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Who Gets to Ride? Transit Planning at the Intersection of Efficiency and Equity

Transit agencies face a fundamental conundrum: do you design service to maximize ridership, concentrating resources along busy corridors where demand already exists, or do you prioritize coverage, extending lifeline service to dispersed communities that may need it most? The tradeoffs are especially heightened in sparse urban areas and in regions experiencing the increased suburbanization of poverty. Planners navigate these tradeoffs every day through network design, demographic data, service standards, and community engagement.

Access & Autonomy: Reproductive Care in Los Angeles

This event goes beyond discussing what resources exist to explore how people actually access care. Panelists, including campus providers, student advocates, and community-based practitioners, will discuss where services are located, what they provide, typical wait times and timelines, transportation options, and how to effectively use available resources. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the people behind these systems, putting faces to the care networks that support reproductive health.

From Left to Right: Shifting Currents in Israeli Politics from 1948 to the Present

David Myers’ talk will examine important shifts on the Israeli political spectrum from the thirty-year rule of the Labor Party (as of 1948) to the "upheaval" of 1977, when Menachem Begin came to power, commencing a nearly half-century reign of right-wing control. It will also discuss the meandering route of the Israeli peace movement, as well as the challenges faced by Arab political parties in Israel.

Perspectives from the Field: A Civil Rights & Police Reform

Adrienna Wong is a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, where her work focuses on police practices and economic justice. Before she joined the ACLU of Southern California in 2014, she was an Arthur Liman Fellow at the ACLU of Texas, where she documented abuses in prisons and immigration detention centers and was involved in litigation to hold private prison contractors accountable.