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 Read More... 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
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
FEBRUARY 11-12, 2021
Agenda:
Speakers and Topics2021's Guest Speaker
Topic: Brown: 66 Years Later - Public School Resegregation: What Impact on Fair Housing?
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
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
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
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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
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2021 Conference Schedule
Wednesday- February 10, 2021
8:30-AM-9:00 PM
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
11:30 AM-12:30 AM
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
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Celebrate Black History
Thursday- February 11, 2021
8:30-AM-9:00 PM
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
LUNCH
- Unsung Hero Award for Scott Chang, Inc.
11:30 AM-12:30AM
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Friday- February 12, 2021
8:30 AM- 9:00AM
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
11:30 AM-12:30AM
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
LUNCH
- Unsung Hero Award for Scott Chang, Esq.
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
2:15 PM-4:00 PM-A Bonus Session
Fair Housing-Updates-Enforcement Organizations: Industry Associations & Attorneys
Break
David Berenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling
Conference Adjourns
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
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
Speakers
Topic: "Why Systemic Investigations are Vital to Effective Fair Housing Enforcement"
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
Topic: Media-Plays A Positive Role - Hearing the Voices of the Homeless Invisible & Addressing the Digital Divide
Topic: Voting Rights & Housing Integration
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