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Schneps Media’s newest division: Schneps Broadcasting
Dime Community Bank hosts Homebuyers Expo
S. Helena Parish celebrates Claudette Colvin Day
On Saturday, March 2, a celebration
honoring Claudette Colvin,
an icon of the American Civil
Rights Movement, will occur at
St. Helena Catholic Church, 1315
Olmstead Avenue.
Several distinguished speakers
and public offi cials will be in
attendance as well as representatives
from Interfaith communities,
the United Nations, and African
Union affi liations.
The event will be held from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Helena’s.
Following a networking session,
ceremonies will begin promptly
at noon. Colvin, who has lived in
Parkchester since 1957, will be in
attendance.
On March 2, 1955, the American
Civil Rights Movement was
accelerated through the singular
act of a courageous 15-year old
girl. Colvin was the fi rst person
to stand up for her Constitutional
Rights and not give up her seat to
a white person on a bus in Montgomery,
Alabama. This happened
months before Rosa Parks, whose
arrest on December 1 is widely
taught in schools worldwide.
It was Colvin’s actions that
changed the status quo, that
grabbed the attention of the
NAACP in Alabama, and that
kickstarted the timeline that followed.
Colvin is historically credited
with ‘accelerating the change
in the plight of colored people’
and it was her lawsuit, Browder
v. Gayle, that went up to the Supreme
Court and changed the
law.
To be clear, ‘accelerating the
change’ means that Colvin literally
saved lives.
In 1957, unable to get a job and
branded a troublemaker, Colvin
moved to Parkchester, where she
still lives today. In 2009, she retired
from her career as a nurse’s
aide and has recently limited her
public appearances due to some
health-related issues.
In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio
enacted an enduring Proclamation
commemorating every
March 2 as Claudette Colvin Day
in the City of New York.
Assemblyman Jose Rivera
has written and is one of many
strong supporters of a Resolution
to henceforth make March 2
Claudette Colvin Day in the State
of New York.
The actions of Colvin are gaining
fresh attention and relevance
globally as they are now integrally
tied to an initiative to accelerate
peace education in the
African Union, a program that
has the potential to directly affect
one-third of the population of
the world.
BY DIME COMMUNITY BANK
Dime Community Bank will
host the Dime Homebuyers Expo
on Saturday, March 2, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., at Dime Community
Bank - Soundview Branch, located
at 1931 Turnbull Avenue.
A Free Homebuyer Workshops:
will include fi ve things you need
to know before buying a co-op
by real estate attorney S. Borghei-
Razavi, Esq., Razavi Legal p.c.
First-time homebuyer guidance
will be provided by Neighborhood
Services of New York
City.
Meet Dime’s expert home loan
tam. Learn everything you need to
know to help you get from application
to closing.
• Get a pre-approval on your
home loan*.
• Get $500 credit toward your
closing**.
• Pre-register to be entered in
raffl e.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Eunice
Santino, Soundview Branch
manager, at (718) 597-5300 and ESantino@
dime.com.
*Subject to Dime approval
**Must have a Dime account
established within two weeks of receiving
the mortgage commitment
letter. Auto pay must be established
from the Dime account to pay the
mortgage. This offer is not available
on FHA loans or Jumbo Fixed
Rate Loans.
Offer available until 12/31/19.
Dime reserves the right to cancel or
modify this offer at any time without
notice.
Schneps Media is proud to announce
Schneps Broadcasting,
the company’s newest division
that produces unique podcasts
and radio shows.
The streaming arm debuted
with a Power Women podcast
hosted by President and Publisher
Victoria Schneps-Yunis, and the
return of an all-new Brooklyn Paper
Radio program.
Schneps Broadcasting will
bring content from New York
State’s largest local-news company
to the airwaves, giving its
millions of followers a new way to
connect with their communities,
according to Schneps-Yunis.
“The idea of creating Schneps
Broadcasting was to have yet another
way to reach our readers
and provide more opportunities
for our clients to reach the community,”
she said. “We want people
to tune in to our latest innovative
way of reaching our audience
in each of the markets we serve
— from Long Island, to New York
City, to Westchester.”
The Power Women podcast debuted
with an episode featuring a
must-listen interview between the
Brooklyn-born-and-bred Schneps-
Yunis and her childhood friend,
the Hon. Judith Sheindlin —
whom millions of television viewers
know better as Judge Judy.
And the program’s second episode
featured an equally compelling
conversation between its host
and Brooklynite the Hon. Patricia
DiMango, one of three judges on
CBS’ syndicated court show, “Hot
Bench,” created by Sheindlin.
Tune in to hear DiMango tell
Schneps-Yunis about her childhood
growing up in Brooklyn,
and how support from her family
and local community allowed her
to fl ourish.
Brooklyn Paper Radio returned
after a brief hiatus on Feb.
12, with co-hosts Anthony Rotunno,
the editor-in-chief of Schneps
Media’s six Brooklyn newspapers,
and Johnny Kunen, whom
some listeners will remember as
“Jimmy the Producer,” debuting
an all-new format.
The two welcomed Brooklyn
reporters and editors into the
studio for news-packed, sevenminute
discussions about top local
stories, and where to go and
what to do in Kings County over
the days ahead.
Listeners can fi nd the podcasts
streaming on all Schneps Media
websites, including the new SchnepsBroadcasting.
com, Brooklyn-
Paper.com, QNS.com, BXTimes.
com, TheVillager.com, Brownstoner.
com, CaribbeanLifeNews.
com, and GayCityNews.com.
The podcasts are also available
on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon
Alexa, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn,
and Castbox.
Schneps Broadcasting draws
its audience from Schneps Media’s
massive digital, social media,
and print footprint, which
reaches more than 3,000,000 print
impressions, more than 2,500,000
digital page views, and more than
210,000 newsletter subscribers
each month.
Reach reporter Julianne Mc-
Shane at (718) 260–2523 or by email
at jmcshane@schnepsmedia.
Schneps Media now offers print, digital, events and broadcasting.
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