Al Roker and Court TV Unite to Keep Kids Safe in Cyberspace Roker to Moderate Panel Discussion with Top Internet Safety Experts Mayor Bloomberg to Declare July 28th “Internet Safety Day” (July 26 - New York, NY) In an effort to help protect the five million children solicited by sexual predators online each year, Al Roker joins Court TV CEO Henry Schleiff on Tuesday, July 27th at 1:00 PM at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (899 10th Avenue Room 630) to discuss Internet safety with Kenneth Dreifach, Chief of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s Internet Bureau; Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC); Catherine Romano, Parent Involvement Chairman of the New York State PTA; Rich D’Amato, Vice President of Community Investment of America Online, the AOL Safety Clicks Safety Bot, a robot used as a tool used to teach kids about safety on the net, and Katie Tarbox, a remarkable young woman and author who survived victimization of an online predator, and is the subject of Al Roker Investigates: Katie.com, which premieres on Court TV Wednesday, July 28 at 10 PM EST. Lunch will be served. With today’s generation growing up online, it is crucial for parents to educate themselves to secure the safety of children on the Internet and to prevent tragedies like that of Tyisha McCoy, the thirteen year old Harlem girl who was tragically strangled to death in her apartment recently; the suspect is an older man she met on the Internet. WHO: Al Roker; Henry Schleiff, Court TV Chairman and CEO; Kenneth Dreifach, Chief of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's Internet Bureau; Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC); Catherine Romano, Parent Involvement Chairman of the New York State PTA; Rich D'Amato, Vice President of Community Investment of America Online, with Safety Clicks-Safety Bot, a computerized robot; Katie Tarbox, the subject of Al Roker Investigates: Katie.com WHAT: Announcement of "Internet Safety Day" and Court TV's partnership with i-SAFE America, Inc. WHEN: Tuesday, July 27th, 2004 1:00 PM BUFFET LUNCH 1:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION WHERE: John Jay College of Criminal Justice 899 10th Avenue (at 58th Street), Room 630 ### Close Window