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SECOND ANNUAL DEMOCRACY VIDEO CHALLENGE - JANUARY 31 ENTRY DEADLINE APPROACHING

Calling all filmmakers, journalists, artists, humanitarians and you! An online audience of more than a million viewers awaits your video. The submission deadline for the Democracy Video Challenge 2010, a worldwide contest celebrating democracy, is fast approaching!

In 2009, more than 900 videos were submitted from 95 countries. As the global dialogue on democracy continues in 2010, now is your opportunity to join the conversation. Submit a three-minute (or less) video that completes the phrase: "Democracy is..." before midnight Jan. 31, 2010. Six winners from each region of the world (to include Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific) will win an all-expense paid trip to Hollywood, New York, and Washington D.C. to visit TV/film sets, view special screenings of their winning videos in each city, meet with filmmakers, entertainers, media, democracy advocates and U.S. officials and more!

· We want to hear your voice!
· Submit your video entry before Jan. 31, 2010 at: www.youtube.com/democracychallenge
· To learn more about the Democracy Video Challenge 2010 and the 2009 Winners (from Brazil, Nepal,
Philippines, Poland, United Arab Emirates and Zambia): www.videochallenge.america.gov/

About Democracy Video Challenge
The Democracy Video Challenge launched online and at the United Nations on International Democracy Day (September 15, 2008). It invites citizens around the globe to engage in an online dialogue on democracy by submitting video shorts that completes the phrase "Democracy is...."

Challenge partners include the Center for International Private Enterprise, the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute, the International Youth Foundation, the Motion Picture Association of America, NBC Universal, Recording Industry Association of America, New York University's Tisch School of
the Arts, TakingITGlobal, University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication, the U.S. Department of State, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and YouTube.