The Fight for a Fairer City: Los Angeles as Testing Ground

Event details Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026 Time: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Location: Autry Museum of the American West Cost: Free Type: Lecture / Talk / Workshop Campus: Other Location Department: Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI), USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Audience: Students, Alumni, Faculty/Staff About this event This panel explores the ways Californians contributed to the shape and foundations of our current political system, showing how the path to liberty and freedom did not move unilaterally from East to West, with Los Angeles a 20th century trailblazer in the pursuit of freedom. A conversation with Michael Woo (former Los Angeles City Councilmember and President of 1871 Memorial Project) and Zev Yaroslavsky (former Los Angeles County Supervisor and Director of Los Angeles Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs). Official event details: https://calendar.usc.edu/event/the-fight-for-a-fairer-city-los-angeles-as-testing-ground