World Aids Day
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 8:27AM 
Today, December 1st, is World Aids Day and Twitter and Youtube are doing their part to spread awareness.
Alicia Keys will perform a live streaming concert on YouTube at 8:00 p.m. EST tonight in support of World Aids Day. Proceeds from the Nokia concert will be donated to Keys charity, "Keep A Child Alive." Keys tweeted, "Giving thanks 4 my @americanexpress World AIDS Day show benefiting KCA at NYC’s Nokia on 12/1...ru coming?"
Keys is also promoting a contest through her charity to bring five people to Africa for the trip of a lifetime.
"I was probably like 19 or something. I was asked to come to Africa to perform, and so you think, `I'm just the girl from Harlem, I wrote a couple of songs on 137th Street, and then suddenly you want me to come to Africa? And people will know me? And people will know the songs?' It was a mind-blowing experience for me. I was able to see the great separation between have and have not," Keys said. "I was able to see the incredible spirit of people. I was able to learn firsthand about the AIDS pandemic of Africa."
The lucky winners will travel to various regions of Africa that were influential to A. Keys. Fans will be able to enter the contest online at the foundation's Web site, or by sending a text. The fee for the text is $5, but it will be donated to Keep a Child Alive.
Get out and get tested! Be smart and be safe!

















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