You are cordially invited to a Community Impact Summit to launch So Right So Smart - Los Angeles, a program to promote the business case for sustainable business throughout Los Angeles.  At this special event hosted by the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) at the Small Business Dream Center, we will celebrate the life of Ray Anderson, screen the award-winning documentary So Right So Smart, and convene business and sustainability leaders to advance the So Right So Smart - Los Angeles program.

Celebrate the Life of Ray Anderson (1934-2011)

At the Community Impact Summit, we will join together to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Ray Anderson, one of the most passionate champions of profitable business sustainability. Hear more about Ray's life from those he inspired, and the personal messages he has for all of us continuing to climb Mount Sustainability -- as Ray liked to say.

Screening of So Right So Smart

Mr. Anderson was the feature of a critically acclaimed documentary entitled So Right So Smart narrated by Daryl Hannah.At the Summit, we will screen So Right So Smart -- a film that inspires us with stories of success, and serves as a catalyst for creative business development that infuses sustainability into strategy. So Right So Smart carries the message that sustainability is not an expensive proposition - but as Ray says, "it is a better way to make a bigger profit".  

The Community Impact Summit: So Right So Smart - Los Angeles

The intent of this complimentary Summit is to convene business and sustainability leaders across all sectors of Los Angeles to kick off a year-long program to demonstrate how So Right So Smart Los Angeles can be. In partnership with LACCD, So Right So Smart - Los Angeles will offer:

• a series of Green Business workshops,
  
• programs with schools and universities to get students involved with community sustainability initiatives,
  
• tool-kits for businesses and organizations to support their sustainability programs, and
  
• sustainability circles that bring organizations together in a collaborative environment to improve profitability through sustainability.

Join us and an exclusive list of green business leaders and our distinguished keynote speaker (to be announced) and learn how you or your organization can be a part of So Right So Smart - Los Angeles. Please make sure to RSVP as soon as possible as there is limited space.

Agenda

5:30 - Doors Open

6:00 - Networking/Refreshments

7:00 - Distinguished Keynote

7:15 - Tribute to Ray

7:30 - So Right So Smart film screening

8:30 - Q&A

9:00 - Afterparty

For questions about the Community Impact Summit event please contact: Amit Jain (310-901-0709; jaina@email.laccd.edu)

For questions about So Right So Smart please contact Craig Malina (650-823-0223; craig@specialtystudios.com)

So Right So Smart is an initiative of The Video Project, the educational distribution arm of Specialty Studios, a full service production, distribution, and engagement studio for socially conscious media based in San Francisco.

The concept of the Community Impact Summit originated in Foster City, CA as part of the So Right So Smart - San Mateo County program led by Arlene Shields, Bridget Carberry and Joanne Bohigian. Our thanks to them for starting us off and for their generosity in sharing materials and good results.  

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