This event serves as a celebration of the efforts by Upton Sinclair and other progressives to bridge movements and serve as a catalyst for new activities. The goals of the conference are to illustrate the role of progressives and progressive social movements in Los Angeles from the 1920s to the present and how these movements provide an alternative view of what Los Angeles has been and what it can become. Through this exploration, the conference will discuss the conflicts and opportunities for linking movements in order to identify lessons from the past for the future of progressive politics in Los Angeles. This project is made possible in art by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. California Association of Non-Profit Housing Roy Hong, Executive Director, Korean Immigrant Workers' Advocates Carlos Porras, So.
Admission is free.