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12th Annual Fair Housing Symposium

Friday, April 28, 2023
9:00am - 4:30pm

Redwood Shores Conference Center
330 Twin Dolphin Drive,

Redwood City, CA 94065

Presentations:

Kerstin Arusha Award for Outstanding Contributions and Accomplishments in Fair Housing:

Project Sentinel awarded Caroline Peattie its Kerstin Arusha Award for outstanding contributions and accomplishments in fair housing at its 12th Fair Housing Symposium.  Caroline is the Executive Director of Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (FHANC) and embodies the spirit of this award, named for one of the most fierce and dedicated advocates in the field of fair housing, who regrettably died prematurely from cancer. 
 
Caroline’s accomplishments include legislative advocacy and action to secure sponsorship in the CA Assembly for AB 1086*, a fair housing bill that would offer fair housing testers the ability to record conversations to expose housing discrimination.  Under her leadership, Caroline’s agency also realized a landmark settlement this year in an appraisal bias lawsuit, a growing body of litigation in fair housing.  Project Sentinel honors Caroline’s leadership and the work of FHANC, and are proud to be partners to advance fair housing for all.
 
*Learn more about AB 1086

Symposium Agenda:

8:45 - 9:00 am

Check-In

9:00 - 10:15 am

Trends in Fair Housing: Disability, Criminal Background History, and LGBTQ+

Location: Main Conference Room

Moderator: Elizabeth Sanchez, Project Sentinel Assistant Fair Housing Director 

Speakers: 

Jaime Rush, Managing Attorney, Aids Legal Referral Panel

Liza Cristol-Deman, Esq., Brancart and Brancart 

Michael Baldwin, Founder and CEO, Legacy Outreach Alliance

Katalina Zambrano, Executive Director, LGBTQ Collaborative

Patty Castillo Davis, Advocacy Director, Rainbow Resource Center

10:15 - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 - 11:15 am

Appraisal Bias

Location: Main Conference Room

Moderator: Josie Fulton, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

Speakers: 

Liza Cristol-Deman, Esq., Brancart and Brancart 

Julia Howard-Gibbon, Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

11:15 - 11:30 am

Break

11:30 - 12:15 pm

Licensed In-Home Childcare Provider Law and Fair Housing

Location: Main Conference Room

ModeratorsBriana Lucio & Nitara Duthie, Project Sentinel Civil Rights Investigation Coordinators

Speakers: 

Laurie Furstenfeld, Director of Legal Advocacy, Childcare Law Center

Julia Forte Frudden, Sr Project Manager and Evaluator, Childcare Law Center

12:15 - 1:30 pm

Lunch | Keynote Speaker | Kerstin Arusha Award

 

Location: Main Conference Room

 

Keynote Speaker:

Eli Moore, Program Director, Othering and Belonging Institute, UC Berkeley

Award Presentation: 

Carole Conn, Project Sentinel Executive Director

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Break Out Session 1

 

Disability Rights

 

Location: Classroom

Moderator: Cynthia Hurtado, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

Speakers: 

Celia McGuinness, Esq., Derby, McGuinness & Goldsmith, LLP
Todd Espinosa, Esq., Todd Espinosa Law

Fair Housing 101: An Overview

 

Location: Main Conference Room

Moderator: Sara Menashe, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

Speakers: 

Lark Ritson, Esq., Project Sentinel Fair Housing Director

Jaime Rush, Managing Attorney, Aids Legal Referral Panel

Art Tapia, Project Sentinel Staff Attorney

Josie Fulton, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

Joshua Anh, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

Elizabeth Sanchez, Project Sentinel Assistant Fair Housing Director

Ana Andrade, Project Sentinel Community Outreach Coordinator

Jakob Uriarte, Project Sentinel Fair Housing Coordinator

3:00 - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 - 4:15 pm

Break Out Session 2

 

Housing Equity and Source of Income Discrimination

 

Location: Classroom

Moderator: Elizabeth Sanchez, Project Sentinel Assistant Fair Housing Director

Speakers: 

Kelly McEwlain, Lead Research Analyst, Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation
Nathan Ho, Senior Strategic Advisor, Santa Clara County Housing Authority

Fair Housing Enforcement and Litigation

Location: Main Conference Room

Moderator: Lark Ritson, Esq., Project Sentinel Fair Housing Director

Speakers: 

Juan Gamboa, California Civil Rights Department Attorney
Liza Cristol-Deman, Esq., Brancart & Brancart
Cathy Ross-Perry, Region IX Enforcement Division Director, HUD

4:15 - 4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Location: Main Conference Room

Speaker

Carole Conn, Project Sentinel Executive Director

4:30 - 6:30 pm

Reception (Hors doeuvre’s and light beverages)

Location: Main Conference Room

Meet the Speakers:

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Michael Baldwin Sr.

After serving 26 years of a double-life sentence Michael was released with a specific goal: to use his life experience to bring healing and understanding to traumatized and marginalized individuals/ groups, to bring equity to the community, to redefine Justice, and mend broken relationships. To achieve this, he started MBS Consultants to educate and train teachers, law enforcement, civil servants, and paraprofessionals to be the bridge between those who serve and those in need of services; and founded Legacy Alliance Outreach to serve youth and formerly incarcerated from a heart for humanity by fi l l ing the gaps in services provided and services needed. Michael helps professionals increase their intellectual capacity to think strategically while being emotionally connected to their own humanity for those they serve and work in collaboration with. He emphasizes the principle of looking to be understanding before being understood as the basis and core value in his teaching and presentation style by using mindfulness and restorative practices in a didactic manner that challenges those he comes in contact with to peak outside of their comfort zone. Legacy Alliance Outrea