60 Years Strong: Advancing Workers’ Rights, Building Worker Power

You are invited!

Join us on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, to celebrate our 60th Anniversary and help us continue to advance workers’ rights and build worker power.

The event will honor:

Ken Jacobs–22 years of leadership and research by Senior Policy Advisor and immediate past Center Chair

Labor Summer–25 years of providing students with hands-on experience working for change on the job and in the community

Improving Lives–60 years of improving the lives of working people and their families in California and beyond

Mark your calendar!
What: UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Anniversary Gala
When: April 30, 2025, 6:00-9:00 PM
Where: Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Dr., Oakland, CA

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Event Honorees

	Honoring Lorena Gonzalez President, California Federation of Labor Unions, for her unwavering support of workers and workers’ rights in the State of California.
	Honoring April Verrett President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), for her outstanding contributions to protecting and promoting workers’ rights and improving the lives of working people.
Honoring Workers We will also honor rank-and-file leaders from different industries who are building worker power for a better future for their families and communities.

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Buy tickets or become an event sponsor
Giving by credit card online is the best and most secure way to contribute to this event. However, if you’d like to pay by check, please submit your tickets, ads, or sponsorship through the online platform and select the “Pay by check” option.

The UC Berkeley Labor Center cannot accept any type of funding from Political Action Committees (PACs) or their foundations, including gifts and revenue. Please note that gifts made via a donor-advised fund, IRA or family foundation account cannot include benefits (e.g. tickets or ad space).

Buy tickets now
Individual tickets are $250

All sponsorship levels include tickets, acknowledgment on our website, print materials at the event and ads in the event program book. Click on the sponsorship levels below to see benefit details.

Sponsorship Levels
Lead Organizer ($25,000) – Sponsorship benefits: Twelve Event Tickets • Acknowledgement as presenting sponsor on all event collateral and website • Full-page cover ad in commemorative program book

Organizer ($15,000) – Sponsorship benefits: Ten event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Full-page ad in commemorative program book with best placement

Stakeholder ($10,000) – Sponsorship benefits: Eight event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Full-page ad in commemorative program book with next best placement

Partner ($7,500) – Sponsorship benefits: Six event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Full-page ad in commemorative program book

Advocate ($5,000) – Sponsorship benefits: Four event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Half-page ad in commemorative program book

Friend ($2,500) – Sponsorship benefits: Two event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Quarter-page ad in commemorative program book

Ally ($1,250) – Sponsorship benefits: Two event tickets • Acknowledgement as sponsor on all event collateral and website • Business card size ad in commemorative program book

You may also support our fundraising efforts by purchasing an ad in our event program book!

Since 1964, the UC Berkeley Labor Center has conducted groundbreaking research on issues vital to working families, focusing on low-wage industries and workers of color, women, and immigrants. We help thousands of union and community leaders hone their leadership skills to build powerful, diverse worker organizations and strengthen the labor movement. We also engage students on the UC Berkeley campus and beyond who are interested in studying and joining the labor movement.

Questions? Contact Laurie Earp at events@earpevents.com