Making Waves, LA Waterkeeper's signature event comes to a hip location near the Arts District of Downtown LA. Join us on Thursday, October 12 at 6pm.
Help us celebrate LA Waterkeeper's 30th anniversary and honor those who have made a positive impact on the LA River's health and resiliency.
Guests will enjoy mixing and mingling in a unique space that blends industrial and natural elements while enjoying refined, wood-fired dishes from Chef Ulysses of Campo é Carbón and craft cocktails. We've partnered with Shatto Gallery to display and auction pieces from their current exhibition, "OUR RIVER: city floodplain," a journey through the heart of the Los Angeles River and its vibrant cultural impact.
Introducing Campo é Carbón
The evening’s food offerings are brought to you by local underground pop-up restaurant Campo é Carbón. Guests will enjoy a chef-driven menu highlighted by wood-fire. Chef Uylsses and Adriana Alvarez, the creators of Campo were inspired by their love of Baja California’s wine country, Valle de Guadalupe. Refined, crave-able dishes, with a heavy inspiration on Latin and Asian flavors, this is their way of cooking a New California.
Shatto Gallery
We’re pleased to announce the first collaboration between LA Waterkeeper and Shatto Gallery. Shatto Gallery and LA Waterkeeper join forces to intersect environmental advocacy with art to inspire change and mobilize people to shift their perception around the LA River and its environmental concerns.
Select pieces from Shatto Gallery’s recent group exhibition, "OUR RIVER: city floodplain," calls attention to the 51 mile LA River and artist’s engagement to convey current conditions and imagining a better future for both the river and surrounding neighborhoods.
These artworks will be available for purchase during the gala, with a percent of proceeds benefitting LA Waterkeeper, creating a unique opportunity for guests to not only appreciate the beauty of our river but also actively contribute to its preservation through their support. Join us in celebration of this collaborative effort in highlighting the vitality of the LA River at this event.
River Champion Honorees 2023
We’re excited to celebrate efforts to restore the LA River to health and honor those who have made a positive impact on the trajectory of the LA River's health and resiliency. Help us celebrate our 30th year of impact! Click here to purchase your sponsorship, tickets or make a donation online or contact kelly@lawaterkeeper.org with any questions or to pledge your sponsorship.
Friends of the LA River – Award to be Accepted by President & CEO Candice Dickens-Russell
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Candice Dickens-Russell
Since 1986, FoLAR has worked to restore community connection and natural ecology as the largest unifying force on the Los Angeles River, reaching over 78,000+ Angelenos through education programs, volunteer events, and advocacy. By educating, empowering and mobilizing local communities, FoLAR creates capacity for all Angelenos to repair habitat and fight for policies to reclaim our right to a healthy and equitably accessible river. FoLAR envisions an increasingly natural river with science and nature-based solutions that prioritize the well-being of all communities alongside it. We believe an educated, engaged, and connected public will be encouraged to take agency over LA’s River and broader environmental health, reaping the benefits of a healthy, climate-resilient LA.
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Mia Lehrer
Mia Lehrer is the founder and president of Studio-MLA, an L.A. urban design and landscape architecture firm. She is internationally recognized for progressive landscape design, advocacy for sustainable and people-friendly public places, and catalyzing work for a climate-appropriate future.
Mia is a long-time champion for the Los Angeles River, notably through her work on the team that delivered the City’s River Revitalization Master Plan and the 2020 Upper LA River and Tributaries Revitalization Plan.
A native of El Salvador, Lehrer earned a B.A. from Tufts University and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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Joe Edmiston
Joseph Edmiston was appointed Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy by Governor Jerry Brown in 1979. Under his leadership, the Conservancy has preserved over 60,000 acres of public parkland from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific Ocean, from areas draining into the Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, the Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo and smaller coastal watersheds. Joe has lectured extensively on environmental planning, park development, and urban land use. He and the SMMC have received numerous national awards including, most recently, the highest honor of the National Planning Association, the Daniel Burnham Award.
