Elevate & Celebrate Gala
Honoring Dr. Robert K. Ross of The California Endowment
July 18, 2024
The Highlight Room
Thank you for joining us as we celebrated highlights from our first 40 years and elevated our dreams of affordable housing for all Californians.
Linc Housing's friends and supporters joined us for a toast and fine cuisine with stunning views of the Hollywood sign and Los Angeles skyline at our 40th Anniversary 'Elevate & Celebrate' Gala at the Dream Hotel's
Highlight Room.
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40 years of impact
Building Homes, Empowering Communities
For four decades Linc has created a positive impact across California by building affordable and supportive housing with services that provide the foundation for families and individuals to thrive. Since our founding in 1984, we have developed nearly 10,000 homes across 96 locations in the state, with 1,700 additional units in the pipeline.
Twenty years ago, we launched our services division that today provides hundreds of annual programs across the state, including community engagement activities, health & wellbeing services, youth education programs, economic mobility workshops, and intensive case management.
In the past decade, we've prioritized the creation of supportive housing for the unhoused and ensuring our properties serve as community assets. Each Linc community is unique to its neighborhood, enhancing residents' health and economic mobility.
Twenty years ago, we launched our services division that today provides hundreds of annual programs across the state, including community engagement activities, health & wellbeing services, youth education programs, economic mobility workshops, and intensive case management.
In the past decade, we've prioritized the creation of supportive housing for the unhoused and ensuring our properties serve as community assets. Each Linc community is unique to its neighborhood, enhancing residents' health and economic mobility.
View Linc’s Impact Report
Support Linc Housing's Mission
The Robert K. Ross Center for Hope & Healing
Linc builds and preserves affordable rental homes for seniors, families, and special needs populations in California. We focus on supportive housing and community resources to enhance health and economic mobility.
The Robert K. Ross Center for Hope & Healing embodies our vision, providing affordable apartments and a 66,000 sq. ft. community care hub in downtown Los Angeles. Partnered with The California Endowment, the development provides basic needs and hygiene, physical and mental healthcare, economic skills, job training, as well as cultural events and gathering space.
The Robert K. Ross Center for Hope & Healing embodies our vision, providing affordable apartments and a 66,000 sq. ft. community care hub in downtown Los Angeles. Partnered with The California Endowment, the development provides basic needs and hygiene, physical and mental healthcare, economic skills, job training, as well as cultural events and gathering space.
GUEST OF HONOR
Dr. Robert K. Ross of The California Endowment
Join us in celebrating the remarkable legacy Dr. Robert K. Ross has built while serving as President & CEO of The California Endowment, a private and statewide health foundation established in 1996 to address the health needs of Californians.
With 24 years of tireless dedication at the Endowment, Dr. Robert K. Ross has been instrumental in cultivating people power and advancing the critical causes of health equity and social justice, empowering individuals across California to make their voices heard and drive meaningful change. Under his leadership, the Endowment has advocated for and funded "Health For All" initiatives, expanding health coverage for undocumented residents, farmworkers, and "Dreamers". His tenure also strengthened health workforce diversity, promoted wellness-driven school reforms, improved health advocacy for youth of color, and led health-oriented criminal justice reform.
With 24 years of tireless dedication at the Endowment, Dr. Robert K. Ross has been instrumental in cultivating people power and advancing the critical causes of health equity and social justice, empowering individuals across California to make their voices heard and drive meaningful change. Under his leadership, the Endowment has advocated for and funded "Health For All" initiatives, expanding health coverage for undocumented residents, farmworkers, and "Dreamers". His tenure also strengthened health workforce diversity, promoted wellness-driven school reforms, improved health advocacy for youth of color, and led health-oriented criminal justice reform.
Featuring
Speaker
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo is a renowned actor and entrepreneur with a unique path to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions,
from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are
well recognized in Hollywood and beyond. However, it is his continuous role as a devoted father of
three and an intervention counselor that bring him the most satisfaction. He has starred in films like "Desperado," "Heat," "Machete," and TV shows like "Sons of Anarchy" and "Breaking Bad." Trejo also voices characters in video games and animated films. His ventures include Trejo's Tacos & Cantina and Trejo's Coffee & Donuts.
Emcee
Joy Donnell
Joy Donnell is a producer, writer, and speaker focused on the psychospiritual power of storytelling. Her words and visual work has been featured in W Magazine online, Demand Africa, HuffPost, and Buzzfeed. She is cofounder of CIME, the Center for Intersectional Media and Entertainment, which researches how our stories make us feel and the tools needed to create restorative narratives. Joy speaks internationally about media, equity and storytelling. Joy can be found on social platforms under @doitinpublic.
Musical Guest
DJ Dennis Owens
DJ Dennis Owens is a prominent force in the local SoCal music scene and co-founder of long-running soul/funk club The Good Foot, established in September 1998. As both a musician and DJ, Owens has more than 2,100 musical performances under his belt. Today, The Good Foot, takes place monthly at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, and is comprised of an assortment of all vinyl DJs that spin a healthy assortment of Latin, Afrobeat, soul, funk, disco and other adjacent sounds from the ‘60s to ‘80s.
Thank you to our sponsors
For additional sponsorship information, contact Francie Ghose at (562)684-1132 or gala@linchousing.org.
UNDERWRITER
STAR SPONSORS
A-LIST SPONSORS
ACADEMY SPONSORS
GREEN LIGHT SPONSORS
SILVER SCREEN SPONSORS
AMJ Construction Management Inc.
Bank of America
Bank of Southern California
Becky Clark & Suny Lay Chang
BSB Design
California Bank & Trust
California Wellness Foundation
Capital One
Century Housing
City National Bank
Carle Mackie Power & Ross LLP
Compass Advisors
Craig Lawson & Co., LLC
Eden Housing
Geocon, Inc.
Greystone
Gubb & Barshay LLP
JAG Interiors Inc.
John Given & Daphne Dennis
KFA Architecture
Labib Funk + Associates
MCC
Meta Housing
Melville Charitable Trust
National CORE
Precision
Prestige Construction and Renovation Services, Inc.
Rand Paster & Nelson LLP
SCS Engineers
Sinanian Development, Inc.
Spencer Security Group
VTBS Architects
Westport
Y&M Architect