Brunch and Fundraiser
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Social Hour and Brunch is 11 a.m. to noon.
Program is noon to 2 p.m.
Click here to SPONSOR the event
Email [email protected] to VOLUNTEER, or to request a SLIDING SCALE TICKET, or for more information
Click here for some fun videos by Marc Flacks celebrating Dick & Mickey Flacks
Santa Barbara County Action Network will celebrate and honor Dick Flacks for his lifelong activism during our "Making History/Making Blintzes" Brunch and Fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at El Paseo Mexican Restaurant, 10 El Paseo, in Santa Barbara.
"Making History/Making Blintzes"
Brunch & Blintzes,
Music & Merrymaking
SBCAN’s Tribute to Dick Flacks
featuring
Prof. Flacks and Friends Looking Forward
Investigative journalist Melinda Burns will interview Dick about his lifelong activism.
Flacks Family Singers will lead a sing-along to Dick.
Community members who have worked with Dick over the years will briefly comment on their hopes and concerns for the future.
Those who will be giving comments are:
3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann
Former president of UFCW Local 770 John Grant
Environmental Defense Center Chief Counsel Linda Krop
Santa Barbara Unified School District Trustee Gabe Escobedo
CAUSE Co-Executive Director Lucas Zucker
and Daraka Larimore-Hall, who does a podcast with Dick and is the former vice chair of the California Democratic Party.
We hope you will join us in recognizing Dick Flacks and support SBCAN’s important work by sponsoring and attending our event.
Email [email protected] to VOLUNTEER, or to request a SLIDING SCALE TICKET, or for more information
Thanks to our Early Sponsors:
BLINTZ MAKERS
Dick Mazess
UFCW Local 770
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES
Anna & Petar Kokotovic
Harvey Molotch & Glenn Wharton
Mechanics Bank
Susan Rose
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES
Santa Barbara Independent
Former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson & Judge George Eskin (ret.)
Marc Chytilo & Nancy Weiss
Janet Blevins & Gary Smith
Gail Osherenko & Oran Young
Rich Appelbaum & Karen Shapiro
Eileen Boris & Nelson Lichtenstein
Leila Rupp & Verta Taylor
SBCC Foundation
Santa Barbara Foundation
CAUSE
SEIU Local 721
Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund
Constance Penley
Margaret Connell
RED DIAPER BABIES
Santa Maria-Lompoc Branch of the NAACP
Martin Luther King Jr Committee-Santa Barbara
1st District Supervisor Das Williams
David Landecker
Ruth Ackerman
BL Borovay & George Relles
Goleta City Councilmember James Kyriaco
Gail & David Teton-Landis
Vicky Blum
Evely Laser Shlensky
Virginia Souza
Congressman Salud Carbajal
Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County
Goleta City Councilmember Kyle Richards
Sally Warner-Arnett & G. William Arnett
Katie Davis
KCSB-FM 91.9
Senator Monique Limón
Assemblymember Gregg Hart
Tom Parker & Karen Broumand
Thanks to our Grantors:
Fund for Santa Barbara
El Gato Channel Foundation