Office Hours
Join us for our second Office Hours event in Tucson. Come for brunch drinks, light bites, and to ask questions of smart people working in politics and legislation around LGBTQ+ issues.
LOOKOUT is inviting you to attend an early afternoon of coffee, mimosas, light bites, and some political discourse on what this year in politics has shaped up to be.
For this Office Hours session, we're going to be discussing: money. Yes, the very sexy side of politics that has a sizable impact on your day-to-day lives, but often goes unnoticed because of "math."
This is the perfect event for you if you're: someone who wants to learn how the political machine works in your city; a person who wants to know how to follow the money; a newcomer to Tucson who wants to know more about politics in your region.
This is the second of our three Office Hours sessions. The event is an informal roundtable moderated by LOOKOUT, and we will have two guest speakers who will help you make sense of everything happening, and what you can do to arm yourself with knowledge and how to help.
This event is limited to 30 people in-person, but will also be live streamed privately via a Zoom Webinar. LOOKOUT paid members get access to events for free. Upon checkout, please enter the code given that was sent to your member email. If you are a paid member but didn't get your code, please email us at [email protected].
For others, we are offering tickets at $8 per person.
For this Office Hours session, we're going to be discussing: money. Yes, the very sexy side of politics that has a sizable impact on your day-to-day lives, but often goes unnoticed because of "math."
This is the perfect event for you if you're: someone who wants to learn how the political machine works in your city; a person who wants to know how to follow the money; a newcomer to Tucson who wants to know more about politics in your region.
This is the second of our three Office Hours sessions. The event is an informal roundtable moderated by LOOKOUT, and we will have two guest speakers who will help you make sense of everything happening, and what you can do to arm yourself with knowledge and how to help.
This event is limited to 30 people in-person, but will also be live streamed privately via a Zoom Webinar. LOOKOUT paid members get access to events for free. Upon checkout, please enter the code given that was sent to your member email. If you are a paid member but didn't get your code, please email us at [email protected].
For others, we are offering tickets at $8 per person.
Location
Calle Chica House
4012 E Calle Chica
Tucson, Arizona 85711
4012 E Calle Chica
Tucson, Arizona 85711
Date & Time
April 27, 2025, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Speakers
Our Office Hours events are an opportunity for locals to meet other people in their cities who know how to get things done, or point you in the right directions to find the tools to make things happen. For this Office Hour event discussing money, we'll have President and CEO of Community Foundation of Southern Arizona Jenny Flynn as well as Tucson Agenda writer Joe Ferguson speaking and helping you all make sense of what's happening with local and federal budgets coming into your city for certain programs.
Jenny Flynn
CEO, President
Community Foundation
Southern Arizona
Community Foundation
Southern Arizona
Jenny is a long-time Tucsonan, settling here as her adopted home in 1999 after
spending time in six states and four countries. She joined the Community Foundation
for Southern Arizona (CFSA) as President and CEO in 2021. At CFSA, she is especially
proud of the innovative ways we partner with donors and nonprofits to serve the ever-
changing needs of our community. Recent examples include the Nonprofit Solar Project,
the Solutions-Focused Community Book Club, and the Local News Initiative of Southern
Arizona.
Joe Ferguson
TucSon Agenda
Joe Ferguson is an award-winning investigative journalist with deep roots in Tucson politics and government. A former reporter at the Arizona Daily Star, Joe is now with The Tucson Agenda, where he continues his signature brand of shoe-leather reporting. Known for holding power to account—regardless of party—Joe brings unmatched institutional knowledge to his work. He’s also served as a Pima County constable and court administrator, giving him rare insight into government from the inside. Joe is a past recipient of the Sledgehammer Award, the FOIA Award, and the First Amendment Award for his fearless and impactful reporting.
Joseph Darius Jaafari
LOOKOUT
Joseph Darius Jaafari is the founder and editor-in-chief of LOOKOUT, Arizona’s leading nonprofit LGBTQ+ news outlet. With more than a decade of investigative reporting under his belt, Joseph has covered prisons, policing, and politics for national and local outlets, including The Marshall Project, The Arizona Republic, Spotlight PA, and Rolling Stone Magazine. He launched LOOKOUT in 2022 to fill a critical gap in LGBTQ+ news coverage, especially in rural and underserved communities. Under his leadership, LOOKOUT has won multiple awards for its impactful storytelling and accountability journalism. Joseph is a passionate advocate for press freedom and equitable coverage that reflects and serves queer communities across Arizona.