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 Claire Friedlander Family Foundation supports ‘Your Voice, Your Viewpoint’ campaign 
 In  response  to  this  summer’s  
 Black  Lives  Matter  protests  and  
 demonstrations, Schneps Media,  
 under Co-Publisher Victoria Schneps  
 launched a campaign to put a voice  
 to uncover systemic racism which  
 exists  for  the  Black  and  brown  
 population in New York City. 
 Schneps Media’s “Your Voice, Your  
 Viewpoint” campaign invited students  
 ranging from eighth grade through  
 college to submit essays, poems,  
 videos and TikToks on the topic.  
 Peter Klein, president of the Claire  
 Friedlander Foundation, awarded a  
 $15,000 grant to Queensborough  
 Community College to help encourage  
 students to submit their stories.  
 Klein, who is also the Chief Investment  
  
 (Melville, NY) and author of two books  
  
  
  
 Charitable Foundation, 2012), said he  
 felt compelled to help launch the “Your  
 Voice, Your Viewpoint” campaign.  
  
 career, I understand the impact,  
 influence, and importance of the  
 written word,” Klein said. 
 For many years, Klein served as an  
 investment advisor for the late Claire  
 Friedlander, a Holocaust survivor who  
 immigrated to New York and became  
 blessed with wealth.  She established  
 the foundation and asked Klein to  
 advocate for her beliefs. 
   “Civil  rights,  human  rights,  
 eliminating intolerance, prejudice,  
 racism, bias, and stereotyping were  
 important issues to Claire,” Klein  
 said. “She inspired people, especially  
 students, to stand up, speak out,  
 engaging in freedom of expression –  
 rights taken away from many during  
 the Holocaust.” 
 Klein said he believes that the  
 Claire  Friedlander  Foundation’s  
 partnership with Schneps Media and  
 Queensborough Community College  
 for the “Your Voice, Your Viewpoint”  
 campaign can “energize citizens to  
 become drivers of positive social  
 change in their communities.” 
  
 a vital college campus which can  
 attract students and a prominent  
 media platform which can spread  
 communication and dialogue on  
 these issues,” Klein added. 
 Peter Klein 
 The winning entries were selected  
 by  a  panel  of  Queensborough  
 Community College students, with  
 a $500 prize given to each winner. 
 The winners of the “Your Voice, Your Viewpoint” campaign are: 
 Grand Prize 
  
  
  
 Grand Prize 
  
  
 Central Park East High School 
 Runner Up 
  
  
  
 RunnerUp 
  
  
  
 Panel’s Honorable Mention 
  
  
  
 Video Submission (“The Invisible Man”) 
  
  
  
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 St. Michael’s Cemetery will celebrate the Second  
 Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, viewable on their  
 website (stmichaelscemetery.com) beginning  
 December 12th. Last year hundreds joined with the  
 staff of St. Michael’s to light the tree and hang  
 ornaments bearing the names of loved ones. 
 This year it is being held virtually due to Covid. It is  
 a celebration, a renewal, and a remembrance of  
 those entrusted to St. Michael’s and the families  
 who honor their loved ones. The light from the tree  
 will illuminate the promise of a far brighter 2021!  
 The Rev. Kate Flexer will open the ceremony with a  
 prayer, and the video will embrace the music of the  
 season. 
 Christmas ornaments with the names of those  
 remembered loved ones will be placed onto the  
 tree. St. Michael’s offers the ornaments free to the  
 families who wish to commemorate their loved  
 ones during the Season of Joy. The form to ensure  
 the ornament will be placed onto the tree will be  
 available  on  the  St.  Michael’s  website,  at 
 stmichaeslscemetery.com. 
 At the end of a year that has seen losses and  
 hardships, the Tree Lighting promises a New Year  
 of hope. 
 St. Michael’s remains devoted to serving all the  
 people of New York, as it has since 1852. St.  
 Michael’s is committed to ensuring loved ones will  
 always be in the hearts of their family and friends.  
 
				
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