2018 Conference
2018 SPEAKERS
Last year we had some great speakers with experience from all facets of Fair Housing including Scholars, Legal Experts, Technology Professionals, and many more!
George
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Barbara Arnwine
President/Founder, Transformative Justice Center
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Erwin
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Rene
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Stella
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Jesus
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Richard
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Jeanine
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R. Tamar
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Scott
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Beth
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Michael P.
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Nadine
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David
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Leslie
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Kevin
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Andrew
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Denise McGrannahan
Senior Attorney, Santa Monica office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
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Christopher
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Todd
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Jennifer
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Leonard
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Alexandra
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2018 Conference Schedule
Register FOR FREE to join us on our Pre-Conference Day!
Wednesday
February 14th
PRE-CONFERENCE DAY
A Day of Discussion on Hate Crimes.
8:30AM - 9:00AM
General Registration
9:00AM - 10:15AM
Plenary – Hate Crimes and Terrorism in Housing and Community
Historical Hate Groups- Definitions of- Understanding the Differences. This session will highlight some historical development of hate groups in America. The discussion will review federal and state fair housing and other laws that have been passed to address and respond to hate crimes with preventive and enforcement forces. Presented by R. Tamar Hagler, ESQ., and Alexandra Seldin, and David Loy, ESQ.
Session Supporting Documents:
10:15AM - 10:30AM
Break
10:30AM - 11:45AM
Plenary – Hate Crimes in Housing
Conditions and Impacts on Community-Review of Enforcement Resources. Presented by David Loy, Todd Hemmen, and Christopher Tenorio, Esq.
Moderator: R. Tamar Hagler Session Supporting Documents:
12:15AM - 1:45PM
Luncheon
Free Brown-Bag Lunch- SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT --NOT HATE!!
Hate crimes spread fear throughout the entire communities and threaten or take the lives of targeted victims. These victims are: Muslim; African-Americans/other group identities/ethnicities; have different sexual orientations(s); are subjected to cyber bullying; and are refugees and immigrants who hail from different nations of the world anyone subjected to hate. A united and coalesced community response must have at its core, anti- hate crime coalitions, faith-based communities, businesses and their diverse customers, housing associations, law enforcement, neighbors and many others.
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Plenary – Hate Crimes in The Community
Programs-Legislative Cures-Educational Responses to Fight Hate Crimes in our Communities.
Speaker - Judge Scott T. Millington - Judge Millington will speak to share his perspective and experiences of his work in the hate crimes arena. The audience will be invited to share information and perspectives that focus on questions around and identifying Community Resources, Help-Programs, Legislative Cures, Educational Responses to fight hate crimes in our communities. Judge Millington is a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. He was appointed by former Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Feb. 16, 2005. 3:15PM - 4:15PM
DiversaLink Fair Housing Software Presentation
This session will introduce the DiversaLink Software Platform. DiversaLink was designed by working with Fair Housing agencies that seek reasonable accommodations and/or litigate housing discrimination cases.
The Demonstration will cover: -Case Management -Housing Counseling Management -Education and Outreach -Grant Management -Time Manager -Documentation Manager -Mobile Testing Session Supporting Documents:
4:15PM
Pre-Conference Day Adjourns
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Thursday
February 15th
CONFERENCE DAY 1
7:45AM - 8:30AM
General Conference Registration
8:45AM - 9:00AM
Welcome and Opening Speaker(s)
9:00AM - 10:15AM
Plenary – Immigration Reform-and Housing Civil Rights-Discussion
How Does the Fair Housing Act Protect Immigrant/Other Housing Consumers and also Property Owners? Presented by Scott Chang, Esq. - Housing Rights Center, David Loy, Esq., Jesus Hernandez, PH.D.
Moderator: Fernando Gaytan, Esq., Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 10:15AM - 10:30AM
Break
10:30AM - 11:45AM
Breakout Session
Litigation Strategies in Cases Involving Disability- Effective Use of Reasonable Accommodation - Modifications Requests and TROs, et al. Presented by Denise McGranahan, Esq and Jennifer Ganata, Esq.
