2021 Conference

The Honorable U. S. Representative Deb Haaland
Breaking Barriers as Nominee-Secretary of the Interior
CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES
Celebrating Black History Month
Honoring
TOBIAS AND ELIZABETH CARTER
Ancestors of
THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
Our Letter to the Late Congressman-Written but not Delivered.
Performing Historical Gospel and Spiritual Musical Renditions
Join us to honor and celebrate the late
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
​“Notorious” RBG
ON HOW SHE'D LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED
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We look forward to seeing you at the next scheduled presentation of our Conference series! 
FEBRUARY 10-12, 2021

​Strategies to Repair, Restore and Refine Fair Housing in A Post-Pandemic  America

Fair Housing and Other Experts Speak in A Virtual Town Hall
​Credits Available- 12 CLE-Attorneys***3 CE-Fair Housing REALTORS®*** Legal Ethics-Offered in January-February 2021
​
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
A Dedicated Day of Discussion and Action Planning
Fair Housing Tools to Protect the Housing Civil Rights of 
NATIVE AMERICANS AND INDIGENOUS  PEOPLE 
TRACK II-FAIR HOUSING, COURSE FOR REALTORS®

Speakers

Colin McKnight
Deputy Director
New York State Rural
​Housing Coalition, Inc.
MJ Borelli
Executive Director
Fair Housing Council of Central California
Elise Brown, Esq
Alicia Sebastian
Associate Director
California Coalition for Rural Housing
FEBRUARY 11-12, 2021
Agenda:
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Speakers and Topics

2021's Guest Speaker 

Christina M. Greer, PhD
Topic: A Tribute to President Lyndon Baines Johnson who on April 11, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968
Mark Charles
Topic: Doctrine of Discovery and its Influence on US History- Its Intersection with
Modern-Day Society
Topic: Brown: 66 Years Later - Public School Resegregation: What Impact on Fair Housing?
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Opening Speaker: Race-Creator of all "Isms"-A Still Formidable Foe of Fair Housing Solutions
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Topic: Health - Homelessness and Fair Housing: Voices of the Invisible
Topic: Updates-DFEH-DOJ-HUD-Association of REALTORS®
Topic:  Update-Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing-Policy and Practice
Topic: The Supreme Court and The Fair Housing Act - In Review
George Hightower, MD PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, UC San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital
Scott Chang, Esq.
Director of Litigation for Housing Rights Center in Los Angeles
Topic: Emerging Works-Housing Discrimination and Damages to Children’s Health

Topic: Fair Housing 101-A standard Curriculum and Training Certificate provided by FHCSD for course completion

Topic: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Fair Housing Advocates and Attorneys ​

Desiree Hensley, Esq
Director
Low-income Housing
​Section University of Mississippi
Heather Abraham, Esq.
​Supervising Attorney, Georgetown Law-Civil Rights Clinic
Topic: Creating New Paradigms for Fair Housing Services Delivery-Law School-based Fair Housing Clinical Programs
Topic: COVID19-Presenting Old and New Fair Housing Challenges

Other Speakers

Kevin Stein
Deputy Director, California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC)
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SCOTT CHANG, ESQ.
2021 RECIPIENT
Extra! Extra!
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW
AND POVERTY
Receives
FIRST Organizational Recipient
This Year's Sponsors
Past Sponsors

2021 Conference Schedule  

Wednesday- February 10, 2021

8:30-AM-9:00 PM
  • Opening Comments - The Honorable U. S. Congresswoman Deb Haaland
  • Opening Speaker - Mark Charles-Native American Activist, Public Speaker and Author, Books: Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
  • Promoting and Protecting the Housing Civil Rights of Native Americans,  Alaska Natives and Indigenous People

9:00 AM-10:00 AM
  • Learning More about the Service Areas and the Clients We Serve- Highlighting Under-served Populations and Communities - Ilene Garcia, MJ Borelli, Sherrill Frost Brown, Tracey McCracken
  • Breakout-Fair Housing 101- A Standard for New Practitioners and Housing Counseling &. Community Based agencies serving “Protected Classes” - Michael Seng, Beth Rosen-Prinz
 
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
  • Developing Cultural Competency - Building Relationships- Restoring Trust-for Effective Outreach, Education and Enforcement - Pam Bean, Michelle Rydz, Cheryl Ann Kary, Tatewin Means
 
11:30 AM-12:30 AM
  • Lending Discrimination- General Overview and as Against Native American and Indigenous Communities- Mauve Elise Brown, Christopher T. Vogel, Tamar Hagler
 
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
LUNCH
 - Inaugural Unsung Hero Award for Organization-Western Center on Law and Poverty
 
