Fair Housing Resources

Save the Date!
Wednesday
April 18, 2012

 

25th Annual
Luncheon & Workshop Series

Crowne Plaza Hotel
5700 28th Street SE

Special Thanks to Our 2012 Sponsors to Date:

UNDERWRITERS:

WORKSHOP:
- City of Grand Rapids Community Development Department
- Kent County

GOLD:
- Chase
- Fifth Third Bank
- Land & Co.
- Mercantile Bank

SILVER:
- Michigan Association of Realtors

BRONZE:
- ChoiceOne Bank
- Comerica Bank
- Cooley Law School

- Exactgraphics
- Miller Johnson

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
- Property Management Association of West Michigan

FRIENDS OF FAIR HOUSING:
- Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
- Bos & Glazier

- EnviroSafe, Inc.
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Presto Print, Inc.

2012 Featured Keynote Speaker:
James Perry
Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

James Perry is the Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC). Perry is an expert in affordable housing and housing discrimination.
Perry founded the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center in Mississippi when he was only 26 years old. He led the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) through two of America’s greatest disasters - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Perry has testified before congress four times. He has been quoted and/or interviewed by the New York Times, Newsweek, the Los Angles Times, the Houston Chronicle, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the RadioOne News Network, National Public Radio, the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, the Nation, Dateline NBC, the Economist and CNN.
Perry serves on the Board of Directors of the National Fair Housing Alliance, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and chairs the Louisiana Housing Alliance Board of Directors. He holds a bachelors in political science
from the University of New Orleans and a juris doctorate from the Loyola University School of Law.
GNOFHAC is a private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area.

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THE WORKSHOPS:
8:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Stay tuned for more details coming in early 2012!

For more information or to register, call (616) 451-2980.

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE: 11:45 - 1:30 p.m.

Click HERE for Highlights from 2011's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2010's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2009's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2008's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2007's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2006's Event

Click HERE for Highlights from 2005's Event

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from Our FHCWM Events Reporter:

COMING SOON!

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Tel: (616) 451-2980, Toll Free: 1-866-389-FAIR
Fax: (616) 451-2657 email:
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