LMU BELLARMINE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | The Bellarmine Forum is proud to welcome Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to campus to discuss emerging trends and themes in public policy that will impact the future of the region, as well as his vision for expanding L.A.’s leadership as a global and sustainable city.
Garcetti will be in conversation with Fernando Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, and founding director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles. A Q & A session will follow the discussion.
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
4:45 p.m.
Ahmanson Auditorium, University Hall
Garcetti is a fourth-generation Angeleno and has spent nearly two decades serving Los Angeles. He was first elected to the L.A. City Council in 2001, where he served four terms as council president before being elected mayor in 2013 and winning re-election in 2017.
The Bellarmine Forum is an annual celebration of the life of the mind in relation to LMU’s mission and heritage. Each year, the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts offers a series of interconnected events and undergraduate courses that engage an important question or theme. This year’s theme, “Los Angeles: A Place for the Future,” connects our work at LMU to the city of Los Angeles, a place that inspires us with its diversity, history, natural surroundings, and creativity. Through linked undergraduate courses, common lectures, and public events, students and faculty have been engaging in interdisciplinary conversations addressing the rapidly changing social, economic, political, and environmental contexts forging Los Angeles’ future.
The 2019-20 Bellarmine Forum was planned with the support and collaboration of an interdisciplinary planning committee consisting of Elizabeth Drummond, associate professor of history; Brianne Gilbert, associate director for the Center for the Study of Los Angeles; Guerra; Pete Hoffman, associate professor of geography and director of Urban Studies; and Ed Park, professor of Asian and Asian American studies.
