Join us as we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the passage of Colorado's first-in-the-nation. state-level Fair Housing Act of 1959!
Enjoy some social time at the continental breakfast... and the jazz guitar riffs of local great Gregory Goodloe. Meet others who share your commitment to fair housing and reversing historic segregation. Gain perspective and new energy! Interact with policy & program experts, as well as community activists who are making change happen now. Learn ways to become involved in making positive change in your community.
Gregory Goodloe joins us to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the passage of Colorado's Fair Housing Act. A Denver native and self-taught musician, Gregory comes from a family of many musical talents. He has brought his unique guitar stylings to smooth jazz venues such as The Winter Park Jazz Festival, The Breckenridge Jazz Festival, The Cooper Mountain Genuine Jazz Festival, The Keystone Wine and Jazz Festival, and The Five Points Jazz Festival.
Keynote Speaker Cashauna Hill was recently named Executive Director of the Redress Movement, which works to support local communities in promoting and securing remedies for the intentionally discriminatory policies that segregated, and continue to segregate, neighborhoods across the country. Richard Rothstein's book, The Color of Law, which documents the intentional laws and processes that created housing segregation, inspired the creation of The Redress Movement. Prior to joining The Redress Movement, Cashauna served as Executive Director the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center. Cashauna’s fair housing litigation work over the past two decades has led to significant financial recovery and policy changes benefitting community members in the Pacific Northwest, and across the Gulf South. She has written extensively about housing segregation and civil rights, has been interviewed by outlets including CNN and NPR, and has testified before the United States Congress as a fair housing expert. Cashauna is a graduate of Spelman College and Tulane Law School.
Panel Discussions: Join the Conversation! Click here for bios of all panelists.
Panel 1: "Closing the BIPOC Homeownership Gap" featuring speakers from CHFA, the Denver Chapter of NAREB (the nation's oldest association of Black real estate brokers), the Northeast Denver Housing Center, and the Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity office of HUD's Region VIII office.
Panel 2: “Local Innovation: Protecting Integrated Communities, Fighting Gentrification”
Panelists include Denver City Councilwoman For Alvidrez and representatives of the East Colfax Community Collective, the Denver chapter of the Redress Movement, and the Native American Housing Circle.
Registration for both in-person and online attendance is limited.
The event will also be available to watch via livestream on Denver Metro Fair Housing Center's Facebook page on the day of the event, no registration is required for this option.
We look forward to greeting you on April 25th!
Cost: Free
