The winner selection process allowed
all Hispanic Chambers of Commerce throughout Chicago an opportunity
to nominate their most outstanding members.
La Raza
was also able to use its connection with the community to select
other Hispanic entrepreneurs who have been successful, but have
not yet established contact with a chamber of commerce.
Another
important aspect of this event is that La Raza and STAPLES
will provide $1,000 in the form of a scholarship under the name
of each awardee to the chamber of commerce of his/her choice.
"I'm
very proud of La Raza's record in fulfilling its commitment
and its mission of empowering Chicago's Hispanic community through
education. I'm honored to present these awards on behalf of
Staples and La Raza as an affirmation of our efforts
and the positive impact that we have made to the quality of
life for our community," stated Robert J. Armband, Publisher
and CEO of La Raza Newspaper.
In 2003,
La Raza established the Luis H. Rossi/La Raza Scholarship
fund. Since then, the newspaper has provided several scholarships
to deserving Hispanic students through community based organizations
including: The Little Village Chamber of Commerce, The Puerto
Rican Parade Committee of Chicago, St Augustine College, CUPULA,
The Central American Civic Society and the National Association
of Hispanic Publications.
The Winners:
La Raza
and STAPLES will present the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
with the "Best Business Agenda" award and the Little
Village Chamber of Commerce with the "Best Cultural Agenda"
award.
The five Chicago Latino business leaders who will be recognized
during this event are: Lorenzo Padron, Arabel Rosales, Adela
Cepeda, Juan Soto and Jaime Rojkind. We hope that they continue
to be a role model and examples to all Hispanics.
More than
250 community and business leaders will attend this year's Premio
Empresarial La Raza taking place at Galleria Marchetti in Chicago.
The event takes place Tuesday August 15, 2006 from 12:30 p.m.
to 2:30 p.m. and it is by invitation only.
About
STAPLES
Staples, Inc. founded the office supplies superstore industry
when we opened our first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on
May 1, 1986. Today, Staples is the world's leading seller of
office products with $16.1 billion in sales in 2005. Our Home
Office is located west of Boston in Framingham Massachusetts,
Staples' 69,000 associates make it easy for businesses of all
sizes to buy the supplies, business machines, technology and
services they need to run their business. Staples operates three
business segments: North American Retail, North American Delivery
and International Operations.
About
La Raza Newspaper
La Raza is the number one Spanish-language newspaper
in Chicago with an audited circulation 186,012 according to
Certified Audit Circulation (June 30, 2005). It is also among
the largest Sunday Hispanic newspapers in the United States.
La Raza has been recognized by the National Association
of Hispanic Publications as the "Best Spanish Language
Weekly" five times over the past decade and was named by
Editor & Publisher as one of "Ten That Do It Right."
It is owned by ImpreMedia LLC.
About
ImpreMedia:
ImpreMedia is the leading publisher of Spanish language newspapers
in the U.S. The company publishes La Opinión and
La Opinión Contigo in Los Angeles, El Diario
/ La Prensa and El Diario Contigo in New York City,
La Raza Newspaper in Chicago, El Mensajero in
the San Francisco Bay area, and La Prensa in Central
Florida. All of ImpreMedia's offerings are the leading Spanish
language newspapers in each of their respective markets.
Contact:
Jimena Catarivas, Ph: (773) 273-3398, Fax: (773) 329-4950
