Thursday, October 2, 2008
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Light Breakfast |
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Morning Speaker Session |
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| 9:00 - 10:10 AM | Opening Plenary: Structural Racialization and the Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis (Video Link) |
| john powell, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Greg Squires, George Washington University (Presentation) Rick Cohen, Formerly of the National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy and LISC |
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| 10:15 - 11:40 AM | Systems and the Subprime Crisis: A Multi-disciplinary Analysis of the Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis (Video Link) |
| John Relman, Relman and Dane Chris Peterson, University of Utah Law School (Presentation) Eric Ward, Center for New Community Mark W. Griffith, Drum Major Institute |
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| 11:45 - 1:10 PM | Racial and Ethnic Impacts of the Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis (Video Link) |
| Debbie Bocian, Center for Responsible Lending (Presentation) Ira Goldstein, The Reinvestment Fund (Presentation) Graciela Aponte, National Council of La Raza (Presentation) Myron Orfield, Institute on Race and Poverty (Presentation) |
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| 1:10 - 2:15 PM | Lunch and Keynote Address (Video Link) |
| Jim Carr, National Community Reinvestment Coalition | |
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Afternoon Concurrent Panels |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 PM (McKinley Room) |
Panel 1 Reverse Redlining, Foreclosure and the Wealth Gap (Transcript) |
| Jesus Hernandez, UC – Davis Hannah Thomas, Institute on Assets & Social Policy, Brandeis University Amaad Rivera, United for a Fair Economy |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 PM (Harrison Room) |
Panel 2 Innovative Local (Neighborhood & Legislative) Responses (Transcript) |
| John O’Callaghan, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. Mark Seifert, ESOP-Cleveland Linda Higgins, Minnesota State Senator |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 PM (Harding Room) |
Panel 3 Fair Housing Impacts and Responses (Transcript) |
| Jeff Dillman, Housing Research & Advocacy Center (Presentation) Danilo Pelletiere, National Low Income Housing Coalition (Presentation) Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance |
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| 2:30 - 4:00 PM (Grant Room) |
Panel 4 Homeownership Advocacy and Class Action Litigation (Transcript) |
| Creola Johnson, OSU Moritz College of Law Charles Delbaum, National Consumer Law Center Edward Kramer, Housing Advocates, Inc. |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 PM (McKinley Room) |
Panel 5 Credit Solutions for Communities of Color (Transcript) |
| David Rothstein, Policy Matters Ohio (Presentation) Mary Crawford, C & C and Associates Rosalyn Crain, Corporation for Enterprise Development |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 PM (Harrison Room) |
Panel 6 Evaluating State and Federal Responses (Transcript) |
| Austin King, ACORN (Presentation) Mark McDermott, Enterprise Community Partners |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 PM (Harding Room) |
Panel 7 Litigation, Reform and Legislative Responses (Transcript) |
| Mark Ireland, Housing Preservation Project Linda Fisher, Seton Hall Law School & Institute for Social Justice Nadine Cohen, Greater Boston Legal Services |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 PM (Grant Room) |
Panel 8 Philanthropic and Foundation Responses (Transcript) |
| Solomon Greene, Open Society Institute (Presentation) Rick Cohen, Former Director, National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy |
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| Evening Networking Reception: 5:30 to 8:00 PM Refreshments, Appetizers and Music (Located in Union AB) |
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Friday, October 3, 2008
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:10 AM | Opening Plenary: Expanding Financial Opportunity for Communities of Color (Video Link) |
| Paul Hudson, CEO and Board Chair, Broadway Federal Bank and Broadway Federal Inc. (Presentation) | |
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Participant-Led Workshops |
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| The following are professionally facilitated workshops with the goal of producing an advocacy agenda and creating working groups for future advocacy efforts. | |
| 10:15 - 12:00 PM (Harrison Room) |
Workshop 1 The Federal Response: Critical Federal Reforms and Actions for the Next White House (Summary) |
| 10:15 - 12:00 PM (McKinley Room) |
Workshop 2 Litigation and Legal Reforms to Counter the Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis (Summary) |
| 10:15 - 12:00 PM (Harding Room) |
Workshop 3 Credit, Finance, Housing and Neighborhood Strategies to Stabilize and Improve Communities of Color (Summary) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Lunch, Work Group Results and Closing Remarks |
| john powell, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity | |