[OutVoice] Manhattan, KS: "Comedy Central Star to Perform for HIV Awareness Week"

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KANSAS STATE  COLLEGIAN

Comedy  Central Star to Perform for HIV Awareness Week 

By EDEN  LEHR 
December 3,  2008 
Comedy Central comedian Jade Esteban  Estrada will perform “A Lullaby for 
Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in  America” at 7 p.m. in the K-State Student Union 
 Ballroom. 

“A Lullaby for Ryan” incorporates comedy with a  tribute to Ryan White, said 
Nancy Muturi, assistant professor in journalism.  White was an American 
teenager who became an HIV/AIDS poster child in the 1980s  when he was expelled 
from school because of his disease, which he contracted  from a contaminated 
blood treatment.  

The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass  Communications and the 
Regional AIDS project in Manhattan worked together to  bring Estrada to K-State for 
HIV/AIDS awareness week, Muturi said. The public  relations campaigns class, 
taught by Muturi, has promoted the event.   

Muturi said Estrada’s method is particularly  interesting because he uses 
entertainment-education in his  shows. 

“He uses comedy to educate people about HIV/AIDS,”  Muturi said. “That 
approach is appealing, particularly to young people. [The  audience] is entertained 
and at the same time  learning.” 

His performance is in observance of the 21st-annual  World AIDS Day — 
introduced in December 1988 as the first international health  day — and the week of 
events surrounding it. Every year, this world campaign  creates awareness 
about the HIV virus and helps bring about change.   

For more information, visit _www.worldaidsday.org_ 
(http://www.worldaidsday.org/) .   

According to Estrada’s official Web site,  www.getjaded.com, Estrada is 
described as “a cross between Andy Warhol and Billy  Graham” and a “master 
entertainer” by his critics and peers around the world.   

Estrada has appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Graham  Norton Effect,” NBC’s 
“30 Rock” and “Friday Night Lights” and has headlined  concerts and clubs 
around the world. He has released several Latin pop CDs,  documentaries and 
shows featuring homosexuals and has won several awards for his  comedy and music. 

Admission to the show is free, and Estrada will sign  autographs following 
the event.  

Muturi said the show will be  worthwhile. 

“This disease can affect anyone,” she said, “and we  really want people to 
come participate, learn and be entertained by this event  and other events 
during World AIDS Week.” 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aw4E7poel4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aw4E7poel4)  
_www.getjaded.com_ (http://www.getjaded.com/)  
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