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Join us for an afternoon with food and music honoring the life and environmental work of Melanie Winter.
Guest speakers will include:
Ed Begley Jr., actor, author, and environmental advocate and Amanda Begley, associate director of watershed health, TreePeople
Nurit Katz, chief sustainability officer at UCLA and LADWP commissioner
Nithya Raman, LA City Councilmember
Nancy Sutley, deputy mayor of energy and sustainability, City of LA
At Melanie’s request, proceeds will benefit the Sustainability Alliance’s programs, outreach, and advocacy. They will also go to repair a bench at Rio de Los Angeles State Park, which she helped create, and host The River Project website on the Alliance’s site.
Please join us, whether or not you donate. And be sure to RSVP!
Suggested individual donations are:
| $25 Melanie friend | $60 Melanie ally | $100 Melanie hero |
If you don't need a tax deduction, you can donate to us directly.
To make a tax-deductible donation, you can do that through our fiscal sponsor at Westwood Greenway, here. Please make a note that you would like your donation to go to us, the Sustainability Alliance, in honor of Melanie Winter! If you donate through their Checkout feature, please email [email protected] to let that person know.
Suggested organizational donations are:
| $500 Melanie supporter | $1,000 Melanie champion | $5,000 Melanie visionary |
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! Here are our posts on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
In case you don't know about Melanie, here are some helpful links:
www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-23/obit-melanie-winter-los-angeles-river-advocate
www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-09/los-angeles-river-champion
www.pbssocal.org/shows/departures/melanie-winter-director-of-the-river-project
www.xrlosangeles.org/xrnowarchive/ep26
City Council adjourning in her memory (starting at 3:51:18)
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