National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Leadership Center, Morehouse College

Hearing Schedule - Atlanta - October 17, 2008

8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM Introductions and Opening Remarks

• Karen Lawson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
• Video Presentation: Dr. Gregory and Mona Robinson

9:30 AM Panel 1: The failed fair housing enforcement system

• Keenya Robertson, President/CEO, HOPE, Inc., Miami
• Foster Corbin, Executive Director, Metro Atlanta Fair Housing Services, Inc.
• Wayne Dawson Jr., Executive Director, Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council
• Scott Chang, Relman & Dane PLLC

10:30 AM BREAK

11:00 AM Panel 2: Moving forward in fair lending

• James Carr, Chief Operating Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
• Cal Bradford, President, Calvin Bradford and Associates
• Ira Goldstein, Director, Policy and Information Services, The Reinvestment Fund

12:00 PM LUNCH

1:30 PM Panel 3: The federal government: improving fair housing enforcement and HUD programs

• Leslie Proll, Director of the Washington office, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Gary Acosta, Founder, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; Managing Partner, New Vista

2:30 PM BREAK

3:00 PM Panel 4: A vision of fair housing for the future

• Lance Freeman, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
• Betsy Julian, former Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; President, Inclusive Communities Project
• Connie Chamberlin, President/CEO, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Richmond
• Shanna Smith, President/CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance

4:30 PM Closing remarks by Henry Cisneros, Commission co-chair