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We continue to plan our Saturday sessions for the Class of 2025-2026. Please feel free to share your thoughts with us on topics you want to make sure we try to address. For now, please make sure to add these Saturdays to your calendars.<\/h3>\n

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September 13, 2025 – Food Access<\/h3>\n

9:30am-2:00pm | Location: The Huntington Library, San Marino with site visit to the LA Food Bank<\/p>\n

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October 4, 2025 – Olympics, World Cup, and the City<\/h3>\n

9:00am-2:00pm | Location: LA Coliseum
\nSpeaker: Dan Rodman and Karina Macias, City of LA<\/p>\n

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November 15, 2025 – Trade & Commerce in the Past, Present, and Future of the City<\/h3>\n

8:00am-2:00pm | Location: Port of Los Angeles
\nSpeaker: Frances Ohlheiser, Director of Communications, Yusen Terminals and Geraldine Knatz, USC Prof. and former Executive Director of the Port of LA<\/p>\n

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January 24, 2026 – Public Health<\/h3>\n

9:30am \u2013 2pm | Location: Huntington Library
\nSpeaker: Dr. Cynthia Willard on equity and asthma; Amber Santoro on Olive View Sanitarium; and Mike the Poet<\/p>\n

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February 21, 2026 – M\u00fasica and the Museum<\/h3>\n

9:30am \u2013 2pm | Location: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
\nSpeaker: Esperanza Sanchez and Jorge Leal, curators and historian of “A Great Day in East LA: Celebrando the Eastside Sound”<\/p>\n

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March 21, 2026 – Southern California Orchards!<\/h3>\n

9:00am-2:00pm | Location: The Huntington
\nSpeaker: Patrick Hudnut, Hollywood Food Coalition; Carola DiPoi, Head Gardener, Rach & Kitchen Garden, The Huntington; Randy Shulman, Senior Vice President for Advancement and External Relations, The Huntington<\/p>\n

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April 25, 2026 – TBD<\/h3>\n

9:30am \u2013 2:00pm | Location: TBD
\nSpeaker: TBD<\/p>\n

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May 9, 2026 – Next Steps and LASA Alumni Reunion<\/h3>\n

10:00am-2:00pm | Location: Huntington Library
\nSpeaker: Sharon Cuseo, Upper School Dean and College Counselor, Harvard-Westlake School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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