Liberty Hill Next Gen Leadership Award Goes to Filipino-American

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Sep 21, 2010, 02:25 ET

Alex De Ocampo Receives Honor for Philanthropic Work September 25, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Liberty Hill Foundation, one of the nation's leading social justice foundations, will present its first Next Gen Leadership Award to Alex De Ocampo on September 25th as part of the Foundation's annual Change L.A. celebration. The event will be held at Cafe Fais Do-Do.

"This next generation is America's next great generation," said Liberty Hill CEO and President Kafi D. Blumenfield, "and Alex is a great example of this rising leadership. As a young Filipino-American philanthropist with a vision for a better Los Angeles, Alex De Ocampo shows us what America's next generation can and will accomplish."

Alex De Ocampo is currently a Program and Project Manager for philanthropic affairs for the Women's Self Worth Foundation and the Saban Family Foundation providing strategic guidance and oversight for major philanthropic gifts and projects, such as the Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Saban Free Clinic. (A complete bio follows.)

"I am grateful to be honored by Liberty Hill in this way, but my deepest hope is that this award will inspire other young leaders to get involved in changing L.A. This is a great city, but inequality and lack of opportunity are far too common. Los Angeles needs our leadership, resources and vision."

To find out more about the September 25th event, go to www.LibertyHill.org/changela.

Press release, bio and photo online at www.LibertyHill.org/nextgenleadership

Liberty Hill is first to identify community leaders at the frontlines of change. We invest in changemakers and equip them with the skills and relationships they need to build power and advance social justice. After more than 30 years, Liberty Hill is uniquely positioned to bring together forces for change and forge a common agenda for equality and opportunity in Los Angeles. Liberty Hill: Change. Not charity.

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SOURCE Liberty Hill Foundation