BUILDING OUR FUTURE
WITH A GREEN AND FAIR ECONOMY

Thank you to everyone who attended CPI's 2009 Gala! 

A big thanks to all who donated by buying raffle tickets!  Click here for the list of winners.

Click here to watch "A Construction Story," the video by students from the MAAC Community Charter School multimedia program, that premiered at the Gala.

Click here for the program book (10.9 MB), to read more about our honorees, the MAAC school filmmakers and CPI's work. Please support our advertising sponsors!

Additional thanks to:
Lowe's Mission Valley, for the centerpieces!
Holiday Inn San Diego on the Bay for great hospitality!
IATSE Local 122, especially Eric, Mike, Bill, Eric, Francisco, and Thayne
AV Concepts for audio visual!

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Congratulations to our honorees:

Deborah Szekely

MAAC Project

San Diego’s Construction Workers

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A Special Thank You to Our Hosts

AFSCME Local 127 and District Council 36	Bill & Lisa Barkett
Barbara Bry & Neil Senturia	California Faculty Association, SDSU
Candace Carroll & Len Simon	Michelle Ciccarelli & Bill Lerach
Rabbi Laurie Coskey	Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Foundation for Change	Murray Galinson
Give Something Back Business Products	Lorena Gonzalez
Mary Grillo	Lawrence & Suzanne Hess
IBEW Local 569	Iron Workers Local 229
Kaiser Permanente	Mel and Linda Katz
Marcy & Jeffrey Krinsk	Laborers Union Local 89
Rev. Richard Lawrence	Ira Lechner & Elaine Haag
MAAC Project	Gracia Molina de Pick
Harle Montgomery	Monarch Group
Sara Moser	National Electrical Contractors Association
Painters & Allied Trades District Council 36	Scott Peters & Lynn Gorguze
Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties	Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 230
Sue Reynolds	San Diego Building Trades & Construction Trades Council
San Diego Bus Drivers Union Local 1309	San Diego City Fire Fighters IAFF Local 145
San Diego Convention Center & Centerplate	San Diego Education Association
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council	San Diego Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society
San Diego LGBT Community Center	San Diego Municipal Employees Association
San Diego Organizing Project	San Diego Police Officers Association
Hon. Lynn Schenk	SEIU Local 221
SEIU Local 1000	SEIU United Service Workers West
Sheet Metal Workers Local 206	Southern California District Council of Laborers
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council 16	Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Fern Steiner	Maureen Steiner & Camille Davidson
Rancho La Puerta	Teamsters Local 36
Teamsters Local 542	Tosdal Smith Steiner & Wax
UCSD Extended Studies & Public Programs	United Domestic Workers of America
Mary Walshok	Carol & Martin Wilson
A.O. Reed & Co.	University Mechanical & Engineering Contractors
	SEIU Local 721