25th Anniversary Los Angeles Equality Awards Digital Program

San Francis Equality Awards

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Seated Dinner & Awards Presentation October 5, 2024 | Fairmont Century Plaza

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Schedule of Events 6:00 pm Cocktail Reception 7:15 pm Dinner and Awards Program Begins 9:00 pm Dessert and Reception

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Welcome Dear Friends and Supporters, I can hardly believe the words as I write them, but they’re the truth: This year, Equality California celebrates 25 years of fighting for a world that is safe, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ+ people. What’s more, it fills me with great pride to say that since 2009, I’ve been part of our organization’s journey to becoming the largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the nation.

When Equality California was founded, we had no idea that in just a few short years, we would be at the epicenter of one of our time’s great civil rights movements — the fight for marriage equality. While we took on that battle — and eventually won at the highest court in the land — we also continued to build our political and people power, passing the strongest civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ people in the country. With every year that passed, we continued to evolve, taking on all kinds of issues that impact our community, from immigration to gun violence prevention, protecting transgender youth to reducing health and economic disparities, and so much in between.

“While we have much to look back on & acknowledge fondly, we know the most important fights are those still to come.”

While we have much to look back on and acknowledge fondly, we know the most important fights are those still to come. Even with all we’ve achieved over the last quarter century, we’re seeing a disturbing escalation in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and far-right extremists attempting to roll back our rights at the local level, in state legislatures, in Congress, and in the courts. Rest assured, we’ve got our eye on the challenges ahead; and though they will be myriad, I am confident we will rise to meet them, especially with your support.

This 25th anniversary year is a special one, so we will certainly take the time to reflect, and to honor the legacy we’ve created. The Equality Awards give us an incredible opportunity to recognize the work of community leaders, policymakers, and public figures advocating for the rights our community has fought to earn over generations, while at the same time continuing to raise critical funds for the work ahead..

Here’s to 25 years of remarkable strides, and to continuing the work for full, lived equality for all.

Thank you for being part of our journey for equality.

Until the work is done,

Tony Hoang, He/Him/His Executive Director

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Program Update: Safe & Supportive Schools Dear Friends, As we celebrate Equality California’s 25th year, I find myself reflecting in particular on what we have accomplished in recent years.

One milestone of which I am particularly proud is the upcoming publication of the third Safe and Supportive Schools Report card.

The report card grew out of a vision to make school district policies more transparent, garner insight into the challenges that districts face in creating safe school climates for LGBTQ+ students, and provide concrete tools for LGBTQ+ parents and students advocating to improve the daily experiences of LGBTQ+ students in classrooms and playgrounds across the state.

Since its initial launch, the project has become a critical tool for parent groups, queer student organizations, and teachers’ unions to push back against anti-LGBTQ+ school boards, create plans for working with collaborative administrators, and build awareness about student and teachers’ rights on campus.

“We are dedicated to fostering inclusive and affirming learning environments for all students, especially LGBTQ+ youth.”

This year, alongside the report card’s newest iteration, we are thrilled to announce a newly expanded resource center for educators and rainbow families. The Safe and Supportive Schools Resource Center is a cornerstone of our dedication to fostering inclusive and affirming learning environments for all students, especially LGBTQ+ youth. It serves as a central hub for our Safe and Supportive Schools Report Card, educator resources, and our efforts in combating forced outing and other policies that make schools less safe for LGBTQ+ and all students.

I hope you will take time to visit the resource center at schools.eqca.org, and that you will consider supporting our continued work in this area through your generosity at the LA Equality Awards tonight. You are our partners in the work, and we thank you for your commitment to our organization.

Until the work is done,

Erin Arendse, She/Her, They/Them Program Director EQUALITY CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES EQUALITY AWARDS

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Honoring

Julian Breece EQUALITY VISIBILITY AWARD

Julian Breece is an award-winning writerdirector whose work crosses film and TV. Notably, Breece co-wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film Rustin about gay Civil Rights strategist Bayard Rustin and the 1963 March on Washington. He co-wrote the Emmynominated Netflix series When They See Us and recently penned the screenplay for Fox Searchlight’s forthcoming Alvin Ailey biopic, which will be helmed by Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins. Breece is a consulting producer on Lee Daniel’s Sammy Davis Jr. limited series at Hulu, and he’s served as a writer and producer on such critically acclaimed series as Amazon’s Harlem and Hulu’s The First.

