california teachers association

HONOR EE
CALI FORN IA TEAC HERS ASSO CIAT ION
ADVOCATE FOR STUDEN TS AND PUBLIC EDUCAT ION
The California Teachers Association is the state’s largest professional employee union, representing more than
325,000 public school teachers, counselors, psychologists,
social workers, librarians, nurses and education support
professionals, among others. It has become one of the
nation’s strongest advocates for students and educators,
and is also a leading proponent of civil rights and economic
equality. CTA has been a strong supporter of living wage
policies, including LAANE’s 2008 LAX hotel living wage law.
CTA has won many landmark victories in its 150-year history, from legislation providing free public schools and free
textbooks for all of California’s children to laws banning
child labor in the state. In the 1940s, the union was one of
a handful of organizations to protest the internment of
Japanese-Americans during World War II.
CTA led the critical campaign in 1988 to pass Prop. 98, the law guaranteeing minimum funding for
K-12 schools and community colleges. Educators joined with parents in passing legislation to reduce
class sizes in our earliest grades and led campaign efforts to pass more than $30 billion to build new
schools and repair rundown facilities. CTA also played a pivotal role in defeating Gov. Schwarzenegger’s 2005 ballot initiatives that would have cut school funding, undermined the due-process rights
of educators and silenced the voices of public employees.
Last year, CTA led the fight to pass Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30, which stopped $6 billion in
education cuts to schools and colleges and will generate $47 billion for public schools, colleges and
other essential services over the next seven years. CTA also spearheaded the successful effort to defeat Prop. 32, which would have stripped unions of the right to participate in politics, while allowing
big corporations and billionaires to spend as much as they want in elections.
In addition, CTA has been leading efforts to improve teaching and learning. CTA’s Quality Education Investment Act is closing achievement gaps and helping at-risk students at our neediest schools
succeed. CTA has created a framework for effective teacher evaluation that is based on professional
standards and focuses on improving instruction. And CTA’s Institute for Teaching is an incubator for
educational innovation, allowing teachers to propose and lead change based on what is working in
their classrooms. CTA is committed to providing a quality public education to all students. Quality
public schools build stronger local communities and a better California for all of us.
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HONOR EE
N C IS
TV ’S #1 DR AM A
Currently in its 11th season, the #1 series on
television and licensed in over 200 territories
around the world, NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama.
With liberal doses of humor, it’s a show that
focuses on the sometimes complex and always
amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations.
NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a former Marine gunnery sergeant whose
skills as an investigator are unmatched, leads this troupe of colorful personalities. Gibbs, a man of few
words, only needs a look to explain it all. The team includes NCIS Special Agent Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), an ex-homicide detective whose instincts in the field are unparalleled and whose
quick wit and humorous take on life make him a team favorite, and NCIS Special Agent Timothy
McGee (Sean Murray), an MIT graduate whose brilliance with computers far overshadows his insecurities in the field. Assisting the team is the youthful and energetic forensic specialist Abby Sciuto
(Pauley Perrette), a talented scientist whose sharp mind matches her Goth style and eclectic tastes;
medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard (David McCallum), who knows it all because he’s seen
it all – and he’s not afraid to let you know it; and Ducky’s protégé, Assistant Medical Examiner Jimmy
Palmer (Brian Dietzen).
The team is also recently joined by NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham), whose mysterious
mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism complements the team. Overseeing
the operations is NCIS Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll), an intelligent, highly trained agent who
can always be counted on to shake up the status quo. From murder and espionage to terrorism and
stolen submarines, these special agents investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.
The series is executive produced by Gary Glasberg, who also serves as showrunner. Mr. Glasberg
began his eclectic writing career nearly 20 years ago in the animation world, accumulating dozens of
credits for shows such as Rugrats, Duckman and Real Monsters as well as comic books such as The
Simpsons and Animaniacs. He later branched off into hour drama and has been working ever since on
some of the most successful TV series of the last decade. His credits include Crossing Jordan, The
$treet, The Evidence, Bones, Shark and The Mentalist. He is married to writer Mimi Schmir and has
two sons.
