GCDN Annual Convening – Los Angeles 2025

GCDN Annual Convening – Los Angeles 2025

11:00 PDT

[B/OUT] BEYOND THE PODIUM: ARTS, CULTURE, AND OLYMPIC LEGACIES Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Hope Street LobbyTamsin Ace • Angelita Teo • Jason Bruges [B/OUT] CREATIVE RECOVERY: RESTORING PLACES, REBUILDING COMMUNITIES... Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Eva & Marc Stern Grand HallRamon Marrades • Guillermo Bernal • Janet Newcomb [B/OUT] GLOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON IMPACT: MEASURING WHAT MATTERS Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Founders RoomNatalia Vartapetova • Bronwyn Mauldin • Michael O'Leary • Victoria Perera Rojas

12:30 PDT

[B/OUT] A TALE OF SOFTER CITIES… Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Eva & Marc Stern Grand HallIlana Altman • Anupam Yog • Mouna Andraos • Chelina Odbert [B/OUT] GRAND AVENUE CULTURAL DISTRICT: THE MAKING OF Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Grand Avenue Lobby [B/OUT] IT STARTS WITH AN H… HARNESSING HOPE TO TRANSFORM NARRATIVES OF HOMELESSNESS Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Hope Street LobbyAlex Budd • Najel Monteiro • Liam Noordzij • Kevin Sherrod [B/OUT] OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE & EQUITY Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Founders RoomEmily Harney • Ken Ikeda • Prophet Walker

12:00 PDT

[B/OUT] CULTURE, CLIMATE, AND THE FUTURE OF PLACE Walt Disney Concert Hall: W.M. Keck Children's AmphitheatreFreya Stannard • Denise Fairchild • Sheena Khan • Daniel Tobin [B/OUT] MUST WE BUILD IT FOR THEM TO COME? Walt Disney Concert Hall: BP HallJoe Wilson Jr. • Darren Grice • Natasha Sharma • Joan Weinstein [B/OUT] RECLAIMING SPACE: HOW FEMINIST AND COMMUNITY-LED SPATIAL PRACTICES CAN SHAPE MORE INCLUSIVE CITIES Walt Disney Concert Hall: Founders RoomCatalina Casas • Theresa Hyuna Hwang • Maya Shpiro • Geraldina Interiano Wise [B/OUT] STORYTELLING FOR CHANGE: RESISTANCE, RENEWAL, AND REIMAGINING Walt Disney Concert Hall: Choral HallStephanie Fortunato • Kristin Fukushima • Karen E. Mack • Leticia Rhi Buckley