FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com MAY 23, 2013 • THE QUEENS COURIER 33 For more information call Roslyn Nieves, Community Development Manager (718) 886-8160 http://qptv.org/cdd/ The 2013 Hometown Video Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California, during the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) Conference and Exhibition. Overall Excellence in Public Access entries are submitted to the ACM by various access organizations, cable companies, educational institutions, local government, or other institutions that provide public, educational, or governmental access services throughout the United States. As an access center, QPTV submitted a compilation of programs that reflect the diversity in the NYC borough of Queens. Changing Lives & Building Communities for 31 Years QPTV has a long standing history of serving the community. In 1982 QPTV made its entrance on the national stage of community television. Since our inception we have trained thousands of residents and cablecast over 90,000 programs. QPTV continues to be a leader in community television in New York. For over 31 years QPTV has advocated and supported media “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Queens, New York is the most diverse community in the world. Over two hundred languages and dialects are spoken here. Every race, creed, culture, religion, and political point of view can be found, not only in this community, but also on our four channels. QPTV is democracy in action: we are committed to assisting everyone in this community to exercise their First Amendment right to free expression. QPTV is a not-for-profit private corporation serving the residents of Queens. QPTV cablecasts the most diverse programming to the most diverse community in the world reaching approximately 500,000 subscribers 24 hours a day, every day. Queens Public Television Stuart Domber, President Daniel J. Leone, Executive Director Board of Directors Joel A. Miele, Sr., Chairman; Nayibe Berger, Sandra Delson, Patrick J. DiMotta, John B. Haney, Alfred Harris, Henry Kee, Joan Serrano-Laufer, Ruth Schlossman 41-61 Kissena Boulevard | Suite 2077 Flushing, New York 11355 (718) 886-8160 | Office (718) 886-8168 | Fax (718) 886-4880 | Information Line qptv.org QPTV has become the destination for journalists visiting from abroad, especially from those countries that are in a struggle for liberation. The International Visitor Leadership Program is an extension of the U.S. Department of State. Journalists from Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Libya, and Francophone Africa have visited our facilities over the past year. The journalists, as can be discerned from the list, are from countries deeply involved with the struggle for liberation. They are keenly interested in establishing a center for community media in their respective countries; a media free from government control and censorship. QPTV has become a model for journalists freeing themselves from oppressive governments. We are proud of our award winning series: Queens Update: A Live Town Hall Meeting which has earned recognition for the programs Bullying in America and Gay in America. QPTV’s latest original series, Understanding Mental Illness, has been honored with two first place awards from the Alliance for Community Media’s Northeast Region Video Festival for the episodes “What is Mental Illness?” and “Community Based Treatment.” We’ve also covered other hard hitting and controversial issues like building a mosque near Ground Zero, the disturbing reality of illegal gun violence, and the death penalty. Community Television offers an opportunity for every individual and not-for-profit organization to participate in community media, free from censorship, which is guaranteed and protected by our First Amendment. Go to www.qptv.org to view the award-winning video: QPTV Presents: Overall Excellence in Public Access
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