In addition to Mr. Glasberg, NCIS is also executive produced by Chas. Floyd Johnson, Mark Horowitz,
Mark Harmon, Frank Cardea, George Schenck, Steven D. Binder, Scott Williams, Shane Brennan and
Donald P. Bellisario. NCIS airs Tuesdays at 8PM ET/PT on CBS.
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HONOR EE
OUR WALMAR T
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CURRENT AND FORMER WALMART WORKERS
OUR Walmart is a nationwide organization of, by and for Walmart associates who
are standing up for change. Through OUR
Walmart, associates have been standing
together and speaking up for Walmart to
publicly commit to changing course, including better working conditions such as increasing flexibility and availability of hours
in scheduling, respect for the individual and
increasing the pay for every associate to at least $25,000 per year.
In June of 2011, nearly 100 Walmart associates representing thousands of OUR Walmart members from across the country went to Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, AR, and presented
a declaration of respect to Walmart executive management. At the core of the declaration was
for Walmart to publically commit to adhering to labor rights and standards. Since that time we
have seen the movement for change at Walmart grow.
In Fall 2012, OUR Walmart members made history with the first national strike of Walmart
associates. Joined by more than 30,000 supporters from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, at
supercenters and warehouses, Walmart associates in over 100 stores stood together to make
their voices heard to end Walmart’s illegal retaliation against associates. In total, OUR Walmart
members and their supporters took action at more than 1,300 stores. Since then a number of actions have taken place at Walmart stores across the country. This includes the first-ever protracted strike against Walmart in Summer 2013 and over 100 acts of civil disobedience in protest of
Walmart’s poverty wages and the illegal firing and disciplining of over 80 workers on September
5, 2013.
Black Friday 2012 was just the beginning. In stores across the country, OUR Walmart members
are standing together and winning more hours and safer workplaces while getting rid of unfair
management actions. OUR Walmart has a track record of winning change in Walmart stores
across the country. They have Walmart’s attention and a national network of support.
In Fall 2013, Walmart workers protested with the support of thousands of community supporters nationwide. And together with the community and allies, OUR Walmart will continue to fight
for a better Walmart and a better future for Walmart workers.
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HONOR EE
UC CI
SC OT T PA SC
UTIVE
MUSI C EXEC
Scott Pascucci is Managing Director of the Concord
Music Group, the acclaimed independent label that is the
current home of artists such as Paul McCartney, Rush and
Ben Harper. Concord Music Group includes the labels
Rounder Records, Telarc and Hear Music, and boasts
a legacy that spans the catalogues of Fantasy Records,
Stax, Riverside, Pablo, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins and
Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Mr. Pascucci is also active in independent music films, and
has recently been involved with projects such as Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A
Comin’, George Harrison: Living in the Material World and
Stevie Nicks’ In Your Dreams.
Previously, Mr. Pascucci was President and COO of Exclusive Releasing. From 2001 to 2010 he was President of
Rhino Entertainment, growing the company’s progressive
philanthropy and employee volunteerism programs while
working with artists such as Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin,
Cher, the Grateful Dead and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, for which he served as Co-Chairman.
Mr. Pascucci is currently Chair Emeritus for MusiCares, the music industry’s most respected organization providing financial and medical assistance and recovery services to musicians and their
families. He chaired the MusiCares Person of the Year Awards honoring Bruce Springsteen and
Paul McCartney. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Bicycle Music, a leading independent
music publisher.
Mr. Pascucci is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School.
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SPECIA L PRESEN TER
ERIC GARCET TI
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES
Eric Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. His “back to basics” agenda is focused on
job creation and solving everyday problems
for L.A. residents.
Mayor Garcetti was elected four times by
his peers to serve as President of the Los
Angeles City Council from 2006 to 2012.
From 2001 until taking office as Mayor he
served as the Councilmember representing
the 13th District, which includes Hollywood,
Echo Park, Silver Lake and Atwater Village
— all of which were dramatically revitalized
under his leadership.
