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SABEResPODER Announces Their 2011 Leadership Awards Honorees: David Rodriguez, NALA Films, Monica Giil & Adam Rodriguez
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Since 2008, SABEResPODER’s Annual Leadership Awards & Benefit Gala has celebrated the achievements of individuals and organizations empowering communities to become better informed, confident, and active participants in U.S. society. This year’s SABEResPODER Leadership Awards & Benefit Gala, a high-profile fundraising dinner in support of the Migrant Scholars Leadership Institute (MSLI) at UCLA, will be held on Thursday, July 28th starting at 6:00pm in the Sunset Ballroom of the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles.
This year’s outstanding honorees are:
Business Leadership Award: NALA Films
Community Leadership Award: MONICA GIL, Nielsen
Educational Leadership Award: DAVID RODRIGUEZ, Ford Motor Company
Image Leadership Award: ADAM RODRIGUEZ, Actor/Entrepreneur
Proceeds from the event benefit MSLI, an intensive one-month college preparatory and leadership skills program for high-achieving students from California’s migrant farm working communities. The program is hosted by SABEResPODER in cooperation with UCLA, and largely funded by the California Department of Education’s Office of Migrant Education.
“It’s a deep honor to be recognized by SABEResPODER,” said David Rodriguez, Multicultural Marketing Manager, Ford Motor Company. “On behalf of the Ford Motor Company, I’m thankful to SABEResPODER for acknowledging the good works that Ford Motor Company endeavors to do through education and empowerment initiatives for the Hispanic market.”
“SABEResPODER has had the privilege of honoring extraordinary individuals and organizations since 2008…this year’s gala serves the same purpose and ultimately aims to motivate our young scholars in our MSLI program to witness the endless possibilities to succeed while empowering others,” said Raul P. Lomeli-Azoubel, Executive Chairman of SABEResPODER.
Esteemed past honorees include: Henry Cisneros, Dolores Huerta, Hilda Solis, Rosie Rios, Gil Cedillo, and Monica Lozano.
For additional information about the evening, please visit: saberespoder.eventbrite.com.
ABOUT SABEResPODER
SABEResPODER, a targeted Spanish-Language educational media company, providing corporations, agencies and non-profit entities with powerful and exclusive media solutions for gaining incremental customers while empowering consumers to become more informed, confident and active participants in U.S. society. SABEResPODER is the highest rated Certified B Corporation™ in the country — a new type of corporation that uses the power of business to create public benefit (www.saberespoder.com / facebook.com/SABEResPODER).
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From: www.hispanicprwire.com
Posted on: July 29th, 2011Curation from Tomás
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