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Featured Speaker: Beryl Satter
Dr. Beryl Satter, Professor of History at Rutgers University, is the author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America. In Family Properties Satter outlines the history of mortgage redlining and exploitative contract sales targeted at Black homeowners in Chicago through the story of her father, a civil rights attorney in the 1950s and 60s.
Satter provides a framework for understanding the lasting effects of housing discrimination on our families and communities. She demonstrates how neighborhood decline and wealth disparities can be directly attributed to the racially discriminatory policies of the Federal Housing Adminstration, and those who saw opportunity in the exploitation of African American families.
Read Satter's article in Poverty & Race, "Race and Real Estate" here (pdf format)
Order the book here, or visit the Community Book Center - 2523 Bayou Rd
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This year at the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center's 3rd Annual Fit For a King Celebration, celebrate King's legacy by attending a conference on barriers to open housing, joining us for a book reading and signing with historian Beryl Satter, and treating yourself to fine dining at one of several local restaurants.
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RED LINES AND KEEP OUT SIGNS
Friday, January 15th, 2010 • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM • FREE! • Lindy Boggs Conference Center • UNO • 2045 Lakeshore Dr.
Register here (required)
From historic redlining to contemporary NIMBYism, this free conference will look at barriers to open housing: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Stakeholders will gain tools for understanding and combatting discriminatory housing policy and exclusionary housing practices in their communities.
YESTERDAY > 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Welcome & Introductions
Keynote Address: Exploitative Real Estate Practices & the Impact on American Cities
- Beryl Satter, Rutgers University historian and author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
Conversation: History of Discrimination & Barriers to Fair Housing in New Orleans
- Keith Medley, Historian and author of We as Freemen
TODAY > 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Complimentary Lunch
Panel: Contemporary trends in NIMBYism (Not In My Backyard)
- Annie Clark, Louisiana Housing Finance Agency
- Lance Hill, Tulane University, Southern Institute for Education & Research
- James Perry, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
- Christine Robertson, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Amber Seely, Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Volunteers of America
- Marla Williams, Louisiana Housing Alliance
TOMORROW > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Breakout Sessions: Workshops for stakeholder groups on addressing NIMBYism and increasing housing opportunity Detailed workshop descriptions
- NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS - Central City Renaissance Alliance; New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative; Oretha Castle Haley Merchants and Business Association
- ATTORNEYS & POLICY ADVOCATES - Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
- BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS - Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Volunteers of America; Fermina Research Group, LLC
Download agenda
- GRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS - STAND with Dignity
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BOOK READING & SIGNING
Friday, January 15th, 2010 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM • FREE! • Community Book Center • 2523 Bayou Rd.
Join us for an evening with Beryl Satter, historian from Rutgers University and author of acclaimed new book Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America. Satter will make a presentation about her book and answer questions, and copies will be available for purchase.
Family Properties was named one of the top ten books of 2009 by the Washington Post and by New York Times book critic Dwight Garner. The book has been shortlisted for the Ron Ridenhouer Prize.
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MEAL FIT FOR A KING
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Support the Fair Housing Action Center by treating yourself to a meal at one of New Orleans' best restaurants! Participating restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds to the fight against housing discrimination.
Participating Restaurants:
• Cafe Degas - 3127 Esplanade Ave.
• Liberty's Kitchen - 422 1/2 S. Broad St. (Closes at 4 pm)
• Lil' Dizzy's - 610 Poydras St.
• Nacho Mama's - 3242 Magazine St.
• Stewart's Diner - 3403 N. Claiborne Ave.
• Praline Connection - 542 Frenchmen St.
• Zea - 1525 St. Charles Ave.
• EAT Nola - 900 Dumaine St.
• Feelings Cafe - 2600 Chartres St.
Click here for descriptions and directions to participating restaurants
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ABOUT US
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (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. Through education, investigation, and enforcement activities, GNOFHAC promotes fair competition throughout the housing marketplace, including rental, sales, lending, and insurance practices. GNOFHAC is dedicated to fighting housing discrimination not only because it is illegal, but also because it is a divisive force that perpetuates poverty, segregation, ignorance, fear, and hatred. Visit our website.
Fit for a King Celebration is GNOFHAC's annual tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Each year GNOFHAC staff organize a series of events - trainings, seminars, film screenings and concerts - to educate the community about fair housing, celebrate the Movement, and inspire change.
The illustration of Dr. King was created from a photo by Bernard J. Kleina, of Hope Fair Housing Center in Wheaton, IL. To see more of Kleina's photography of King, click here.
The work that provided the basis for this event was supported by funding under a grant with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The substance and findings of the work are dedicated to the public. The author and publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication. Such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Government.
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