ABOUT THE EVENT
more than 40 years, Liberty Hill has been committed to the fight for social justice. Our annual Upton Sinclair Celebration brings the progressive community together to celebrate the victories and visionaries that power change locally and across the country.
looking forward to honoring the contributions of organizers and activists who are paving the way for social justice progress.
2024 Upton Sinclair Celebration will be a community-focused event featuring a stunning location at the Skirball Cultural Center, a fun strolling format with interactive exhibits, special surprise guests, and much more.
Councilmember
Eunisses Hernandez
Eunisses Hernandez is a community organizer, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, and a lifelong District 1 resident. She has led major policy wins, such as Measure J and Care First, Jails Last, which have begun to drive hundreds of millions of dollars into expanding and creating access to community based services, housing, and support for young people in LA County. Eunisses witnessed firsthand the suffering wrought by decades of bad policy and negligent leadership in her own neighborhood and across Los Angeles—decision-making that resulted in an unprecedented housing crisis, the nation’s largest jail population, and severely underfunded social services.
MEET OUR HONOREES
Founders Award
Celia Bernstein
Celia Bernstein is a philanthropist with a three-decade career in nonprofit development. Her introduction to philanthropy came from being raised in a real estate family steeped in the support of civil rights, politics, early childhood and Jewish causes. Her parents, both children of Russian Jewish immigrants, modeled a strong work ethic and a life of service.
Growing up in Washington, DC in the 1960’s against the backdrop of the civil rights and antiwar movements, Celia was sensitized at a young age to racial and economic injustice and inequality. She began to develop her own personal perspective on social change philanthropy first through the NorthStar Fund in New York and then later in Los Angeles, when she began to see wealth as a necessary fuel for activism. In 1988, when she met Michele Prichard, then the executive director at Liberty Hill Foundation, the organization became her primary philanthropic focus. During that time professionally, Celia was a clinical social worker in community mental health.
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Wally Marks Changemaker Award
Derek Steele
Derek Steele, a proud graduate of Morgan State University, is an experienced problem solver who began his professional career as an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman. He started his journey with the Social Justice Learning Institute in 2010 figuring out how to re-creating local food access systems to solve health disparities and food insecurity in the Inglewood community and beyond.
Under his leadership as the Health Equity Programs Director, he stewarded a team that has taught over 10,000 families in nutrition, physical activity, and urban agriculture, built 120 gardens in the community, began the Inglewood Certified Farmers’ Market, Inglewood Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) and the Food for Thought Produce Pick-Ups.
MEET OUR HONOREES
Creative Vision Award Aloe Blacc
Grammy-nominated, singer/songwriter, Aloe Blacc, who is known for major hits such as “I Need A Dollar”, “The Man”, and “Wake Me Up”, pledged early in his career to use his music for positive social transformation.
Aloe refers to his style of music as thematic, calling it “A.I.M.” which stands for affirmation, inspiration, and motivation.
In addition to music, Aloe is the founder of Major Inc, a biotech company focused on preventing future pandemics and infection from disease. With the help of accomplished PhD scientists, the company has conducted promising research to identify medicinal candidates that block viruses from cellular binding, entry, and replication.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Unrestricted funding from event sponsorship makes this work possible. That’s why your support is so vital, now more than ever. We invite you to join our community of activists.
Editor-In-Chief
$25,000
Help us mobilize the full power of our community to support our rapid response fund and continue to fuel social justice progress during the pandemic and beyond. Includes Editor benefits, premium seating during the program.
Includes 20 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 10 Community Activists
Editor $10,000
Help us continue to lead the fight for progressive policies that advance social change in Los Angeles and ensure that the people closest to the pain are closest to the power. Includes Reporter benefits, premium seating during the program, and Digital Journal Two-Page Spread.
Includes 10 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 5 Community Activists
Organizer $3,750
Supports community organizers on the ground fighting for economic, racial, environmental and gender justice in support of our Agenda for a Just Future. Includes Changemaker benefits, reserved seating during the program and Journal Half-Page.
Includes 4 tickets
Reporter $5,000
Supports organizing work that is building power to win changes to our punitive youth justice system and invest in a system rooted in care, not punishment. Includes Organizer benefits, reserved seating during the program and Digital Journal Full-Page Ad.
Includes 8 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 2 Community Activists
Changemaker $1,200
Help build a better Los Angeles and fuel our fight to amplify the voices and issues of systemic oppression facing vulnerable communities across Los Angeles. Includes reserved seating during the program and logo on all branding materials and related event emails sent to our contact list of 11,000+.
Includes 2 tickets
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PROGRAM JOURNAL ADVERTISEMENTS
All ads should be submitted to sglover@libertyhill.org by Wednesday, April 3rd
Please use the following naming convention: “your-company-name-2O24-ad”
Platinum
$1,200 Two Page Spread
1920 x 1080 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 24 x 13.5 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
$1,200 Full Page
960 x 1080 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 12 x 13.5 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
$750 Half Page
960 x 540 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 12 x 6.75 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
Click here to view our 2023 Digital Journal
$400 Quarter Page
480 x 540 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 6 x 6.75 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
Mike Farrell
Larry Janss
Win McCormack
Anne Mendel
Sarah Pillsbury
Jackie Goldberg
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Jilliene F. Schenkel
Hannah Weinstein
Rodolfo F. Acuna
Ed Asner
