Former state Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins will receive the Harvey Milk Leadership Award during the 13th annual Harvey Milk Coachella Valley Diversity Breakfast this Thursday in Palm Springs.
The event will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Palm Springs Convention Center, located at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros.
North Avenida CaballerosAtkins will address approximately 1,200 community leaders, business leaders, and LGBTQ+ youth.
The 62-year-old Democrat, one of several candidates in the 2026 California governor’s race, will be honored in part for championing “affordable housing, the environment, health care, veterans, women, and the LGBTQ+ community,” organizers said.
Atkins’ political career began as a staff member for the San Diego City Council during the early 2000s. In 2014, she was elected Assembly speaker, becoming the first San Diegan and first lesbian to hold that position, according to her website.
She also made history as the first woman to hold both of the state Legislature’s leadership positions as speaker and president pro-tempore of the Senate.
Past speakers of the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast have included labor leader Dolores Huerta, LGBTQ activist Nicole Murray Ramirez, human rights activist Stuart Milk (Harvey Milk’s nephew), AIDS activist Cleve Jones, and former Assemblyman and state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
Also at Thursday’s breakfast, singer-songwriter Holly Near will be presented with the Harvey Milk Legacy Award for her 50 years of work as an “ambassador for peace,” organizers said.
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