2023 Radke Championing Advocacy Award

2023 Radke Championing Advocacy Award Ceremony

Congressman DeSaulnier Receives 2023 Radke Championing Advocacy Award

On Friday, December 8, 2023, the East Bay Regional Park District and the Regional Parks Foundation awarded U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier with the 2023 Radke Championing Advocacy Award at a ceremony along the Iron Horse Trail in Walnut Creek.

U.S. Representative DeSaulnier has been a long-time supporter and avid user of Park District parks and trails. In 2022, he was instrumental in securing $3 million in federal funding for the District’s planned visitor center at Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50.

The Radke Championing Advocacy award is named for late Park District Board Member Ted Radke, who advanced state and federal support for park funding. As the Park District’s longest-serving Board Member, he strengthened the Park District’s ties in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

The Radke Championing Advocacy Award is awarded by the Park District and the Regional Parks Foundation to an advocacy champion who advances state or federal support for the East Bay Regional Park District. It is named for the late Ted Radke, a member of the Park District Board of Directors who, at 36 years of service, was the longest-serving board member in the District’s 88-year history.

Learn more about the Radke Championing Advocacy Award and past recipients on the East Bay Regional Park District website.