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Save
the Date!
Thursday
April 22, 2010
23rd
Annual
Luncheon & Workshop Series
Crowne
Plaza Hotel
5700 28th Street SE
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Special
Thanks to Our 2010 Sponsors: |
| UNDERWRITERS:
- Mercantile Bank
WORKSHOP:
- City of Grand Rapids Community Development Department
- Kent County
GOLD:
- Land & Co.
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SILVER:
- Byron Bank
- Fifth Third Bank
- Michigan Association of Realtors
BRONZE:
- The Bank of Holland
- Cooley Law School
- Exactgraphics
- Founders Bank & Trust
- Independent Bank
- Miller Johnson
- Safe Title Inc.
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NON-PROFIT:
- City of Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission
- Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids
- Genesis Non-Profit Housing Corp.
- Grand Rapids Housing Commission
- Habitat for Humanity of Kent County
- Home Repair Services
- Legal Aid of Western Michigan
- Michigan Department of Civil Rights
FRIENDS
OF FAIR HOUSING:
- Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Bos & Glazier
- H. Rhett Pinsky
- Presto Print
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Featuring
Keynote Speaker:
John Trasviña
HUD’s Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
John Trasviña was nominated by President Obama to be Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity on April 20, 2009, and
confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 1, 2009. The Office of
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces federal
laws and establishes policies that make sure all Americans have equal
access to the housing of their choice.
Before joining the Obama Administration, Assistant Secretary Trasviña
served as President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). There he led the "law firm
for the Latino community" by advancing litigation and public policy
in the areas of civil rights, immigration, education and related issues.Assistant
Secretary Trasviña began his career at MALDEF in Washington, DC,
as a legislative attorney in 1985. He later worked for U.S. Senator Paul
Simon as General Counsel and Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution. In 1997, President Clinton appointed
Mr. Trasviña as Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair
Employment Practices. As Special Counsel until 2001, he led the only federal
government office devoted solely to immigrant workplace rights and was
the highest ranking Latino attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.
After
returning to California, Assistant Secretary Trasviña taught immigration
law at Stanford Law School and was Director of the Discrimination Research
Center in Berkeley. Previously, he was a member of the San Francisco Elections
Commission, president of the Harvard Club of San Francisco, and a board
member of the La Raza Lawyers Association, Latino Issues Forum, Campaign
for College Opportunity, Lowell High School Alumni Association, and Pacific
Coast Immigration Museum.
Assistant
Secretary Trasviña, a native of San Francisco, California, is a
graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School.
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THE
WORKSHOPS: 8:45
– 11:45 a.m.
IMPLEMENTING OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO FORECLOSURE:
WHAT CAN I DO?
This workshop will
follow up a conversation from last year’s workshop on turning the
foreclosure crisis into opportunities within our communities and will
feature a recently released community report as well as a vigorous discussion
on what roles we can play as individuals to contribute to solving the
foreclosure crisis. Deborah Goldberg of the National Fair Housing Alliance
will frame the issue from the national perspective. Jeffrey May, of the
National Community Reinvestment Coalition, will highlight foreclosure
rescue scams and what can be done as one of the many related issues that
need to be addressed as part of the whole. Gustavo Rotondaro of the Community
Research Institute of Grand Valley State University will provide foreclosure-related
data at the neighborhood level to highlight the particular challenges
facing each community in the Kent County area. Kym Spring, of the local
Foreclosure Response, will present the “Comprehensive Response Plan:
Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis” with an emphasis on the opportunities
available for involvement.
AM
I WELCOME TO LIVE HERE? ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF DISCRIMINATORY ADVERTISING
This workshop will focus on the impact of discriminatory advertising on
housing choice. The panel will share current trends and cases as well
as information from two new reports. Cat Cloud of the National Fair Housing
Alliance will discuss their new report, “For Rent: No Kids! How
Internet Housing Advertisements Perpetuate Discrimination” and recommendations
for action. Mira Tanna of the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity
Council will share information from their new report “Selective
Marketing: A Report on Senior Housing Providers Compliance with Fair Housing
Act Advertisement Requirements.” John Obee of Wood, Kull, Herschfus,
Obee & Kull will share information on a landmark advertisement case
in southeast Michigan. Elizabeth Vezino, the FHCWM’s Director of
Advocacy, will provide information on current cases and trends in west
Michigan. This workshop is made possible through the support of the Kent
County Senior Millage.
WHY
CAN’T I BUY THE HOME I WANT? ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO DEVELOPING FAIR,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
This workshop will cover a range of issues that builders and developers
are facing that are resulting in higher costs and fewer affordable homes
being developed, thereby creating a disparate impact and decreasing equal
housing opportunity. This workshop is being presented in partnership with
the Workforce Housing Development Committee of the Home & Building
Association of Greater Grand Rapids. The panel includes John Bitely of
Sable Developing; Doretha Ardoin of Grand Moves Realty and a representative
of the National Fair Housing Alliance.
For
more information or to register, call (616) 451-2980.
LUNCHEON
KEYNOTE: 11:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Assistant Secretary Trasviña will speak about fair housing in the
21st century, including a policy update from the current administration
and current fair housing trends and cases.
Click
HERE for Highlights from 2009's Event
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HERE for Highlights from 2008's Event
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HERE for Highlights from 2007's Event
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HERE for Highlights from 2006's Event
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CHECK BACK
for more information
from Our FHCWM Events Reporter:

COMING SOON!
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20
Hall Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Tel: (616) 451-2980, Toll Free: 1-866-389-FAIR
Fax: (616) 451-2657 email: contact-us@fhcwm.org
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