15th Annual
Fair Housing & Civil Rights Conference
VIRTUAL
TUESDAY, APRIL 13 - THURSDAY, APRIL 15
What The Fair Housing & Civil Rights Conference Is All About
Now in its 15th year, the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Conference continues to bring together people who share a commitment to protecting and furthering the rights of all Americans, both regionally and nationwide. The conference provides an opportunity to hear speakers from a wide range of disciplines discuss the state or fair housing and civil rights in America today and share their ideas on how to effectuate change on both a local and national level.
2021 Keynote Speakers
Tiffany Manuel (DrT)
DrT (as she prefers to be called) is a dynamic speaker, best-selling author and the President and CEO of TheCaseMade, an organization dedicated to helping leaders powerfully and intentionally make the case for systems change. In her role at TheCaseMade, DrT works with hundreds of passionate social changemakers, innovators and adaptive leaders around the United States who are building better, stronger communities that are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
Deborah Archer
Archer is a tenured professor of clinical law and director of the Civil Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law and co-faculty director of the school’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law. In 2016, Archer was recognized by New York Law Journal as one of New York’s Top Women in the Law. She has been active on numerous nonprofit boards advancing social justice initiatives, including serving on the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s oldest and largest police oversight agency. She has also served as assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Archer is the first Black person elected to the position of president in the ACLU’s 101-year history.
Jeanine Worden
Jeanine Worden is the Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Since joining HUD in 2011, she has been responsible for enforcing the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Before joining HUD, Ms. Worden was a manager in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice where she supervised investigations and litigation and directed the Justice Department’s Project Civic Access initiative to improve state and local government noncompliance with disability rights laws.
Where Great Minds Reunite
Lectures. Networking. Workshops. Parties.
