9:30 Panel 1 The Importance of Fair Housing in Creating and Maintaining Diverse Communities
- Camille Charles, Professor of Sociology, Director, Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- John Wong, founding Chair, Asian Real Estate Association of America
- Chris Brancart, Brancart and Brancart
- Gary Orfield, Co-Director, the Civil Rights Project, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
11:00 Panel 2 Foreclosure Fallout: Lending Discrimination and its Continuing Effect on Communities
- Jesus Hernandez, Department of Sociology, University of California at Davis
- Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences, University of California at Santa Barbara
- John Relman, Relman and Dane, PLLC
- Blair Taylor, President and CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
1:30 Panel 3 Is HUD meeting its enforcement responsibilities and mandate to promote racial integration and accessibility for people with disabilities?
- Roberta Achtenberg, Chair of the Board of Trustees, California State University, former HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing
- Helmi Hisserich, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Policy, City of Los Angeles
- Frances Espinoza, Executive Director, Housing Rights Center, Los Angeles
- Amy Nelson, Executive Director, Fair Housing of the Dakotas
- Bonnie Milstein, former Director, FHEO’s Office of Civil Rights Compliance
3:00 Panel 4 Land use and access to opportunity in metropolitan and rural communities
- john powell, Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, Ohio State University
- Mike Rawson, directing attorney of the California Affordable Housing Law Project of the Public Interest Law Project
- Nancy Ramirez, Western Regional Counsel, MALDEF
- Jose Padilla, Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance
4:15 Public Comments
- Hernan Vera, Public Counsel
- Phyllis Cheng, Director, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
- Lauren Walker, Executive Director, Fair Housing Center, Tacoma, Washington; member, City Council, Tacoma, Washington
- Jim Park, Director, President and CEO, Asian Real Estate Association of America
- Ilene Jacobs, Director of Litigation, California Rural Legal Assistance
- John Y. Wong, Director, Chinese American Real Estate Professionals Association (5 minutes)
- Wanda Remmers, Executive Director, Housing Rights Inc., San Francisco
- Mary Prem, Director of Fair Housing, Project Sentinel, Palo Alto, California
