[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fair Housing Symposium to be held on Thursday

[Press Releases]

For Immediate Release
April 20, 2010
 
                                                                       
           Contact: Marie Glaze, Human Rights Specialist
                                                                       
                        573.874.7487 or maglaze at GoColumbiaMo.com
 
 
Fair Housing Symposium To Be Held Thursday
Free Event is Open to the Public
 
(COLUMBIA, MO) – The Missouri Commission on Human Rights and the City
of Columbia will host a Fair Housing Symposium on Thursday, April 22nd
from 9 AM – 12:30 PM at the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public
Health and Human Services, 1005 West Worley in Columbia. The event is
free and open to the public.
 
The symposium will focus on the question of available accessible
housing and lending in the Columbia community and the status of
enforcement of the Fair Housing Act by State and Federal agencies.
Panel members include:Cheryl Davidson, Investigator and Civil Rights
Analyst, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rigel Oliveri, Law Professor, University of Missouri School of Law
Alisa Warren, Executive Director, Missouri Commission on Human Rights
Cyrus Dashtaki, Former Assistant Attorney General
Tom Lata, Community Development Coordinator, City of Columbia
Carol Harl, Real Estate Broker at REMAX Boone Realty
Valerie Shaw, Executive Vice President, Regional Retail Administration
Director, Commerce Bank


Sponsors include: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
City of Columbia/Human Rights Commission, City of Columbia Housing
Authority, Columbia Board of Realtors, Human Rights Taskforce of MASW,
Missouri NAACP, Columbia NAACP and the Missouri Commission on Human
Rights. For more information, please contact Marie Glaze at 573.874.7487
or maglaze at GoColumbiaMo.com .
 
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