Moderator: Andrea Ringer, Esq., Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles California. 12:15PM - 1:45PM
Keynote Speaker
Attorney Barbara Arnwine - President and Founder - Transformative Justice Coalition
2:00PM - 3:15PM
Breakout Session
Basic Coverage of Fair Housing Laws – A Comprehensive 101-Review. Speakers – Michael Seng, Executive Director, John Marshall School of Law-Fair Housing Legal Support Center and Beth Rosen-Prinz, Fair Housing Consultant
Session Supporting Documents:
2:00PM - 3:15PM
Breakout Session I
Ethical Considerations for Litigation
-Back by Popular Demand- 3:30PM - 4:45 PM
Breakout Session II
Ethical Considerations for Litigation
-Back by Popular Demand- 3:45PM - 5:00PM
Breakout Session II
Mortgage Lending Updates-Fair Housing and Fair Lending Updates
Presented by: Stella Adams, Kevin Stein, Esq., Nadine Cohen, Esq. Moderator: Fernando Gaytan, Esq. - Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 5:00PM
Conference Day 1 Adjourns
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Friday
February 16th
CONFERENCE DAY 2
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Plenary-A Review of the Supreme Court
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Video Presentation.
9:00AM - 10:15AM
Plenary -Historical Perspectives-Developing Challenges- Fair Housing Laws advance in stride as society defines new challenges.
Panelists will discuss historical socio-economic dynamics along with emerging issues concerning housing and environment and housing and criminal justice reform.
Speakers for this Session are: George Lipsitz, Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Michael Seng, Esq. John Marshall School of Law-Fair Housing Legal Support Center- Jesus Hernandez, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis. Moderator: David Levy, Fair Housing Council of Orange County Session Supporting Documents:
10:15AM - 10:30AM
Break
10:30AM - 11:45AM
Plenary- The History of Housing Civil Rights for Women - Session I
The Compelling Case of Sexual Harassment in Housing. Presented by Barbara Arnwine, Esq., R. Tamar Hagler, Esq., Leslie F. Levy, Esq.
Moderator: Christopher Brancart, Esq., Brancart and Brancart 12:15AM - 1:45PM
Luncheon
Keynote Speaker
George Lipsitz- Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
2:00PM - 3:15PM
Plenary –§504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (As Amended)
Educating All About Provisions and
requirements of- For Public Housing Authorities, Affordable Housing programs, Tax Credited properties and housing consumers with disabilities, et al. Presented by Scott P. Moore. and Jeanine Worden. Moderator: Sharon Kinlaw, Executive Director - Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley. Session Supporting Documents:
2:00PM - 3:15PM
Plenary- The History of Housing Civil Rights for Women - Session II
The Compelling Case of Sexual Harassment in Housing. Presented by Barbara Arnwine, Esq., R. Tamar Hagler, Esq., Leslie F. Levy, Esq.
Moderator: Christopher Brancart, Esq., Brancart and Brancart 3:30PM - 4:45PM
Plenary - HIGHLIGHTS
Challenges for the future - case law updates.
Presented by Stella Adams, David Loy, Esq., Bryan Greene, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Alexandra Seldin. 5:15PM
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Earn Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits!
How to improve your knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Fair Housing is a complicated issue and with many forms of discrimination and expanding regulations, it is important to understand how to better advocate for those in need of representation. This Conference will help attendees gain a better understanding of the challenges ahead and learn how to address them.
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LAST YEAR'S HOTEL!
Conference Location:
Town and Country Hotel 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 |
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Directions To The Resort
THANK YOU TO
OUR GENEROUS 2018 SPONSORS!
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2018's Celebration of Black History Month
CROWNS by Regina Taylor
CROWNS is a moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration
of African American history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young woman who, after her brother is
killed in Brooklyn, has come “down South” to stay with her aunt. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and
the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical
and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat or every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals
to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the
New Testament and current fashion.
This exuberant gospel-style musical by playwright Regina Taylor, is adapted from Michael Cunningham and
Craig Marberry’s book, Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats.
of African American history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young woman who, after her brother is
killed in Brooklyn, has come “down South” to stay with her aunt. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and
the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical
and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat or every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals
to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the
New Testament and current fashion.
This exuberant gospel-style musical by playwright Regina Taylor, is adapted from Michael Cunningham and
Craig Marberry’s book, Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats.
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