Bronx Social Media Week event @ PeaceLove

Jan. 28, 2011 - PRLog -- The Bronx is celebrating Social Media Week NY with a panel discussion about the borough that many love to stereotype and hate and others love to love. Local journalists, bloggers and community members will come together for this discussion about the Bronx, media coverage and how local media makers are using the Internet to tell and share Bronx stories via social networks, blogs and more.
This event is free and open to the public from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 8 at the PeaceLove Cafe, 617 Melrose Ave., between East 151st and 152nd streets.
Come network with local journalists, bloggers, entrepreneurs and community members. Find out how you can grab media attention to cover your Bronx news and events.

About our Panelists:

Gary Axelbank, BronxTalk

Gary Axelbank is the host and senior producer of BronxTalk, Bronxnet's live television telephone-talk show. One of the city's longest-running weekly TV talk shows, BronxTalk has been aired weekly since its debut in October, 1994.
In addition, he currently serves as the Director of Public Relations for Monroe College.
Gary has been a producer of news features for WNBC-TV and a producer in the WNBC sports department where his duties included coverage of major sports teams on NBC's flagship station. He also was a producer on FOX Sports.

Mike Callender, Bronxmedia

Mike started using the Internet when he got his Vic 20, understanding information technology since the early 80's. He studied to be an electronic technician. He built his first website for technical support in 1995 (www.sysmac.com), managing and assisting clients with website design and technical advice. Mike started his Bronxmedia.com business in 2004 with the goal of helping to promote the borough through technology. His newest entrepreneurial projects include Soul of the Bronx, his own online radio station, as well as a global business listing directory. Mike provides support for new media artists and small businesses seeking to stream live content over the Internet and how to brand your business in today’s social networking world.

Nicole Perrino, BronxMama.com

A criminal justice grad student at John Jay College, Nicole is also a writer and most importantly, a mother. Nicole has adjusted well to being a young mother and living on the other side of the bridge from her Queens family. She started BronxMama.com in hopes that Bronx parents will consider it a one stop site for all things kids in the Bronx. Nicole is also a writer for Ballerstatus.com, a daily urban lifestyle website-she interviews artists and other celebrities, attends album listening sessions and launch parties, and writes the occasional editorial.
BronxMama.com is a resource site for Bronx parents. It lists resources, things to do with children in the borough, events, and more. It is the first of its kind that focuses solely on the residents of the Bronx. BronxMama has been featured on News 12 The Bronx, Bronxnet, Bronx Family, The Bronx Free Press, Time Out New York Kids, and more.

Ed Garcia Conde, Welcome to Melrose

Ed Garcia Conde is a social media consultant and blogger. He is the founder and editor of  Welcome to Melrose. Ed's professional background is as a real estate appraiser, work which has enabled him to become fluent about the histories of the five boroughs as well as the current social and cultural transitions of these areas. A lifetime resident of South Bronx and more specifically Melrose, Ed has been known to declare, “I am Google when it comes to the Bronx.” He is nicknamed the “Mayor of Melrose.”
His newest blog and social media projects include mynewyork and Welcome to the Bronx.

Panel host:

Clarisel Gonzalez, PRSUN Communications

Clarisel is the editor and publisher of Puerto Rico Sun Communications, an independent multimedia social entrepreneurship with a growing portfolio of new media products and photo services focusing on the Puerto Rican and US Latino market. She is a veteran journalist with a background as an editor and reporter. She has served as a journalist in New York, Massachusetts and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Sun Communications has a business and social mission of informing, empowering and building community with a multimedia approach.
PRSUN produces several media and art projects, including Puerto Rico Sun, a cultural news and art blog, PRSUN Radio, an online talk show, Bronx Latino, a lifestyle blog, and Clarisel’s Photo Place, a photo project.

About the venue:

PeaceLove Cafe, Darada David/proprietor

PeaceLove is a healthy food, music, Internet café. It is the first of its kind in the South Bronx. Darada David grew up in the South Bronx and decided to have her business here as a way of giving back and investing in the neighborhood. Darada believes that “healthy eating is so important for our community, for our world.” PeaceLove’s goal is to fill a lack of healthy choices. Darada promotes a “whole South Bronx Health Kick.”  At PeaceLove, patrons can relax to live Jazz while sipping on Organic Coffee/Tea and browsing the Internet. The three are inseparable. It looks like downtown uptown. Come by morning, or afternoon. Stop by Friday and Saturday evenings to hear some of the hottest live Jazz/ R&B musicians in New York or Thursday Poetry for a special treat. Visit peacelovecafe.com, PeaceLove Café- Facebook.

This Bronx Social Media Week event is a project of the Bronx Bloggers’ Network and the Bronx Entrepreneurs and Business Network. Partners for this event are Puerto Rico Sun Communications and the PeaceLove Cafe. The local celebration is one of many events going on throughout the city by different groups as part of Social Media Week NY from Feb. 7-11.

For more information about the Bronx event on Feb. 8th, contact Clarisel Gonzalez, clarisel (at) puertoricosun.com or visit the Bronx Bloggers’ Network Facebook page.

Happy Social Media Week NY.