You're Invited to the
20th Annual Heyday Harvest
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
⚲ The Freight
2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA
5:00 – 8:00 PM PST
Featuring Heyday Award Recipients
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of work that includes more than 50 films and significant contributions to political causes such as women’s rights, Indigenous rights, and environmental protection. Fonda fights for democratic justice via her relaunch of The Committee for the First Amendment, rallying figures of all fields to stand up for our first amendment rights.
Heyday Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
Rhae Lynn Barnes
Dr. Rhae Lynn Barnes is a nationally bestselling author, historian, curator, and multimedia storyteller dedicated to democratizing history. Her acclaimed book, Darkology, is an exploration of racism’s role in American political life and has been praised as a “masterpiece” by Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight. Barnes is Assistant Professor of American Cultural History at Princeton University and founder of the digital education platform U.S. History Scene, which provides resources to 20,000 public schools nationwide.
Heyday History Award Honoree
Celebrate the Transformative Power of Independent Publishing
You’re invited to the 20th Annual Heyday Harvest! This yearly fundraiser gathers together Heyday’s community of writers, readers, activists, and thinkers to commemorate the impact of voice and all the ways the written word inspires us to see the world anew. This evening will showcase Heyday’s publishing mission and presentations of the
2026 Heyday Lifetime Achievement Award to Jane Fonda
&
2026 Heyday History Award to Rhae Lynn Barnes for Darkology
Together we will celebrate environmental kinship, Indigenous sovereignty, and the power of storytelling to shape a more just and mindful world.
Featuring Heyday Authors
Terria Smith is a tribal member of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and a proud original Californian. She is the editor of News from Native California » magazine and director of the Berkeley Roundhouse, Heyday’s California Indian publishing program. Smith is also the editor of the Native resistance anthology Know We Are Here » and author of the travel memoir I Love You So Many ». She received her undergraduate degree at Cal Poly Humboldt and earned her master’s degree at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She lives on her ancestral homelands in the Coachella Valley with her puppy Havana.
Obi Kaufmann is an artist, conservationist, and the award-winning creator of the bestselling California Field Atlas Series ». Kaufmann is a former board member of the California Wilderness Coalition and winner of the 2019 Mark Dubois River Protection Award. Notable recent illustration projects include a 2022 residency with the National Wildlife Federation as the illustrator for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing and a 2025 writing and painting residency for the National Gallery of Art in Yosemite. His most recent book is California Inside Out ».
Heyday Presents
A Spotlight on Native Children's Literature
Join us for an inspiring author panel celebrating the power and creativity of Native children’s literature. Featuring acclaimed authors Lyn Risling, Brook Thompson, Sage Andrew Romero, and Loralee Sepsey, this conversation will explore how Indigenous stories shape young readers’ understanding of identity, resilience, and belonging and the impact these books have in classrooms, homes, and the wider culture.
Heyday wishes to acknowledge the following for their ongoing support of our mission
Heyday Harvest Honorary Committee
Susan D. Anderson • Governor Jerry Brown • Dana Gioia • Will Hearst • Carol Blue Hitchens • Lynn & Jeff Horowitz •
Maxine Hong Kingston • Karen Korematsu • Jonathan Logan • Davis Mas Masumoto • Greg Sarris • Peter Wiley & Jessica Lipnack
Heyday Advisory Board
Susan D. Anderson • Lindsie Bear • Miranda Bergman • Nesbit Crutchfield • Frances Dinkelspiel • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • Dave Eggers • Philip Kan Gotanda • Juan Felipe Herrera • Maxine Hong Kingston • Praveen Madan • Benjamin Madley • Kimberly Cox Marshall • Pablo Menendez • Innosanto Nagara • Viet Thanh Nguyen • Emiko Omori • Renée Richard • Greg Sarris • Jeffrey Henson Scales • Anola Small • John Tateishi • Lewis Watts
Heyday Board of Directors
Megan Vered, Chair • Brian Kenny, Vice Chair • Don Franzen, Co-Treasurer • Zachary Karabell, Co-Treasurer • Timothy Don • John Donatich • Marilee Enge • V.R. Ferose • Bruce Goldsmith • Deborah L. Sanchez