6:00pm Dinner and Program

Join us and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, champion of AB 5, at our 2019 Gala to celebrate our biggest victories!

The labor movement just had one of its biggest wins – passing AB 5 and securing rights for at least a million workers statewide who have been misclassified by their employers and cheated out of minimum wage, overtime, workers compensation and other protections.

This year’s big wins came from the power of us — domestic workers joining rideshare drivers in Sacramento to pass AB 5; students, families and educators standing together on strike lines; and community and faculty ensuring City College remains free for ten more years

Individual tickets: $25-$100 sliding scale – click here to purchase.

Please join us at favorite Castro/ Mission/ Duboce wine shop/ bar Fig & Thistle for a tasting of several red Rhone blends in our Label Series of Compassion.
Featuring:
We Are: Transgender
We Are: Immigrants
We Are: Indigenous
and maybe one more…

Please stop by for a bit, relax, hang out, and enjoy….

With Lateefah Simon

Join us for a conversation with one of the most influential black intellectuals of his generation, Ta-Nehisi Coates. “The Case for Reparations,” his George Polk Award-winning cover story on slavery and race for The Atlantic, was one of the most talked-about pieces of nonfiction in recent memory. Between the World and Me, an exploration of racial history written to his young son, was awarded the National Book Award and hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading.” Coates is also the author of The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir of growing up in Baltimore during the age of crack, the Marvel comic book series Black Panther and Captain America and the essay collection We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy, Coates’ response to the 2016 presidential election and its ramifications on American society. Coates appears in conversation with Lateefah Simon, President of Akonadi Foundation.

Made possible through the generous support of The Jenerosity Foundation.

Panel & Tasting Reception, hosted by PS I Love You

a historic journey with the American heritage grape, Petite Sirah

Discover Petite Sirah's extraordinary journey to America and how the formidable pioneer forged a cornerstone in America's rich wine history. Today, this all-American varietal is a grape on the move and trending in popularity among winemakers and savvy consumers alike. Enjoy a fascinating and informative round table tasting with notable winemakers specializing in premium Petite Sirah.

Moderated by Christopher Sawyer, Wine Educator/ Sommelier

1 - 2:30 pm : Panel discussion, Theater presentation.

2:30 - 4 pm: Walk around tasting of Petite Sirah's from dedicated winemakers of this  American heritage varietal.

Following an informative and candid conversation with the winemakers, you'll have the opportunity to walk through the CIA at Copia while savoring stylistic Petite Sirah from 25 Petite Sirah producers from Napa Valley and across California. The wines will be paired with gourmet bites from the CIA chefs.

Date: SUN March 18
Registration Info: here

Chef Yotam Ottolenghi and pastry Chef Helen Goh

Known for his vibrant, inventive savory and vegetarian dishes, as well as his eponymous London delis and fine-dining restaurant NOPI, Yotam found a sweet collaborator in Australian pastry chef Helen Goh, now his head of product development. In their new cookbook Sweet, they share their secrets, with 120 recipes for making the very best baked goods, desserts and confections.

Please join us in supporting LIFT - a wonderful org and terrific team of thoughtful business leaders shaping a new vision for an economy that serves and benefits All.

LIFT's mission is to create, model, and share a locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life--one that meets the needs for all people everywhere while enhancing and regenerating the ecosystems within which we abide. 

The LIFT Economy team would like to cordially invite you to an evening of fun, celebration, and networking on Wednesday, April 12 from 4pm-6pm at New Resource Bank. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided.

Come meet fellow investors, board members, and most importantly--some of the amazing Force for Good Fund investees and prospective investees.

We will also be making a big announcement at the event.

The Force for Good Fund invests in women and people of color-owned,“Best for the World” B Corporations (i.e., companies that score in the top 10% of B Corps worldwide).

Bryan Stevenson is one of the country's most visionary legal thinkers and social justice advocates. A MacArthur fellow, he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a law practice dedicated to defending some of America’s most rejected and marginalized people. A founding leader of the movement against mass incarceration in the United States, he recently served on President Obama's task force on 21st-century policing. His memoir, Just Mercy, is the story of a young lawyer fighting on the frontlines of a country in thrall to extreme punishments and careless justice. It is an inspiring story of unbreakable humanity in the most desperate circumstances, and a powerful indictment of our broken justice system and the twisted values that allow it to continue.

Stevenson has received numerous awards including the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant and the NAACP Image Award for Best Non-Fiction, and was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People for 2015. He is a tenured law professor at New York University School of Law.

(Bryan Stevenson is) “America’s young Nelson Mandela.”
– Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu