Fit for a King 2021 Agenda
The free virtual fair housing summit will take place on Zoom Thursdays, January 14, 21st, and 28th
January 14th
11:00am - Welcome and "From Red Lines to the Frontlines: COVID Collides with Environmental Racism in Louisiana" Panel
Panelists:
Sharon Lavigne- RISE St James
Lydwina Hurst - The Residents of Gordon Plaza, Inc.
Monique Harden - Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
11:50am - Performance by Michaela Harrison followed by award presentation
12:10pm - Keynote Speaker: Colette Pichon-Battle, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
January 21st
11:00am - Welcome and "Targeted: Policing, Gentrification, and Housing Injustice" Panel
Panelists:
Chancela Al Mansour - Housing Rights Center
Bennett Capers - Fordham Law School
Wendi Cooper - Operation Restoration & TRANScending Women
11:50am - Performance by Sha'Condria Icon Sibley followed by award presentation
12:10pm - Keynote Speaker: Shameka Parrish-Wright, Operations Manager with The Bail Project
January 28th
11:00am - Welcome
11:10am - Morning Keynote Address: Carroll Fife, Founding Member of Moms4Housing and Councilmember for Oakland's District 3
11:45am - Mondale-Brooke Award
12:00pm - Afternoon Keynote Address: Congresswoman Maxine Waters
12:20pm - Solastalgia, Dance for Social Change
12:35pm - Panel discussion: "Do we Need Evictions? Transformative Housing Justice Organizing in a Pandemic"
Panelists:
Frank Southall - Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative
Tara Raghuveer - KC Tenants
Sarah Carthen Watson - Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
