April 30, 2025
Doors Open 5:30pm
Los Angeles Convention Center
Petree Hall
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. Author, Social Activist Icon
ABOUT THE EVENT
For nearly 50 years, the Liberty Hill Upton Sinclair Event has remained one of LA’s most beloved social justice gatherings, celebrating the local movement work that drives social change in Los Angeles.
This year’s Upton Sinclair Celebration, scheduled for Wednesday, April 30th, will transform the tradition to the next level with a brand new location, a fresh, fun vibe, and all the camaraderie and community spirit you’ve come to know and love from Liberty Hill.
The 2025 Upton Sinclair Celebration will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the Petree Hall, a vibrant location that will serve as host for our reimagined event. Join us for special performances, exciting surprise guests, our signature “strolling dinner,” exhibits from community-based organizations and much more.
Deepak Bhargava
President, Freedom Together Foundation
Deepak Bhargava is President of the Freedom Together Foundation. He leads its mission to build power among people who have historically been denied it, so they can change unjust systems and create a more democratic, inclusive, and sustainable society. Before assuming the presidency in February 2024, he spent many years as a foundation grantee and board member, most recently as vice chair of the board.
Deepak brings over 30 years of expertise in social justice movements as a leader, campaigner, and strategist. Prior to becoming Freedom Together’s President, he led the grassroots organization Community Change for 16 years, working to strengthen the community organizing field and launch coalitions that won major policy victories on issues such as poverty, health care, and immigration. Deepak also served as a distinguished lecturer at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Be a Sponsor
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Unrestricted funding from event sponsorship makes this work possible. That’s why your support is so vital, now more than ever. We invite you to join our community of donor activists.
Editor-In-Chief
$25,000
Help us mobilize the full power of our community to support our rapid response fund and continue to fuel social justice progress during the pandemic and beyond. Includes Editor benefits, premium seating during the program.
Includes 20 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 10 Community Activists
Editor
$10,000
Help us continue to lead the fight for progressive policies that advance social change in Los Angeles and ensure that the people closest to the pain are closest to the power. Includes Reporter benefits, premium seating during the program, and Digital Journal Two-Page Spread.
Includes 10 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 5 Community Activists
Reporter
$5,000
Supports organizing work that is building power to win changes to our punitive youth justice system and invest in a system rooted in care, not punishment. Includes Organizer benefits, premium seating during the program and Digital Journal Full-Page Ad.
Includes 8 tickets AND will sponsor tickets for 2 Community Activists Organizer
$3,750
Supports community organizers on the ground fighting for economic, racial, environmental and gender justice in support of our Agenda for a Just Future. Includes Changemaker benefits, and Journal Half-Page.
Includes 4 tickets Changemaker
$1,200
Help build a better Los Angeles and fuel our fight to amplify the voices and issues of systemic oppression facing vulnerable communities across Los Angeles. Includes logo on all branding materials and related event emails sent to our contact list of 11,000+.
Includes 2 tickets
Purchase
PROGRAM JOURNAL ADVERTISEMENTS
All ads should be submitted to sglover@libertyhill.org by Wednesday, April 9th
Please use the following naming convention: “your-company-name-2O25-ad”
Platinum
$1,200
Two Page Spread
1920 x 1080 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 24 x 13.5 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
$1,200
Full Page
960 x 1080 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 12 x 13.5 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
$750
Half Page
960 x 540 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 12 x 6.75 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
Click here to view our 2024 Digital Journal
$400 Quarter Page
480 x 540 pixels, 96 ppi (JPG, PNG) or 6 x 6.75 inches, 300 dpi (PDF)
Mike Farrell
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Sarah Pillsbury
Jackie Goldberg
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Jilliene F. Schenkel
Hannah Weinstein
Rodolfo F. Acuna
Ed Asner
Past Honorees
2010 TO 2024
Liz Heller & John Manulis
Walter Mosley
InnerCity Struggle
Tim Gill
Margarita Ramirez
Gary Stewart
Paris Barclay
Wendy Chang
Dr. Manual Pastor
Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon
Charles Floyd Johnson
Alison Morgan & Parke Skelton
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger
Kafi Blumenfield
Scott Budnick
Veronica Gutierrez
Dr Frank Gilliam
Michele Prichard
Robbie Conal
Benjamin Goldhirsth
Fran Jemmott
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Susan Genco and Mitch Kamin
Ana Ortiz
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
Congressman John Lewis
Senator Holly J. Mitchell
Torie Osborn
Jared Rivera
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan
The Dodgers Foundation
Meltzer Sieroty Family
Robert K. Ross, M.D.
Weston Milliken
Chloe & Maud Arnold
STAND-L.A. Coalition
Eunisses Hernandez
Celia Bernstein
Derek Steele
Aloe Blacc
