BOSTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Color Magazine(TM), published by Color Media Group, LLC of Boston, announced the awardees of its Second Annual All-Inclusive Awards.

The six finalists were selected by Color Media Group's advisory committee, which includes prominent members of the business community. Awardees were chosen based on their contributions towards change and inclusion in the categories of Leadership, Change Agent and Supplier Diversity. In addition, an exemplary individual and organization will receive the Publisher's Choice Award.

The honorees of the 2009 All-Inclusive Awards under the following categories are:

• Leadership:
  • Paul Francisco, President ALPFA Boston, Co-Founder Foster & Francisco
  • Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
• Change Agent:
  • Elaine Ullian, President and CEO Boston Medical Center Comcast
  • Boston World Partnerships
• Supplier Diversity:
  • James Sturgis Jr., Director of Supplier Diversity Ahold Family
  • Stop & Shop
• Publisher's Choice:
  • Greg Almieda, Principal/Chief Strategist Global View Communications
  • The Partnership, Inc.

All of the awardees will be formally recognized at the Second Annual All-Inclusive Awards Gala on Thursday, December 3rd at the Marriott Boston Copley Place from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The keynote speaker for the event is the multi-talented actor, producer, director and Academy Award Winner, Forest Whitaker. Karen Holmes Ward, Director of Public Affairs and Community Services, and executive producer of CityLine, a weekly magazine program, will be the Mistress of Ceremonies.

Color Magazine will give a gift to The Greater Boston Food Bank from the proceeds of the event. The Food Bank feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts, is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and one of the largest food banks in the country. For more information visit www.gbfb.org.

Sponsors of this year's event include Bank of New York Mellon, Ocean Spray, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, Comcast, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Pilgrim, Liberty Mutual, Proverb, Workspace, Global View Communications, Comcast, Stop and Shop, Verizon Wireless, Tufts Health Plan, Eastern Bank, State Street, Goya, Marriott Copley, Boston Medical Center, MassBay Community College, PSG, Dana Farber, Millennium, Boston University and National Grid.

Corporate tables and individual tickets are still available and may be purchased online at www.colormagazineusa.com . For advertising opportunities contact Lisette Garcia at sales@colormagazineusa.com or call (617) 266-6961.

About Color Magazine

Color Magazine is a free, all-inclusive monthly magazine that promotes professionals of color. With a circulation of more than 55,000, Color Magazine is strategically distributed in various weekly and daily newspapers, in drop boxes throughout New England, and inside amNewYork in the Metropolitan NY area. Color Magazine's diverse writers cover topics of importance to Boston and New York's growing ethnic communities.

SOURCE Color Magazine

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