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Each year the UNC Center for Civil Rights hosts a national conference as well as a number of student forums and community education and outreach activities.
Its conferences focus on challenges that align with its legal and strategy agenda and other prevalent civil rights issues. Past convenings have concentrated on public school resegregation, the municipal exclusion of non-white communities, the consequences of redistricting reform on minority voters and high-poverty schooling in America. These events unite the nation's leading experts and advocates to exchange research findings, action strategies and other ideas and provide a forum for community leaders, attorneys, scholars and policymakers to build networks for change.
In addition to its national conference, throughout the year the Center hosts a public interest speaker series, participates in Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and community education events, and works with the UNC School of Law Pro Bono program to coordinate community outreach activities and legal projects for students.
Mark Dorosin, Managing Attorney, and Peter Gilbert, Community Inclusion Attorney-Fellow will present at the UNC Festival of Legal Learning. Community exclusion is the manifestation of structural racism at the neighborhood level, and its impacts include lack of access to basic public services and equitable educational opportunities, limited civic engagement, and the siting of environmentally hazardous land uses. This session will examine new and emerging legal strategies under state and federal fair housing legislation to combat community exclusion and its impacts.
If you attended one of the Community Conversations, please complete an evaluation and send it to civilrights@unc.edu. If you or your organization are interested in hosting a Community Conversation, please contact civilrights@unc.edu or call 919.843.3921.