Mayor Garcetti was raised in the San Fernando Valley and earned his B.A. and M.A. from
Columbia University. He studied as a Rhodes
Scholar at Oxford and the London School of
Economics and taught at Occidental College
and USC. A fourth generation Angeleno, he
is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve and
is an avid jazz pianist and photographer.
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SPECIA L PRESEN TER
KR IST EN MA DS EN
SENIOR VICE PRESID ENT, THE GRAMM Y FOUND ATION & THE MUSIC ARES FOUND ATION
A 20-year veteran of the music and arts industries, Kristen Madsen is currently serving
as Senior Vice President of the GRAMMY
Foundation and MusiCares, two charities
founded by The Recording Academy. In this
roles she has raised and distributed $4 million
to music people affected by Katrina, developed the flagship education institute GRAMMY Camp and increased net assets to both
organizations by 270 percent. MusiCares and
the GRAMMY Foundation were named to the
“50 Best Nonprofits to Work For” in 2011 by
the Nonprofit Times.
Prior to heading up the GRAMMY charities,
Ms. Madsen served as Vice President of
Member Services for The Recording Academy for eight years. She began her career
in the arts management field working as a
booking manager for the Repertory Dance
Theatre, followed by six years as Community
Development and Performing Arts Coordinator at the Utah Arts Council. Subsequently,
she ran the California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, a membership association dedicated to
ensuring access to public funds for arts programming in local communities across the state. She also
served a fellowship at the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ms. Madsen currently serves on the boards for Grantmakers in the Arts, the Actors Fund and the
Library of Congress’ National Recordings Preservation Board.
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MUSIC AL GUEST
LUCIND A WILLIAM S
GRAMMY-WINNIN G ARTIST
Over the course of a recording career that’s now in
its fourth decade, Louisiana-born singer-songwriter
Lucinda Williams has navigated terrain as varied as
the dust-bowl starkness of her 1978 debut Ramblin’
(recorded on the fly with a mere $250 budget behind
her) and the stately elegance of West (which Vanity
Fair called “the record of a lifetime”). Between those
signposts, Ms. Williams established a reputation as
one of rock’s most uncompromising and consistently
fascinating writers and performers, earning kudos
from artists as diverse as Mary-Chapin Carpenter
(who helped win Williams a Grammy with her recording of “Passionate Kisses”) and Elvis Costello (who
joins her for a duet on the Little Honey mini-drama
“Jailhouse Tears”).
Ms. Williams learned the importance of professional
integrity around the same time most kids are learning
their ABCs, thanks in large part to her award-winning
poet father Miller Williams -- who invested her with
a “culturally rich, but economically poor” upbringing
where artistic expression was of primary importance.
Later, she’d hone her vision playing hardscrabble clubs around her adopted home state of Texas, absorbing the influence of sources as varied as Bob Dylan and Lightnin’ Hopkins.
She’s never settled for any sort of pigeonholing, entering the ’90s with the slow-burning Sweet Old World
— a disc that, as much as any release, helped place the Americana movement at the forefront of listeners’ minds — and cementing her own spot in the cultural lexicon with 1998’s rough-hewn masterpiece Car
Wheels on a Gravel Road.
Ms. Williams stretched her boundaries on 2001’s Essence, an album rife with both cerebral interludes
and soul-stirring stomps. Little Honey, released in 2008, continued that ongoing forward quest, mixing
country, R & B and blues-rock elements with adventurous aplomb. Her tenth studio album, Blessed, was
released in 2011.
In 2002, Ms. Williams was named America’s best songwriter by Time magazine.
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MUSIC AL GUEST
RE
JOH N DE NSTHEMO
DOOR S
FOUN DING MEMB ER,
An original and founding member of the musical group
The Doors, John Densmore co-wrote and produced numerous gold and platinum albums and toured the United
States, Europe and Japan. His autobiography, Riders on
the Storm, was on the New York Times bestseller list. He
was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Mr. Densmore has written numerous articles for Rolling
Stone, London’s The Guardian, the Nation, the L.A. Times,
the Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post and the Utne Reader. He published his second book, The Doors Unhinged:
Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial, in the spring of 2013.