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Honoring

Greg Sarris

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD

Greg Sarris is serving his sixteenth consecutive elected term as Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. In addition to serving as Chairman of his Tribe, he serves as President of the Tribe’s Economic Development Board, overseeing all of the Tribe’s business interests, including the Graton Resort and Casino. He is Chair to the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Co-Chair of Smithsonian Campaign, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was appointed by Governor Newsom in June 2023 to the University of California Board of Regents. Formerly a full professor of English at UCLA, and then the Fletcher Jones Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Loyola Marymount University, Greg now holds the title of Distinguished Emeritus Graton Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. Sarris received his Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Walter Gore Award for excellence in teaching. He has written several books, including Grand Avenue, an awardwinning collection of short stories, which he adapted for an HBO miniseries and co-executive produced with Robert Redford. He is executive producer of I Am A Noise, a Joan Baez documentary film. His latest book, The Forgetters, was published in April 2024.

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Keynote Speaker: Sen. Alex Padilla

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Hosted by Sasha Colby

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DJ Kim Anh

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Special Performance by: Ronnie Reddick

Fatima Reynolds

Gia Banks

Judas

Kataluna Enriquez

Kelly K. Doll

Shanelle Vanity

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Host Committee Hon. Betsy Butler Hon. John Heilman Hon. Scott Houston Hon. Gabriel Quinto Hon. Carolyn Wysinger David Ambroz Rami Bachour Jerry Bloom Steven Brancato Diandra Bremond, Ph.D. Sue Burnside Cecilia Cabello Jason Chan Beth Collins Roberta Conroy David Cruz

Cary Davidson & Andrew Ogilvie Patrick Driscoll Trevan Fischer Sandra Fluke Katherine Forster James Frost Sam Garrett Mark Gonzalez Ryan Harlow-Nakano Laurie Hasencamp Drexel D. Heard II Matthew Kaiser Tanner Kelly Adam Ma John Marciano

Susan McCabe Sunitha Menon C. Scott Miller Mark Morales Drew Murphy John Musella Alfredo Pedroza Liliana Perez Amy C. Quartarolo Jirair Ratevosian Joyce Rowland Yale Scott Julia Staudinger David Vela Jane Wishon Rabbi Barbara Zacky As of 09/3/24

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25th Anniversary & Event Co-Chairs 25 TH ANNIVER SARY STATEWIDE CO - CHAIR S

California Senate Pro Tempore Emerita Toni Atkins

California State Controller Malia Cohen

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA

Hon. Lena Gonzalez Hon. Blanca Pacheco

Juan Camacho

US Senator, California Alex Padilla

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

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Hon. Rick Chavez Zbur

Sue Dunlap

Scott Malzahn As of 09/3/24

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Equality California Board of Directors EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE

Mandy Isaacs-Lee

Scott Malzahn, President

Thomas Li

Cecilia Cabello, Vice President

Adam Ma

Drew Murphy, Secretary

Kate Maeder

Jason Anderson, Treasurer

John Marciano

Jason Chan, Governance Chair

Alfredo Pedroza

Jane Natoli, PAC Chair

Liliana Perez

Joe Gregorich, At- Large Member

Jeff Riles

Hon. Leslie Katz, At-Large Member

Yale Scott

Hon. Alex Randolph, At-Large Member

Kasey Suffredini Nancy Sutley David J. Tsai

Hon. Bevan Dufty

Darrell L. Tucci

Hon. Gabriel Quinto

Shawnda Westly

Brenda Lorena Aguirre Rachel Anderson Aaron Avery Carl Baker Jerry Bloom Tracey Broadman Sue Burnside Francisco Castillo Jason Daniels Sue Dunlap Shirin Etessam Janessa Goldbeck Alicia Isaacs-Lee As of 09/03/24 EQUALITY CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES EQUALITY AWARDS

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Equality California Institute Board of Directors EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE

Juan Camacho, President Jeff Freitas, Vice President Rabbi Barbara Zacky, Secretary Laurie Hasencamp, Treasurer Katherine Forster, Governance Chair Mark Gonzalez, At-Large Member Hon. Lena Gonzalez Hon. Dallas Harris Hon. Rafael Mandelman Hon. Lisa Middleton Hon. Stephanie Nguyen Hon. Steve Padilla David Ambroz Robert Armenta Daniel Arriola Alberto Bautista Beth Collins David Cruz Ryan Harlow-Nakano Alberto Nodal Amy C. Quartarolo Jirair Ratevosian Amy Schneider Laura Zagar

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Board of Advisors Susan McCabe, Co-Chair

