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Univision Chicago Delivers Important Tax Filing Information In Free Public Town Hall Meeting
Over 500 People Attended the Town Hall Meeting on Sat., March 3rd Sponsored by the Accounting Firm of Gladys Wilson & Associates, PC
Chicago, IL -- Over 500 people attended Univision Chicago’s “Cuentas Claras” (Financial Know-How) Town Hall meeting on Saturday, March 3rd, which was sponsored by Gladys Wilson and Associates, PC. Held at John Spry Community School in the heavy Hispanic Little Village neighborhood on Chicago's Westside, this was the sixth public information Town Hall meeting that Univision Chicago has conducted in the past 12 months.
The “Cuentas Claras” initiative represents the financial literacy arm of Univision Chicago’s “Avanzando Contigo” (Advancing with You) community service campaign. “Cuentas Claras” illustrates to viewers how to achieve the American Dream for themselves and their families through financial know-how and management.
In addition to Town Hall meetings, “Cuentas Claras” also includes a dedicated weekly news segment every Tuesday in Univision Chicago’s 10 pm local newscast, as well as nightly primetime information capsules Monday-Sunday.
Univision Chicago News anchors Enrique Rodriguez and Paula Gomez moderated a lively and informative discussion with panelists Sandy Wilson, Gladys Wilson & Associates, PC; Cecilia Abundis, Office of the Illinois Attorney General; José Muñoz, Internal Revenue Service; and Salvador González, Center for Economic Progress.
The Town Hall meeting will be seen by nearly 30,000 TV viewers, according to the Chicago February 2007 Nielsen Hispanic Station Index, on Univision Chicago’s and TeleFutura Chicago’s award-winning public affairs program “Avanzando Con La Communidad” on Saturday, March 17th at 6 am on TeleFutura Chicago and at 9 am on Univision Chicago.
In recognition of its responsibility as the #1 5 pm local newscast among Adults 18-34 in any language and the #1 Spanish TV station (according to February 2007 Nielsen Hispanic Station Index and Nielsen Station Index), Univision Chicago launched the “Avanzando Contigo” community service campaign to partner with viewers to help them dream big and achieve their dreams while enriching the Chicago community for the betterment of all. The five pillars of the campaign are: (1) EDUCATION, “Avanzando Con La Educacion”; (2) VOTER REGISTRATION & TURNOUT, “Avanzando Con Tu Voto”; (3) CITIZENSHIP NATURALIZATION, “Avanzando Con La Ciudadania”; (4) FINANCIAL LITERACY, “Cuentas Claras”; (5) HEALTH LITERACY, “Salud Es Vida Enterate.”
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 87% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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