Ali Sahabi to Be Honored at King Celebration
RIVERSIDE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-January 17, 2009 - SE Corporation President Ali Sahabi will be honored Sunday at the Riverside Clergy Association’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, an event that this year also celebrates the upcoming inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama.
The theme for the event is “The Power of the Vote,” said Rev. Paul Munford, president of the Riverside Clergy Association. The event will feature area choirs, music and testimony from people who experienced segregation and discrimination in the past. Munford said the celebration will focus on hope for the future. “There will be too much going on for anyone to get bored,” he said. “This will be gospel singing at its best. The public is encouraged to attend.”
| What: | Martin Luther King Celebration | |||||||
| When: | 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 | |||||||
| Where: | Park Avenue Baptist Church, 1910 Martin Luther King Blvd., Riverside |
Sahabi was chosen for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award based on his longstanding efforts to give to the community and to help those in need. “In everything he does, personally and professionally, he gives back to the community,” said Munford. “He conducts his business keeping in mind the positive impact it will have on the community. On a personal level, he sponsors scholarships awarded through our member churches.”
Sahabi is president of SE Corporation, a land-planning and entitlement firm that in 2007 won the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in Sustainable Communities for its mixed-use development of Dos Lagos in Corona. He is also the founding chairman of the Green Institute for Village Empowerment, www.giveforthefuture.org, a nonprofit dedicated to the principles of sustainability. GIVE is the founding sponsor of the Green Valley Initiative, www.greenvalleynow.org, a nationally recognized regional economic development movement to promote clean and green technologies in inland Southern California.
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