Dylan Jacobs

Richard Poppen, Co-Chair

Conor Johnston Matthew Kaiser

Hon. Betsy Butler

Shreya Key

Hon. Nora Vargas

Billie Lee

Hon. Ahmad Zahra

Luis Alejandro Liang

Daniel Allender

Tom Maddox

Holly Amaya

Jason McCoy

Eric Andresen

Dharia McGrew

Eric Armstrong

Jesse Melgar

Rami Bachour

Mark Morales

Sapphire Blackwood

John Musella

Nicholas Bloom

Will Nguyen

Dr. Diandra Bremond

Christopher Panizzon

Daniel Brownstone

Laura Parra

Trevor Chandler

Margaret Raven

Tina Choi

Martha Sanchez

Victor Christy

Herb Schultz

Randy Clark

Dr. Priya Shah

Roberta Conroy

Woody Sides

Ivan Dominguez

Natalie Sofer

Patrick Driscoll

Brandon Stansel

Emily Dysart

Erik Terreri

Trevan Fisher

Stephanie Wade

Sandra Fluke

Chris Wagner

James Frost Drexel Heard II

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Executive Director’s Council & Board President Emeritus EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL

Hon. Ricardo Lara Hon. Betty Yee Dolores Huerta Stuart Milk EQUALIT Y CALIFORNIA BOARD PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Cary Davidson Clarissa Filgioun Andreas Meyer Joyce Rowland

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Luminaries Council Hon. José Cisneros

Chris Frahm

Rick Rivas

Hon. Joe Dunn

Mariah T. Hanson

Dave Roberts

Hon. Geoffrey Kors

Laurette A. Healey

Donna Sachet

Hon. James G. Williamson

Rabbi Steven Jacobs

Richard S. Shaffran

Hon. Betty Yee

Deanna Johnston

Katherine Spillar

Diane Abbitt

Moez Kaba

Jessica Stebbins Bina

William E. Adams

Deb Kinney

Erik Terreri

Lana Barnett

Kirk P. Kleinschmidt

Alan Uphold

Dave Baron

Ellen LaPointe

Hillary Whittington

Xavier Barrera

Sam Leslie

Greg Williamborg

Marc Blakeman

Lloyd E. Levine

Daniel R. Brownstone

Kathy Levinson

Bob Burke

Eve Lubalin

Betsy V. Butler

Tom Maddox

Pat A. Callahan

Dennis H. Mangers

Mike Cavalluzzi

Marty Martinez

Rev. Dr. Neil Thomas

Steve W. Mele

Randall Clark

Dr. Martin Mendelson

Michael Colbruno

Phil Mercado

Josephine C. Cole

Nicole Murray-Ramirez

Paul A. Curtis

Bao Nguyen

Jim A. DeLaHunt

Ron Oden

William F. Delvac

Lester Olmstead-Rose

Michael Dunn

Nico Opper

John J. Duran

Jeff A. Orr

Lara E. Embry PhD

Scott R. Palermo

Ellen Evans

Philippe Phaneuf

Carrie Farrell

Margret Raven As of 09/03/24

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Leadership Circle & Capitol Club Members LE AD E R S H I P C I RC LE

Randy Clark & Tom Maddox

NATIONAL TRAILBLA ZER

Jacqueline Thomas & DeeAnn McCoy

Rabbi Barbara Zacky

Andreas Meyer John Monahan

STATE INNOVATOR

Roberta Conroy Frederick Noble Tom Steyer & Kat Taylor REGIONAL INFLUENCER S

Rosemary & Peter Casey Seth Jacobson Rich Poppen & Eric Lao Laurie Hasencamp & Mike Lurey Joyce Rowland LOCAL LEADER S

Susan McCabe David Benz Tom Buttgenbach Cecilia Cabello Ruthann Chou Glen Dake Scott Malzahn & Caesar Herrera Lori Stanford & Jennifer Hill Travis Jackson Herb Schultz & Stuart Leviton

Danielle Morris Cary Davidson & Andrew Ogilvie Dean Pitchford Dr. Trevan Fischer & Lance Radford Mark Stuart & Tim Rupe Laura Zagar CAP ITOL CLUB ADVOCATES

Hon. Alex Randolph Kevin Tilden & Dr. Philip Diamond Kathy Levinson & Naomi Fine Tyler Gregory Donald Grether Christopher Heritage Michaeljohn Horne Edward Hoffman & Andrew Karas Mark Morales Stephen Nathan Jane Natoli Beth Schroeder Darrell Tucci

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At Southwest®, we take pride in our outreach and commitment to the LGBTQ community. We have community partnerships with a variety of local and national organizations who are dedicated to LGBTQ causes and initiatives.

Southwest Airlines® congratulates Equality CA on 25 years of incredible impact and the honorees in Los Angeles!

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TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE POWER TO

KEEP THE FUTURE BRIGHT We are proud to sponsor Equality California’s

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For a quarter of a century, Equality California has led the way in making California a national leader in the fight to protect the lives and the rights of our LGBTQ+ community. Against the darkness of hate, EQCA shone bright. We’re a better state because of you.

