September 6: An Evening with Van Jones

Along with Host Committee: (Partial list) Hans Schoepflin, Tom Van Dyck, Marion & Allan Hunt-Badiner, Nadine Weil, Rob McKay & Anna Hawken McKay, Belvie Rooks, Josh Becker, Rose Pritzker, Marianne Manilov, Ahmed Rahim, Taj James, Ina & Fred Pockrass, Murat Armbruster, Mark Donohue, Dorka Keehn, Mal Warwick, Peter Teague, Andre Carothers, Danny Kennedy and others
 
invites you to a special evening with

social and environmental activist
Van Jones

PLUS:

Local musical artists Jennifer Johns and Austin Willacy

to benefit the work of Green For All and celebrate Van Jones' 40th birthday

Saturday, September 6, 2008

at the home of

Hans Schoepflin
221 Hillside Avenue, Mill Valley

— 5.30pm —

Light hors d'oeuvres in the garden

 — 6.30 pm —

Words from Van Jones
Musical appearances by the Bay Area's own
Jennifer Johns and Austin Willacy

— 8pm —

Autumn Harvest Dinner

Tickets

Tickets are $250 per person and can be purchased by credit card or check.

Please RSVP by e-mail: sept6@greenforall.org

To purchase tickets with a credit card, CLICK HERE.

To purchase tickets by check, please make your check payable to our fiscal sponsor, Natural Capital Institute, write Green For All in the "For" line, and mail it to:

Green For All
1611 Telegraph Ave., Ste. 600
Oakland, CA 94612

NOTE: Space for this event is extremely limited! Purchase your tickets soon to ensure availability. 

Green for All is fiscally sponsored by Natural Capital Institue, a not-for profit organization designated a 501©(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service, EIN: 38-3705448. All contributions to NCI/Green For All are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

About Green For All

Founded in 2007 by Van Jones and Majora Carter, Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty and into prosperity. By advocating for local, state and federal commitments to job training, job creation, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy -- especially for people from disadvantaged communities -- Green For All fights both poverty and pollution at the same time.

About the host

Savory Thymes convenes artists, grassroots organizers, and activists to cross-pollinate ideas, build relationships and alliances, and provide a space to build support for a wide variety of social justice initiatives. Established by Ali Ghiorsi, Savory Thymes supports and educates the public about local, sustainable food systems within the context of the global economy through events that celebrate the tastes, beauty and textures of the Earth.

Savory Thymes' events are sponsored by Hans Schoepflin.

About the artists

Vacillating between Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul, Electronica, Funk, Reggae, and World, sultry voiced Jennifer Johns crafts stirring tunes that are both heart-rending and head-bobbing. In addition to amplifying her voice for the masses, Johns also lends her time to a variety of community based organizations. She is currently heading up music coordination for The Sustainable Living Roadshow, which will travel across the nation sharing inspiration and alternatives to oil addiction from the end of August until Election Day in November.

Austin Willacy is a critically acclaimed San Francisco-based singer/songwriter who has shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, James Brown and Amos Lee. He's the music director of Youth in Arts's 'Til Dawn, an award-winning teen a cappella group, he's on the board of Rainforest Action Network, the Freight & Salvage and is an active volunteer for Bread & Roses.

Directions

We will be running a shuttle from the parking lot of the Mill Valley Middle School to Hans' home beginning at 5pm. The directions below will take you to the pick-up point for the shuttle.

From the East Bay or From Santa Rosa (North):

• Take 101 South and exit at East Blithedale
• Right onto East Blithedale
• Take East Blithedale to the 2nd light at Camino Alto
• Turn Left on Camino Alto. Proceed to first light (Sycamore)
• Turn Left on Sycamore. The Middle School is on the left. The parking lot is at the rear. If necessary, there is additional parking across the street at the Mill Valley Sewer Department

From San Francisco:

• Take 101 North and exit at the East Blithedale Exit
• Left onto East Blithedale
• Take East Blithedale to the 2nd light at Camino Alto
• Turn Left on Camino Alto. Proceed to first light (Sycamore)
• Turn Left on Sycamore. The Middle School is on the left. The parking lot is at the rear. If necessary, there is additional parking across the street at the Mill Valley Sewer Department