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
  • Identifying the Sources and Application of Law under Reservation and Federal-State Fair Housing Laws - Tamar Hagler,  Mark A. Vezzola, Michalyn Steele, Marley Hochedoner
 
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
  • The State of Fair Housing & Banking Services in Rural America - Samuel E. Miller, Kevin Stein, Esq., Colin McKnight
 
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Celebrate Black History
 
 
Thursday- February 11, 2021
 
8:30-AM-9:00 PM
  • Opening Speaker- Christina Greer, Fordham University - Associate Professor of Political Science
    Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus - Books: Black Ethnics: Race Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream
  • ​Strategies to Repair, Restore and Refine Fair Housing in A Post-Pandemic America
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
  • COVID19-Presenting Old and New Fair Housing Challenges-Denise McGranahan---Gary Rhoades---Madeline Howard
 
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
  • Brown v. Board of Education Revisited- Schools Re-segregated? - What Impact on Fair Housing Goals?-  Michael Seng---Henrie Treadwell—Philip Tegeler  

12:30 PM-1:00 PM
LUNCH
- Unsung Hero Award for Scott Chang, Inc.
 
11:30 AM-12:30AM
  • Emerging Works - Housing Discrimination and Damages to Children’s Health-George Lipsitz, Tatewin Means, Dr. George Hightower
 
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
  • Back by Popular Demand- Creating New Paths for Fair Housing Services, Growing Popularity of Law School-based Fair Housing Clinics - Michael Seng, Desiree Hensley, Heather R. Abraham
 
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
  • Ethical Considerations for Fair Housing Advocates and Attorneys - Andrew Servais, Esq, Richard Painter, Esq.
  • Breakout - Hate Crimes and Hate Speech-Using Data, Enforcement & Community Program Tools to Address and Create Solutions- Brian Levin, Tom Tenorio, Benjamin Meyers

5:00 PM-6:00 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION

 
Friday- February 12, 2021

8:30 AM- 9:00AM
  • Opening Speakers- Race (ism)-Creator of all “isms” - A Formidable Foe of Fair Housing Solutions - Stella Adams, George Lipsitz
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
  • An Update on the Supreme Court-A Review of Fair Housing Trending- Erwin Chemerinsky, Esq., Robert Schwem, Esq.
 
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
  • Special Feature - Health, Homelessness and Fair Housing: Voices of the Invisible - Jayne O’Donnell Urban Health Media Project, Interviewing Homeless Youth
 
11:30 AM-12:30AM
  • Policies, Rules and Regulations-AFFH---Undoing Damages Done - Nadine Cohen, Stella Adams, Renee Williams
 
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
LUNCH
- Unsung Hero Award for Scott Chang, Esq.
 
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
  • Remembering ILCSC, et al V. City of Los Angeles, et. al. Case No. 12 City of Los Angeles, et al. Case No. 12-CV-00551 FMO (PJWx) (C.D. CA)-Achieving Section 504 Compliance for Covered Entities - Lynn Grosso, Esq., Director of Enforcement in HUD's Office of Fair Housing Scott Chang, Esq.
 
2:15 PM-4:00 PM-A Bonus Session
Fair Housing-Updates-Enforcement Organizations: Industry Associations & Attorneys
  • Jeanine Worden, Esq., Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
  • Kevin Kish, Esq., CA Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • Tamar Hagler, Esq., U. S.  Department of Justice

Break

David Berenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling
  • Kevin Stein, Esq., California Reinvestment Coalition
  • Bryan Greene, Vice President, Policy Advocacy, Association of REALTORS®---
  • Chris Brancart, Attorney -at-Law
 
Conference Adjourns
​
National Fair Housing Month
Honoring 
​Lee Porter
Executive Director
Fair Housing Center of Northern New Jersey
Honored and Bestowed the title
"First Lady of Fair Housing"
We look forward to seeing you at the next scheduled presentation of our Conference series! 
SAVE THE DATE!
APRIL 2-3, 2021

​Examining Inequities and Disparities Through Fair Housing Lens

Fair Housing and Other Experts Speak in A Virtual  Venue 

Speakers

Topic: "Why Systemic  Investigations are Vital to  Effective Fair Housing Enforcement"

Lee Gelernt, Esq., ACLU
Deputy Director of the National
Immigrants’ Rights Project
Topic: Lessons Learned Litigating Against The Trump Era Immigration Policies and What President Biden Should Change
​
Topic: Fair Housing 101

Topic: COVID19 Health & Housing Impacts-Part II
​
Topic: Disparate Impact-An Update
​
Topic: Sexual Harassment & Domestic Violence and Fair Housing
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Topic: Media-Plays A Positive Role - Hearing the Voices of the Homeless Invisible & Addressing the Digital Divide
Topic: Voting Rights & Housing Integration
This Year's Sponsors
Past Sponsors

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