Center for Civil Rights Conferences

"One People, One Nation? Housing and Social Justice: The Intersection of Race, Place, and Opportunity"
October 12, 2007

With nearly 200 attendees from 15 states, six private companies and law firms, 20 colleges and universities, 21 city and county governments, and 50 non-profit, social justice and advocacy organizations, this year's conference was a resounding success.  The conference challenged participants to face critical issues surrounding race, place, and social justice.  Many thanks to those who attended, sponsored, and helped convene the event.   Audio and materials from the conference are below. 

For more information, contact UNC Center for Civil Rights at civilrights@unc.edu or (919) 843-3921.

Sponsors:

• AT&T
• UNC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
• UNC School of Law

Co-Conveners:

• UNC Center for Civil Rights
• National Housing Law Project
• National Economic Development and Law Center
• Poverty and Race Research Action Council
• North Carolina Housing Coalition
• North Carolina Justice Center

Conference Program (click on title for audio):

• What Barriers Do Current Housing Trends Present to Pursuing Social Justice?
  • john powell, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity; Florence Wagman Roisman, Indiana University School of Law; Roger Clay, Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Nancy Denton, State University of New York; Gideon Anders, National Housing Law Project; Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
• Is Residential Integration a Remedy? If So, How Can We Pursue It?
  • Derrick Bell, Jr., New York University School of Law; Stephanie Wildman, Santa Clara University School of Law; Charles Daye, University of North Carolina School of Law; Margalynne Armstrong, Santa Clara School of Law; Carol Bown, University of North Carolina School of Law
• Who is Responsible For, or Able to Help Solve Housing Problems?
  • Erica Frankenberg, The Civil Rights Project; Eric Stein, Center for Responsible Lending; Peter Skillern, Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina; Shanna Smith, National Fair Housing Alliance; Miles Vaughn, Bank of America; Chris Estes, North Carolina Housing Coalition
• Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Antoinette Jackson, Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman, and Lee; Sheryll Cashin, Georgetown University Law Center; Philip Tegeler, Poverty & Race Research Action Council; Loris Seibel, Durham Affordable Housing Coalition; Bill Rowe, North Carolina Justice Center

Conference Materials:

• Presentation by Nancy Denton on Housing Trends and Barriers to Social Justice
• National Fair Housing Alliance, The Crisis of Housing Segregation: 2007 Fair Housing Trends Report (April 6, 2007)
• Institute on Race and Poverty, Minority Suburbanization, Stable Integration, and Economic Opportunity in Fifteen Metropolitan Regions (February 2006)
• Poverty & Race Research Action Council, September/October 2007 Newsletter
• Robert Schwemm, Why do Landlords Discriminate (And What Can be Done About It )? 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 463 (2007)
• Florence Roisman, A Place to Call Home - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in Regional Housing in Regional Housing Markets: The Baltimore Public Housing Desegregation Litigation, 42 Wake Forest L. Rev. 333 (Summer, 2007)
• Elizabeth Julian and Michael Daniel, Separate and Unequal: The Root and Branch of Public Housing Segregation, Clearinghouse Review (October 1989)
• Bibliography of Works by John Calmore
• Center for Responsible Lending, Unfair Lending: The Effect of Race and Ethnicity on the Price of Subprime Mortgages (May 2006)
• Testimony of Judith Liben, Housing Attorney at The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Before The House Of Representatives Committee On Financial Services Homeowners Are Not The Only Victims Of The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis; Tenants In Foreclosed Rental Properties Are Being Displaced Nationwide (September 20, 2007)
• Select Amici Curiae Briefs in Support of School Districts in Seattle and Louisville School Integration Supreme Court Cases
  • Brief of 553 Social Scientists
  • Brief of Walt Sherlin, former Lead Area Assistant Superintendent of Wake County Schools
  • Brief of The Swann Fellowship, Former School Board Members, Parents And Children From The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Charles Daye, "Intersections, Roadblocks, and Dead Ends - Sketching a Housing Social Efficiency Analysis" in Planning Reform in the New Century , pp 209 - 232 (American Planning Association, 2005).