Understanding Housing Segregation:
Tools to Advance Access and Opportunity

April 1, 2019 
Marin Center Showcase Theater
San Rafael, CA

The conference gathered community members, non-profits, advocates, real estate professionals, and municipal leaders to address pressing fair housing issues affecting communities in the Bay Area. Speakers included national and local experts who discussed the impacts of racial segregation and how modern technology and data collection amplifies discriminatory practices.

T

2019 Conference Program 

2019 Conference Videos 
For more of Fair Housing videos, please visit our YouTube Channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFIWF99D_YWEcSiZwY5uYpA

Opening Remarks from FHANC Executive Director Caroline Peattie 

Keynote Speaker Stephen Menendian 

Keynote Speaker Lisa Rice

Panel Discussion with panelists Anne Price, EJ Toppin, Chris Elmendorf and moderator Lisa Rice. 

---

Photography by: Jeni Straight 

Keynote Speakers
​

“Racial Residential Segregation in the Bay Area: Fresh Perspectives and Novel Methods" ​

​Stephen Menendian
Assistant Director and Director of Research
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

What attendees had to say:

• "Interesting, bold, passionate about topic"
• "Very compelling explanations with concrete data of residential racial segregation"
• "I liked [his] talk about segregation, discrepancies between demographic and real segregational data, his explanation of the history of segregation."
• "I could listen to him for a full day. Interesting, informative, and engaging."

To read the final installment of Racial Segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area,  please visit the Haas Institute's website .  

​“Weaponized Data: How Information & Technology Restrict Housing Access and Harm Communities" 

Lisa Rice 
President and CEO 
​National Fair Housing Alliance

• “She was relatable. She was down-to-earth…I could have listened to her all day. I loved listening to Lisa Rice."
• "Very engaging, enthusiastic, informative."
• "Speaker had a lot of knowledge/new perspective on fair housing."
• "Fabulous. Made it easy to follow complex issues."
• "Loved the concrete examples Lisa gave which backed up her topic on weaponized data."
• "Great information. A wealth of knowledge. Data is dirty! Thank you for the open exposure.”

---

​Panel Discussion

​​"The Racial Wealth Gap: A Discussion on Remedies/Reparations"​

​​Anne Price
President 
Insight Center for Community Economic Development 

​Chris Elmendorf
Professor 
U.S. Davis School of Law

EJ Toppin 
Staff Researcher 
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

Presentation by: Anne Price

What attendees had to say:

• "Loved this conversation"
• "All of the sessions were content-rich"
• "Excellent, knowledgeable speakers! great mix of perspectives in convo with each other, very thoughtful discussion"
• "Depth of content presented and various perspectives on equity/inequality and its causes"
• "Informative, interesting, compelling, speakers were very knowledgeable. The speakers were amazing. Thorough and extremely educational"
• "Very thought-provoking"
• "Wonderful discussion!” 
• "Great panel. Smart, intelligent, thoughtful conversation."
• "Valuable perspectives!"
• "I was moved by the panelists. Discussion re: reparations was enlightening (eye-opening)."

Thank you to our Sponsors! 

Platinum 

Diamond

Emerald

Sapphire

---

Conference Partner:
Legal Aid of Marin


Media Sponsors:
Community Media Center of Marin
&
The Power Is Now

​
Printing Sponsor:
Unicorn Group

Past Conferences

2018 Conference Speaker Videos

2018 Conference Program   

2018 Conference: 50th Anniversary Guest Speakers and Panelist Power Point Presentations

​2017 Conference Program 

​2016 Conference Program

​2016 Marin IJ Article
​
2015 Conference Program