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Celebrate with Us
For two decades we’ve worked alongside our partners to improve quality of life for rural communities and protect critical coastal ecosystems in Central America, all thanks to supporters like you.
Join EcoViva’s staff, board, and friends for a night of inspiration to celebrate 20 years of solidarity with resilient communities.
We are thrilled to share the evening with two guest speakers: award-winning author and activist Rebecca Solnit and filmmaker Avi Lewis, who most recently directed the film adaptation of Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything. There will be a preview of a short film by Avi Lewis about our colleagues and the social movement they have built in El Salvador, as well as messages of solidarity from our partners.
We will also honor Jeff Haas for his eight years of service as EcoViva’s Board Chair. He will be succeeded by board member Mary LaPorte and will continue to serve on the board.
Join us for drinks at the open bar, delicious Salvadoran food from a local restaurant, and lively music. Meet up with old friends, make new ones, and hear some powerful and inspiring messages at our anniversary event.
The celebration starts at 7:00 pm. There will be an intimate gathering and champagne toast with speakers Avi Lewis and Rebecca Solnit before the event, at 6:00 pm, for VIP ticket holders.
Don’t miss out on what is sure to be a great party. Get your ticket today!
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Attend the Event
When & Where
Friday
December 9th, 2016
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
Schedule
6 pm Champagne toast (VIP)
7 pm Celebration dinner with drinks
8 pm Program begins
9-10 pm Dessert and dancing!
Tickets
Get yours today!
Tickets: $50
VIP Tickets: $100
(Discounted tickets & sponsorship opportunities available)
Questions?
If you’d like to become a sponsor or have any other questions, contact us at info@ecoviva.org or (510) 835-1334.
Become a Sponsor
Social Movement Champion
$5,000
Full page ad in program
Logo or name on event invitations & materials
10 VIP tickets
Mangrove Guardian
$2,500
Half page ad in program
Name on event invitations
6 VIP tickets
Organic Farmer
$1,000
Half page ad in program
4 VIP tickets
Community Radio Investor
$500
Quarter page ad in program
2 VIP tickets
Youth Leadership Supporter
$250
Listing in program
1 VIP ticket
Sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Rose Foundation
Social Movement Champions
Mangrove Guardians
The Copen Family Fund
Mariel Nanasi & Jeffrey Haas
Marion Seymour
Organic Farmers
Jim & Janie Baker
Susan & Cam Duncan
Muriel Quinn & Robert Pasin
Celia & Richard Weller
Community Radio Investors
Alison Ascher Webber
Yael Falicov
Kathleen Osberger
Susan Reinach
Youth Leadership Supporters
William Ayers & Bernardine Dohrn
Jim Chamberlain
Martha Pierce
Speakers & Entertainment

Avi Lewis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and TV host with a 25-year history of pushing the boundaries of mainstream media. He is the director of the feature documentary This Changes Everything, inspired by the bestselling book by Naomi Klein. His first documentary, The Take (2004), followed Argentina’s legendary movement of worker-run businesses. It premiered at the Venice Biennale and was released theatrically around the world. He co-created and hosted both Al Jazeera English Television’s acclaimed documentary series Fault Lines, and the groundbreaking The Big Picture on CBC Television. He is also one of the co-authors of the Leap Manifesto and one of its leading advocates.
Rebecca Solnit
Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of eighteen or so books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster, including a trilogy of atlases and the books Men Explain Things to Me; The Faraway Nearby; A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster; A Field Guide to Getting Lost; Wanderlust: A History of Walking; and River of Shadows, Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West (for which she received a Guggenheim, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award). A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she is a columnist at Harper’s. (Photo by Adrian Mendoza.)
DJ Sandina
DJ Sandina aka “La Positiva” spins uplifting Salsa, Soul & Caribbean music. She is the host of “Women Rising Radio” featuring global women activists. Sandina was an award-winning public radio correspondent based in Mexico City for more than a decade covering environmental issues, human rights, the Zapatistas, the Central American peace talks and NAFTA. She now heads Muse SF providing services to Bay Area museums. When not working, Sandina can be found dancing or DJ’ing for progressive causes and private parties.
Event Committee