human Rights Projects at Brooklyn Reception.

Thirteen/WNET:

WHAT:          High school students who have made outstanding
               efforts to address human rights issues will be
               honored for their participation in Thirteen/WNET New
               York's HUMAN RIGHTS 101 initiative in a reception at
               the International Center for Tolerance Education in
               Brooklyn. Students from New York City, New Jersey
               and upstate New York worked to address issues of
               their choice, which included war, peace, hunger,
               culture, homelessness, women's rights, civil rights,
               immigration, and more through art, performance,
               film, public events, and political advocacy. The
               event will include a gallery of the students'
               projects and student films.

               HUMAN RIGHTS 101 is an initiative of Thirteen's
               Education Department. Major support for HUMAN RIGHTS
               101 is provided by Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation.

               Further details are available in the Thirteen
               Online Pressroom,
               http://www.thirteen.org/pressroom/index.html,
              (search for "HUMAN RIGHTS 101") or visit HUMAN
               RIGHTS 101 online at
               www.thirteen.org/edonline/hr101.

WHEN:          Saturday, June 4, 2005, noon to 2:30 p.m.

WHERE:         International Center for Tolerance Education
               25 Washington St. at Plymouth Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn

WHO:           - Ronald Thorpe, vice president and director,
                 Education Department, Thirteen
               - Suzanne Guthrie, producer, LAB@Thirteen
               - Marcella Manubens, vice president, Human Rights
                 Programs, Phillips-Van Heusen
               - Carol Stakenas, program officer, Third Millennium;
                 director ICTE

    High school students and their faculty advisors from:

    Edward R. Murrow H.S., Brooklyn, NY; Flushing H.S. - Champions
Club, Flushing, NY; Indi-Onteora Community School, Boiceville, NY;
Mary Help of Christians Academy, N. Haledon, NJ; Monmouth Regional
H.S., Tinton Falls, NJ; Montclair H.S., Montclair, NJ; Mott Haven
Village Preparatory H.S., Bronx, NY; Notre Dame Academy H.S., Staten
Island, NY; Paul Robeson H.S. for Business & Technology, Brooklyn, NY;
Preston H.S., Bronx, NY; School for Democracy and Leadership,
Brooklyn, NY; St. Anthony H.S., Jersey City, NJ; St. Dominic Academy,
Jersey City, NJ; The Brooklyn Transition Center, Brooklyn, NJ; and The
Child School - Legacy H.S., Roosevelt Island, NY

    Interviews with individual high school representatives,
Thirteen/WNET staff or funders will be arranged upon request.