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NUHW members who provide homecare for Sutter Health and work at Sutter’s psychiatric hospital in Sacramento had to hold two strikes to win contracts in 2024 that significantly increased salaries and preserved their employer-paid healthcare plans.

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Event Sponsors LE A DE R S H I P S P O NSO R S

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Event Sponsors G O L D S P O NSO R S

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Supervisor Janice Hahn Accenture BG Law LLP Charter Communications Coca Cola Company Cruise LLC David Geffen Foundation East West Bank Everytown for Gun Safety FOX Greenberg Traurig Drew Murphy National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) Perkins Coie Starbucks Walt Disney Company Waymaker LLP Rabbi Barbara Zacky

hims & hers J & Z Strategies LA Dodgers Los Angeles Community College District Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LA Yellow Cab Molina Healthcare O’Melveny & Myers LLP Orange Barrel Media/ Ike Smart City Paramount The Promotions Department Verizon

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EQUAL IT Y CHAM P ION SP ONSOR S California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA Asm. Rick Chavez Zbur

EQUAL IT Y D EFEND ER SP ONSOR S California Attorney General Rob Bonta Asm. Jesse Gabriel

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Equality California Staff & Producers

Thank you!

EQ UA LI T Y C AL I FO R N I A STAFF Tony Hoang, Executive Director

Eric Hernandez Barraza, Program Manager

Tom Temprano, Managing Director of External Affairs

Alexandria Hughes, Grants Manager

Erin Arendse, Programs Director

Jasmine Pantoja-Vila, Communications Manager

Theresa Carlisle, Director of Human Resources and Administration

Shane M. Stahl, Communications Manager

Shay Franco-Clausen, Political Director Sarah T. Morrow Chwe, Development Director

Samuel Turley, Public & Civic Engagement Manager

Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director

Arie Abija, Events Associate

Craig Pulsipher, Legislative Director

Andrew Giang, Senior Program Associate

Jorge Reyes Salinas, Communications Director

Julz Goff, Senior Program Associate

Stacy Triolo, Chief Financial Officer

Alexandra Grissell Gomez, Senior Program Associate

Victor “Veejay” Atilano, Associate Program Director

Bianca Sy, Events Manager

Kae Hodge, Senior Program Associate

Joel Gemino, Associate Program Director

Abby Lawlor, Senior Program Associate

Jesse Reed, Associate Director of Creative & Marketing

Nicholas Phillips, Grants Associate - Programs

Melissa Stone, Associate Director of Events & Sponsorships Rick-Arlo Yah Lira, Associate Director of Donor Relations Wendy Anguiano, Program Manager Aldo Macias Arellano, Executive Manager and Board Liaison

Adrielle Welch-Brooks, Senior Associate of Database Operations Paton Moody, Legal Fellow

THANK YOU TO OUR EV ENT P ROD UCER S AT:

Beatriz Baez, Program Manager Michelle Castillo, Administration Manager Jorge Diaz, Program Manager

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Equality Awards Venue & Hotel Partners

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2024 Equality Awards Schedule PAL M SP R INGS Saturday, October 26, 2024, 3-6 pm Riviera Resort & Spa

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O U R 2 025 EQUAL IT Y AWAR D S* Sacramento Equality Awards: Early Spring 2025 San Francisco Equality Awards: Spring 2025 San Diego Equality Awards: Friday, May 30, 2025 6-10pm @ Loews Coronado Bay Resort Silver State Equality Awards: Fall 2025 Los Angeles Equality Awards: Fall 2025 Palm Springs Equality Awards: Fall 2025 *The full series of 2025 Equality Awards will be announced later this year. If you are interested in getting involved with the 2025 Equality Awards Host Committees please contact events@eqca.org.

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Equality California’s Membership Programs Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. We are California’s only LGBTQ+ civil rights organization working at all levels of government. For 25 years, our mission has been to defend and improve the rights, health, and political representation of LGBTQ+ people in California & across the nation.

Fulfilling this mission would not be possible without the leadership and support we receive from our members. By becoming a member, you can directly impact the lives of countless individuals by fueling our fight for equality.

Equality California offers three core membership programs: our Leadership Circle, Capitol Club, and our planned giving program, the Equality Society. All three of these programs provide foundational support and enable our work from the classroom to congress. Benefits of these membership programs can include: ɖ Recognition on materials including on our website and Annual Report ɖ Special members discounts at events across the state including our Equality Awards ɖ Insider updates via private quarterly Town Halls and newsletters ɖ Invitations to private events with EQCA leadership and legislators

To learn more about our membership programs, or to join today, please visit www.eqca.org/membership/ or email donorrelations@eqca.org.

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