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"Ache for Home": A Community Resource Fair honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act

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Apr 28

"Ache for Home": A Community Resource Fair honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act

By Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI-Maryland)

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Date and time

Sat, April 28, 2018, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT

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Collington Square Elementary/Middle School 1409 North Collington Avenue Baltimore, MD 21213

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Save-the-Date and join Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (www.bni-maryland.org) mark the 50th Anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act (Civil Rights Act) of 1968!

Information and services on:
  • Housing discrimination
  • Tenant & Landlord rights
  • Legal advice
  • Criminal record expungement
  • Home weatherization and energy efficiency
  • Renters and homeowners tax credits
  • Senior housing opportunities
  • And more!

Featuring Keynote Speaker D. Watkins!
D. Watkins is an Editor at Large for Salon. He is also a professor at the University of Baltimore andfounder of the BMORE Writers Project. He received numerous awards including a BMe genius grant and was named as one of Ford’s men of courage. Watkins is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America” and "The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir."


With two educational panels:

"Fair Housing: 50 Years Later" 11:30am featuring Michael Bullis, The IMAGE Center of Maryland; Jennifer Eden, The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland; Cleveland L. Horton II, Maryland Commission on Civil Rights; and Saskia Sanchez, Public Justice Center.

"Health & Housing" 1:00pm featuring Olivia D. Farrow, Baltimore City Health Department; Michelle Spencer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg American Health Initiative; Aileen Tinney, Keswick Community Health; and Lawanda Williams, Health Care for the Homeless. Moderated by Terri Fleming.

Exhibitions and information from:

  • Baltimore City Department of Social Service
  • Independence Now
  • Habitat America, LLC.
  • Retrofit Baltimore, A Project of Civic Works
  • Catholic Charities Senior Communities
  • Maryland Legal Aid
  • GLCCB
  • BCHD-Oliver Senior Center
  • Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
  • Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
  • Civic Works
  • Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)
  • Prince George's County Human Relations Commission
  • Baltimore City Community Action Partnership
  • Maryland Relay
  • Station North Tool Library
  • Main Street Housing, Inc.
  • Baltimore Community Mediation Center
  • Empowering Minds Resource Center
  • Project Place
  • Johns Hopkins School of Public Health - Bloomberg American Health Initiataive
  • Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
  • Baltimore Police Department
  • Dee's Place- HEBCAC
  • Keswick Community Health
  • Health Care for the Homeless

Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Associated Black Charities, Civic Works, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

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