50th Anniversary Celebration

Thank You for Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary with Us!

We are deeply grateful to each of you who joined us in person and in spirit for TURN’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Oakland Museum of California on June 6! Your presence and support made this celebration event truly memorable.

Celebrating our victories is just as important as achieving them. We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did. To relive the magic of the night, you can view the gala photos and download a copy of the program below.

As we reflect on our 50-year journey, it's time for TURN to swing into action once more. Together, we will continue to hold powerful energy and telephone companies accountable, secure more savings, ensure safer and cleaner energy, and expand equity for communities of color and low-income urban and rural communities.

Thank you again for being part of this spectacular celebration. Here's to many more victories ahead!

Highlights From The Celebration

Mark Toney, TURN Executive Director

Lateefah Simon, Nationally Recognized Civil Rights Leader

Beverly Tucker, Chairperson, TURN Board of Directors

Ray López-Chang, GPSN

Rev. Vickia Brinkley, True Faith Community Baptist Church

Ann Kloose, City of Fresno

Martha Pineda, Latinas for Reproductive Justice

Ana Montes, Acción Latina & El Concilio of San Mateo County

Sandra Davis, The California Endowment

Keith Freitas, Piedra Organic Partners

John Geesman, Green Energy War

Mark received a gift from the TURN Staff

Click here to download, view, and share more photos. Click here to download the program.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

VISIONARY SPONSOR

CHAMPION SPONSORS

AARP California, California Community Choice Association, CommonSpirit Health, Hernández Strategy Group, LLC, Mike Florio, Piedra Organic Partners, The Siegel Family, The Toney Family

PATRON SPONSORS

Ava Community Energy, Central Coast Energy Services, GreenGenStorage, MCE, NextGen California, Beverly Tucker

BEDROCK SPONSORS

Aspen Environmental Group, Brubaker & Associates, Inc., Brightline Defense, Caliber Strategies, California African American Chamber of Commerce, Cushman & Wakefield, Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute (EWDi), four waters media, inc. , GPSN, Hilltop Securities Inc., Impact Investors, PBC, InfraSMART Energy, MRW & Associates, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Onstad's Insurance Agency, Norman Pedersen & Cathy Yap, Michael & Nancy Pretto, Promise Network Inc., Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Clean Energy, ServiceMaster by Transformation Works, Sonoma Clean Power, Synapse Energy Economics, Visión y Compromiso, Kevin Woodruff, YH Soda Foundation

Thank You to Host Commitee!

Eddie Ahn, Luis Arteaga, Cynthia Carey-Grant, Kori Saika Chen, Stephanie Chen, Michael Colvin, Sandra Davis, Mike Florio, Matthew Freedman, Keith Freitas, John Geesman, Debra Gore-Mann, Les Guliasi, Ignacio Hernández, Esq., Ann Kloose, Kendra Lewis, Christine Mailloux, Ana Montes, Katy Morsony, Dennis Osmer, Richard A. Perez, Gabriela Sandoval, Melanie M. Shelby, Polly Siegel, Richard Siegel, Timothy Alan Simon, Esq., Arnie Sowell, Shalini Swaroop, Mark Toney, Elise Torres, Beverley Tucker, Beth Vaughan, Dr. Eric Woychik

To learn more on how you can become a Sponsor TURN’s future events contact our event organizers at gala@turn.org.

Conflict of Interest Policy: TURN is unable to accept sponsorships from utility companies regulated by the CPUC or from companies whose owners or shareholders may be impacted by CPUC decisions. We welcome individuals from any company who purchase their tickets.