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Celebrating CEDO Intercultural: Conserving Deserts and Oceans for 30 Years

Date: May 1, 2010

Time: 2 - 8 p.m.

Location: Hotel Congress - 311 E. Congress St. Tucson, AZ 85701 (Click here for this address in Google Maps) 

Price: Free

*** Click here to view our beautiful event poster, with artwork by Margaret Kimball, in a PDF format. A postcard was also designed, which can be printed out to help spread the word. You can view it here. A description and schedule of the event can be found below.

Join CEDO on May 1 to celebrate our 30th anniversary! This year marks 30 years of CEDO working in the Northern Gulf of California in Mexico and its surrounding deserts, and we want to commemorate this achievement with you. CEDO (the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans) is excited to be having our anniversary fiesta at historic Hotel Congress in downtown Tucson.

Salvador Duran, Michael J. Ronstadt, Mariachi Espuelas de Plata, Last Call Girls, and Hector and the Javelinas will be providing live musical entertainment. Sustainable seafood, children's activities - including hands-on fun with marine tidepool creatures and desert critters, and educational booths on CEDO's programs will all be a part of the festivities. Food and drink will be available for sale, as well as beautiful CEDO t-shirts, posters, and other marine and desert gifts.

Stories from current staff members and key figures in the history of CEDO will illuminate the important conservation work, research and educational outreach CEDO has undertaken over the last 30 years in the Gulf of California and Sonoran Desert. Conservation awards will be presented to individuals who have strived to make the Gulf region a better place, whether through education, research or conservation.

 May 1, Schedule of Events

2 to 4 pm: Desert and Sea Explorations / Exploraciones del Desierto y Mar
     - Music by: Hector and the Javelinas (2:15 - 2:45pm) and Mariachi Espuelas de Plata (3 - 3:45pm).
     - Welcoming from CEDO by Peggy Turk Boyer, Executive Director, and Rick Boyer, Co-Director (2:45pm).
     - Hands on children’s activities and exhibits with live marine and desert critters (continues until 5pm).
     - Desert and tide bits about the flora and fauna of the Gulf of California and Sonoran Desert.

4 to 6 pm: The People of CEDO / La Gente del CEDO
     - Music by: Last Call Girls (4 - 4:45pm) and Michael J. Ronstadt (5:30 - 6:15pm).
     - Special recognition for guests of honor (5pm):
           * Dr. Donald Thomson, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizona.
           * Heather Green, local Tucson artist and Gulf of California naturalist.
           * Other groups who have contributed to CEDO over the years will be recognized as well: members, volunteers, interns, schools, eco-tour participants, staff, and current and former board members.

6 to 8 pm: Let’s Celebrate CEDO: Past and Future / Vamos a Celebrar CEDO: el Pasado y Futuro
     - Music by: Salvador Duran (6:45pm).
     - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Cudney-Bueno, conservation scientist and Gulf of California program director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (6:15pm).     
     - Presentation of both U.S. Congressional achievement award and city of Tucson's Copper Letter to CEDO.
     - Stories from CEDO’s past and plans for the future.

*** Schedule is subject to change. We look forward to celebrating this milestone with all of our friends, colleagues and supporters. Thank you to everyone over the last three decades who have made this possible. See you on May 1!

On November 6, come celebrate with us in Puerto Peñasco too. More information on that fiesta will be available at a later date, but save the date now to make sure you don't miss it.

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Background Information on CEDO: CEDO is the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans, or in Spanish, El Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos. In 1980, CEDO opened and began our journey. Our headquarters have always been in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, México, in the biologically rich and beautiful Northern Gulf of California. Our mission is to advance and share knowledge about the Upper Gulf of California and surrounding Sonoran Desert, and to promote conservation and the sustainable use of its natural and cultural resources.

Each year thousands of people participate in our research, education and conservation programs. CEDO maintains a biological field station for visiting classes and field researchers. Our visitor center/gift shop is open daily, and we offer eco-adventures for families and children. We work closely with visitors, local communities, and the government to understand and minimize human impact on local environments, including the vital marine life that the Gulf of California is famous for, and that so many communities depend on.