25th Anniversary Events

The School of Public Policy is honored to host distinguished speakers, expert policy leaders, educators, noteworthy scholars, and many more from across the nation. We invite you to attend our upcoming events!

Upcoming Events

Child walking in the street alone

No Way to Treat a Child Webinar Series

September 20, 2022
October 11, 2022
November 15, 2022
December 6, 2022

Moderator
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Featured Speakers

Sarah Anne Font
Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Penn State University

Ronald Richter
CEO and Executive Director of JCCA

Jedd Medefind
President of the Christian Alliance for Orphan

Emily Putnam-Hornstein
John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Past Events

Date	Event	Speaker(s)
June 22, 2022	Inside the Business and Geo-Politics of Modern Slavery	Pete Peterson, Dean, Pepperdine School of Public Policy Siddharth Kara, author, researcher, screenwriter, and activist on modern slavery; British Academy Global Professor (2020-2024); Senior Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
June 9, 2022	Metro Majority: Local America A Manhattan Institute event	Keynote Speaker Edward Glaeser, Harvard University Panelists Include Fmr. Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City of San Diego Mayor Kevin Lincoln, City of Stockton Mayor Eric Johnson, City of Dallas Rick Cole, Congress for New Urbanism
May 23, 2022	Free Speech 2022 Conference Challenges and Opportunities through Institutions	Keynote Speaker Dr. Robert George Panelists include Naomi Schaefer Riley (AEI), Bion Bartning (FAIR), Tunku Varadrajan (Wall Street Journal), Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic), and many more!
May 11, 2022	Is This What Direct Democracy Looks Like? A Zócalo Event in Partnership with the Berggruen Institute, the Public Policy Institute of California, and the Pepperdine School of Public Policy	Shirley Weber, California Secretary Of State Mark Baldassare President, Public Policy Institute Of California John Matsusaka President, Initiative & Referendum Institute Nathan Gardels Editor-In-Chief, Noema Magazine
April 28, 2022	Is There Hope for the 'Dying Citizen'?	Victor Davis Hanson Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University
March 31, 2022	Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War	James Poulos Co-founder and executive editor, American Mind, Claremont Institute Cofounder and publisher, RETURN, New Founding
March 17, 2022	The Place of the Constitution in the Education of Citizens	Wilfred M. McClay Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization, Hillsdale College
February 9, 2022	Black History: An Affirmation of American Values	Robert L. Woodson Sr. Founder and president, The Woodson Center
February 7, 2022	POLICIES WITH IMPACT: A Conversation With Senator Henry Stern	Senator Henry Stern
January 26, 2022	Faith & Public Policy Series "No Way to Treat a Child"—Foster Care and Youth Services	Featured Speaker Naomi Schaefer Riley Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Panelists Dominique Robinson Faith-based program manager, LA County Department of Children and Family Services Jessica Valdez Director of Adoption Promotion and Support Services, Olive Crest Moderator Dan Broyles Pastor, Valencia Hills Community Church