Registration is now open for the annual Fair Housing Conference sponsored by the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh’s Fair Housing Hearing Board. This year’s event, which is being conducted online and is free of charge, will take place on April 23, 2021, from 9am-1pm. The keynote speaker is Ms. Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance.
The agenda and workshop descriptions are below:
9:00 – 9:10: Welcome
- Sondra Collins, Chairperson, Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board
- Jeff Dillman, Co-Director, Fair Housing Project, Legal Aid of North Carolina
9:10 – 10:15: “Renting with a Criminal History: Using Fair Housing Law and Advocacy to Challenge Housing Discrimination”
- Moderator: Wanda Gilbert-Coker, Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board
- Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director, Emancipate NC
- Quisha Mallette, Staff Attorney, Fair Chance Project, NC Justice Center
- Kerwin Pittman, Community Activist and Field Director, Emancipate NC
10:15 – 10:25: Break
10:25 – 11:30: “Emerging Issues in Disability Rights Law”
- Collin Bober, Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board
- Wanda Allen-Abraha, Director, Human Relations Dept., City of Winston Salem
- Steve Dane, Attorney, Dane Law, LLC
- Scheree Gilchrist, Managing Attorney, Helpline, Legal Aid of North Carolina
11:30 – 11:50: Awards
11:50 – 12:00: Break
12:00 – 12:30: Keynote Speaker
- Lisa Rice, President, and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance
12:30 – 12:40: Closing remarks
- Chalisa Williams, Vice Chair, Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board
- Jack Holtzman, Co-Director, Fair Housing Project, Legal Aid of North Carolina
Click here to register for this year’s conference.
