National Forum on the Human Right to Housing

Posted by on May 30, 2011

National Forum on the Human Right to Housing
Tuesday June 07 – Wednesday June 08 , 2011

By: National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty

Location:
Thurgood Marshall Center
1816 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Website: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com

The 2011 National Forum on the Human Right to Housing will be held June 7-8 at the Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009.

The forum offers an opportunity to learn more about the exciting work going on across the country and around the world in advocacy for the right to housing, and to strategize for the future.

Workshops will discuss a wide range of timely topics, from the rights and needs of homeless and unstably housed children to an education, to housing rights of domestic violence survivors, to human rights approaches to budget analysis. It will conclude with a Congressional briefing on the right to housing, and an opportunity for advocates to meet with their representatives.

Confirmed speakers include:

Carol Anderson, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies, Emory University, and author of Eyes off the Prize.
Peter Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Pam Fessler, poverty & philanthropy correspondent, National Public Radio
Bryan Green, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing at HUD
Jonathan Harwitz, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy & Programs at HUD
Gail Laster, Deputy Chief Counsel for the House Financial Services Committee
Barbara Poppe, Executive Director, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

Registration is $100 per person, with late registration (May 16-25) increasing to $125