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