2025-2026 Season

Schedule of Events

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NB: Our 2025-2026 schedule may be updated and is subject to change.

September 30:  Behind the Budget Curtain: How Politics Shape Our Schools — Watch the  video

October 27:  Is Civil Discourse a Dying Art? — Watch the  video

November 24:  We All Get Old: Let’s Get Ready — Watch the  video

February 23: Postponed until March 23 due to snow-caused school building closing

March 23:  Housing in Alexandria: Are There Solutions That We Can Agree on? — watch the video

April 27: What Should We Know About Our Drinking Water and Challenges for Delivery Systems Infrastructure? 

May 18: A Part of Our Fabric: The History and Issues Related to Alexandria’s Immigrant Population and Annual Board Election (Location: The Forum, Minnie Howard campus)


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Housing is a contentious issue that has been with us (seemingly) forever. For some housing is an investment and for others it’s a human right. Agenda:Alexandria (established in 1998 as a non-partisan, issue-neutral non-profit dedicated to respectful discourse) will host an informed discussion with a panel of experts representing multiple sides of the housing issue. The goal: To shed light where there has been much heat.

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Housing in Alexandria: Are There Solutions That We Can Agree on? - March 23, 2026

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Our November 2025 program, held in The Forum on the Mini Howard Campus, focused on the challenges of aging in Alexandria and addressed a wide variety of challenges faced those who are aging (and their families). The panel, moderated by Rod Kuckro (former Chair of Agenda:Alexandria) discussed many of the expected and unexpected issues that arise — and often surprise — those finding themselves dealing with these challenges. The panel members were: Mary Lee Anderson, Executive Director, Senior Services of Alexandria Heidi Travis, Certified Care Manager, Executive Director, ElderTree Care Management Chris Leighton, Attorney in Family Estate issues, Powers of Attorney, Probate Law, etc. Larry Lipman, Former. President of the National Press Club, AARP Virginia Speakers Bureau, Speaker on Tech Scams

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We All Get Old, Let’s Get Ready - November 24, 2025

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Focused on the importance of civil discourse in a free society and also at the interpersonal level. Addressed the years-long decline in respectful debate in the political realm (but not the specific contentious issues themselves), the role of media and social media, and how we might find common ground and best respond as individuals and organizations to exhibit model behavior. Panelists: Kate Woodsome – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (formerly at the Washington Post), Resilience Strategist, and publisher of Invisible Threads JoAnn Koob, J.D. – Director, Liberty & Law Center, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Lt. Victor Ignacio, Field Operation Section, Alexandria Sheriff’s Office Carter Flemming, Community Volunteer and Activist, 2017 Alexandria Living Legend

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Is Civil Discourse a Dying Art? - October 27, 2025

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Agenda:Alexandria, the city’s only organization dedicated to examining local issues from a variety of viewpoints, held its first program of the new 2025-2026 Season on Tuesday, September 30: “Behind the Budget Curtain: How Politics Shape Our Schools.” The panel, moderated by Rod Kuckro, discussed impacts of politics in school budgeting. Panelists were: ● Dominic Turner – Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) ● Catie Brownback - Former President, Alexandria City Council Parent Teacher Association (PTA) ● Mark Eaton - Former ACPS Teacher & School Board Member Attendees gained insights into the school system’s year-round budget cycle, the funding formulae for various Federal programs, the relationship between the elected School Board and City Council, the advocacy role of the PTA, the 2023 recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) report on Virginia K-12 funding formula, and a variety of other related topics.

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Behind the Budget Curtain – How Politics Shapes Our Schools - September 30, 2025

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