Speakers
Alexander Braczkowski
Photographer, National Geographic
Causing compassion and advocacy, frame by frame.
JB Dyas
Vice President, UCLA Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
A performance and talk about the most powerful lessons of listening, leadership, agency, and compassion through jazz.
Kitty Felde
Host, Book Club for Kids
It’s not about the book: the unexpected left turns of conversation that open up through the act of reading while young.
Travis Flores
Writer, Producer, and Activist
Agency through being present.
Joey Forsyte
Founder and CEO, A Band of Voters
Hopefullness vs. hoplessness: stoking agency through the act of voting.
Yolanda Gorman
Chief of Staff, UCLA Office of the Chancellor
Being open to possibilities.
Harmony Grillo
Social Activist
Should prostitution be decriminalized?
Nikita Gupta
Program Director, UCLA GRIT
Stoking resilience from the inside out: keys to adaptability and joy during uncertain times.
Jocelyn Ho
Assistant Professor, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Making women, and their invisible work, visible, one note at a time.
Devin Mallory
Performer, UCLA Dance Team
A performance from the unexpected—and welcomed—new member of the team.
Marc Mertens
CEO, A Hundred Years
Finding purpose through slowing down.
Paul Mischel
Distinguished Professor of Pathology, UCSD
A whole new lens to peer through: remapping our understanding of disease.
Francisco Ramos-Gomez
Professor, UCLA School of Dentistry
Transforming children’s oral health through equity and social justice, one smile at a time.
Laura Ritchie
Professor of Learning and Teaching in Music, University of Chichester
Self-efficacy is your untapped superpower, and key to agency.
George Shenusay
Accessibility Engineer, UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program
The welcomed diet of mealworms and their power to remove pollutants.
WiseTwo
Street Artist
Letting your guard down through the universal language of art.
Tara Youngblood
Co-Founder, Chili
Managing the quality of sleep, the power of the rested mind.
Event Information
Address
Royce Hall
10745 Dickson Court
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Parking
Structure 4
221 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
All-day parking at UCLA costs $13.