Seven Trailblazing Leaders Honored for Effective Solutions to California’s Most Pressing Challenges
Was Live Thu, Feb 20, 2025 | 1pm PT
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Guest Speakers
- Cindy Downing, Program Officer, The James Irvine Foundation
- Nayamin Martinez, Executive Director, Central California Environmental Justice Network
- Cutcha Risling Baldy, PhD, Co-Director, Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab & Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute
- Helen Iris Torres, CEO, Hispanas Organized for Political Equity (HOPE)
Event Overview
Every year The James Irvine Foundation honors nonprofit leaders who are transforming California’s future. From tackling environmental justice to improving maternal health, these changemakers are advancing innovative solutions to the state’s toughest challenges, informing policymakers, and inspiring the next generation of leaders. Each recipient’s organization will receive a $350,000 grant to accelerate their impactful work.
This year’s award recipients will talk about the particular issues their organizations address, their personal commitments to these issues and the unique solutions they are advancing for making change. The awards prove the premise that change can happen even with the most intractable problems, despite political polarization and economic uncertainty.
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Cover Image Credit: The James Irvine Foundation
