2019 Session Schedule & Content

The Southern California Symposium

Session 1

Friday, March 22, 2019
12:30PM - 9:00PM

  • Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, Dean’s Professor of Gender Studies and Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Jack Knott, Dean and C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair and Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
  • David Morse, Visiting Senior Fellow, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
  • Gary Painter, Director, USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation; Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute
  • Roberto Suro, Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy & Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
  • Paul Vandeventer, Co-Founder, Community Partners
  • Adlai Wertman, David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship; Founding Director, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab

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Saturday, March 23, 2019
9:00AM - 4:00PM

  • Manuel Pastor, Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity; Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE); Director, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII)

Research and Resources: Neighborhood Data for Social Change

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Session 2

Friday, March 29, 2019
8:00AM - 5:00PM

2019 Social Innovation Summit: Pathways to Opportunity

  • Educational Attainment
  • Strong Families
  • Re-entry

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Saturday, March 30, 2019
9:00AM - 4:00PM

Debrief on Social Innovation Summit

Intergeneration Collaboration

  • Paul Irving, Chairman, Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging; Distinguished Scholar in Residence, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Southern California’s Demographic Future

  • Dowell Myers, Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy; Director, Population Dynamics Research Group

Session 3

Friday, April 12, 2019
1:30PM - 9:00PM

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Saturday, April 13, 2019
9:00AM - 4:00PM

  • David AmbrozExecutive Director of Corporate Citizenship, Social Responsibility & Internal Communications, Disney ABC Television Group
  • Andy Goodman, Co-Founder & Director, The Goodman Center

Session 4

Friday, April 26, 2019
1:30PM - 9:00PM

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Saturday, April 27, 2019
9:00AM - 4:00PM

Final Session

Friday, May 3, 2019
5:00PM - 9:00PM

Presentation of Capstone Projects

Reception and Closing Dinner

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Past Symposia

2018 Session Schedule & Content