Mr. Densmore has also worked in film, co-producing Road
to Return, narrated by Tim Robbins. It won several prestigious national awards and was screened for Congress,
resulting in the drafting of legislation. He also executive
produced Juvies, narrated by Mark Wahlberg, which aired
on HBO and won numerous awards, including International Documentary Awards prize for excellence and the U.S.
International Film Fest award for creative excellence.
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CO-EMC EE
ROBINN E LEE
ACTRESS
The daughter of Jamaican parents (of African, Chinese, British and Arawak Indian descent), Robinne
Lee was born and raised in Westchester County, New
York. She began her acting career as part of the ensemble cast of the indie romantic comedy Hav Plenty
in 1997, which was shown at the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals and distributed by Miramax.
In 2003, Ms. Lee appeared in Universal’s Deliver Us
From Eva with LL Cool J and the action comedy National Security with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn.
Roles in Sony’s 13 Going on 30 with Jennifer Garner
and Hitch opposite Will Smith followed. In 2007, she
completed a ten-episode appearance on Tyler Perry’s
House of Payne and co-produced and starred in the
independent film This Is Not a Test, for which she won
the Boston Film Festival’s Best Actor Award. She then
appeared in Sony’s Seven Pounds (again with Will Smith) and in Dreamworks’ comedy Hotel for
Dogs opposite Don Cheadle.
In 2013 Ms. Lee starred in the award-winning Miss Dial, for which she also served as one of the
producers, and the controversial drama The Undershepherd with Isaiah Washington. She has
just wrapped shooting Sex and Violence! Or: A Brief Review of Simple Physics, the long-awaited
follow-up from Hav Plenty’s Christopher Scott Cherot, and is currently playing the role of Avery
Daniels on BET’s much-anticipated new series Being Mary Jane with Gabrielle Union.
Ms. Lee received a B.A. in psychology from Yale University and a J.D. from Columbia Law
School. She has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and is an inactive member of the New York Bar.
Ms. Lee regularly speaks on panels regarding the roles of women and actors of color in the
industry, and serves on the board of Yale Women of LA. She is active with the City Year Los
Angeles organization and Yale in Hollywood. She is an avid runner and an aspiring ballerina, and
has recently completed writing her first novel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and
two children.
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CO-EMC EE
GR EG GO ODTURE SERVICES
LOS ANGEL ES DIREC TOR OF INFRA STRUC
Greg Good is Director of Infrastructure for Los
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, helping him to oversee the work of the five Bureaus of the Department of Public Works. Prior to joining the Mayor’s
office, Mr. Good spent six years at LAANE, most
recently serving as Director of the Don’t Waste
LA Project, a comprehensive campaign by more
than 30 environmental, labor, community and
faith-based groups to ensure that the region’s
commercial waste and recycling industry is a
source of clean air, green jobs and recycling
for all. Before that he was LAANE’s Director of
Campaign Communications, working on multiple
projects including its Retail, Construction Careers and Food Services campaigns.
Prior to joining LAANE Mr. Good was an elementary and high school teacher in the Inglewood
and Compton Unified School districts. He also
served as Campaign Manager on Steve Zimmer’s
first successful run for LAUSD School Board. He
currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Program for Torture Victims (PTV), an organization that provides comprehensive services to survivors of torture and extreme persecution who
come to the U.S. for protection and a second chance.
Earlier in his career Mr. Good worked as an actor, writer and producer, appearing in numerous theater productions and films. In 2003 he wrote, produced and performed his one-person show, Shaking in My Manhood, at Hollywood’s Metropolitan Theater. He received his undergraduate degree in
history from Brown University and his J.D. from UCLA School of Law.
Mr. Good is the proud and adoring husband of Alicia Hancock and father of Ruby Jean HancockGood, who recently turned three years old.
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