Los Angeles Community Outreach & Event Planning Panel + Mixer

Sunday, August 23rd, 2026, 1—4pm

Lore Leimert Park Bookstore
4334 Degnan Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Join us for an afternoon of conversation and networking, bringing together members of the South LA and wider Los Angeles communities, nonprofit leaders, and local organizers for a panel conversation + casual mixer to help shape the community outreach, partnerships, and event programming at the Luminous Community Center (LCC) during its year-long installation in South Central LA.

You’re invited to the Luminous Community Center - Los Angeles Community Outreach & Event Planning Panel + Mixer, co-hosted by The Luminous Community Center, ExpandLA, and Lore Leimert Park Bookstore.

Join us for an afternoon of conversation and networking, bringing together members of the South LA and wider Los Angeles communities, nonprofit leaders, and local organizers for a panel conversation + casual mixer to help shape the community outreach, partnerships, and event programming at the Luminous Community Center (LCC) during its year-long installation in South Central LA (2028–2029).

• Learn how to partner with the Luminous Community Center
• Connect with potential partners and collaborators
• Help guide event programming themes

Panelists

Nikolas Soren Goodich

Artist/Executive Director of the Luminous Community Center

Suany Quiñónez

LCC Partnership Director, Chair of the LA LCC Community Advisory Committee, Expanded Learning Alliance (ExpandLA) South LA Youth Hub Coordinator

Tiesha Hutchins

LCC Development Director, Founder of Futurist Strategies

María Sánchez

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, President of Zapata King Neighborhood Council

Carlos Cabrera

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, Councilmember Zapata King Neighborhood Council, Organizer of South LA Clean Up

Skira Martínez

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, South LA Community Activist with Liberation School, Director of Cielo Gallery

Gloria Ruiz

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, Director of Parent Training and Information Center at TASK (Team of Advocates for Special Kids)

Blue Pariededeux

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, South LA Community Gang Reduction Organizer

Sam Elias

LCC LA Community Advisory Committee, CD9 Representative, South Park Community Organizer

Contact

If you have questions about the Lore Bookstore event and/or partnerships with the Luminous Community Center, contact LCC Partnership Director, Suany Quiñónez.

RSVP

This is a free event. Seating is limited. Please RSVP as soon as possible.