THANK YOU! - THANK YOU! - THANK YOU!
to everyone who attended or supported our event
Making History/Making Blintzes - Brunch and Fundraiser
Sunday, November 12, 2023
We hope you'll enjoy these photos by Marian Shapiro and Catherine Bernhardt
Click here to see photos from the event
and video by Oscar Gutierrez!
Click here to see our Tribute Book
(Created by Jeanne Sparks)
Thanks to Flacks Family Singers for leading us in singing songs!
Special thanks to those who pledged extraordinary contributions during the event:
Congressman Salud Carbajal
Dick & Marilyn Mazess
George Relles & BL Borovay
David Landecker
Andrew & Adrianne Davis
Ken Hough
Thanks to our volunteers and event staff:
Philippa Bisou
Declan Griffin
Sara Macdonald
Stanley Tsankov
Marilyn Shapiro
Catherine Bernhardt
Sonia Jekle
Sharon Rose
Oscar Gutierrez
Gary Atkins
Nancy Avoce
Ken Hough
Jeanne Sparks
Thank you to investigative journalist Melinda Burns who interviewed Dick about his lifelong activism.
Thank you to those who gave comments:
3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann,
Congressman Salud Carbajal,
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,
former Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party Daraka Larimore-Hall,
and SBCC Foundation CEO Geoff Green.
Thanks to our Sponsors:
BLINTZ MAKERS
Dick & Marilyn Mazess
UFCW Local 770
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES
Anna & Petar Kokotovic
Harvey Molotch & Glenn Wharton
Mechanics Bank
Susan Rose
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
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-SB
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
Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of Chico California
Thanks to our Grantors:
Fund for Santa Barbara
El Gato Channel Foundation
Thanks to everyone who donated or gave their time
We couldn't do this work without you
We are grateful for your support
