On January 15, 2020, the LA Chapter of the Harvard Alumni for Education co-hosted Global Networking Night in Los Angeles. This year, there were two separate events – an Eastside and Westside to encourage maximum participation and spare participants some crazy LA traffic!
The Eastside event was held in collaboration with the Pasadena City College. Apart from Harvard alumni, the event also had students from PCC. The event started with an introduction by Dr Gus Frias of the Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance. Chapter leaders of all Special Interest Groups gave a short introduction of the purpose and goals of their SIGs. Christine Gentry, co-chair of the LA Chapter of HAEd and co-chair of the First Gen SIG gave a presentation on First Gen Red Book – a special project that documents the Harvard experience of first generation alumni. Post the presentation, all Harvard Alumni introduced themselves. The evening ended with structured networking to allow participants to interact with Harvard alumni they might not have met before.