April 3, 2025
UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management Event Venue
9907 Universal Blvd. Orlando, FL 32819

Agenda

Registration at 8:30 AM in the lobby.

Welcome Message - Representative Maxwell Frost

Morning sessions - 9:00 AM to 12:20 PM

• Session 1 - 9:10 AM to 10:40 AM: Panel Discussion: Fair Housing in Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • Moderator: Samantha Barkholz, Fair Housing Advocate at CLS
  • Panelists: James Coleman, Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator at CLS; Paul Ferreira, Managing Attorney Disaster Relief Services at CLS; Charles Grimsley, EJW Disaster Resilience Fellow at CLS; M. Parker Landers, Landers & Sternberg LLM; John Lawless, Senior Staff Attorney Disaster Relief Services at BALS; and Joseph M. Sternberg, Landers & Sternberg LLM
• Session 2 - 10:50 AM to 12:20 PM: Accessibility and Resiliency
  • Presented by: Morgan Cardinal, Director of Advocacy at CLS and Alicia Magazu, Manager of Community Economic Development at CLS

Lunch with Keynote Address - 12:30 PM

• Bringing Fair Housing Home: Exploring how the Fair Housing Act's promise of equitable access to housing faces challenges, particularly in addressing rising homelessness and vulnerability to disasters, while emphasizing its importance as a legal obligation for a more inclusive future.
  • Kirsten Anderson, Deputy Legal Director for Economic Justice at the Southern Poverty Law Center on

Afternoon sessions - 1:40 PM to 4:30 PM

• Session 1 - 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM: Fair Housing Testing Presentation
  • Presented by: Kwin Chavis and Sonia Velez, Test Coordinators at CLS
• Session 2 - 2:10 PM to 3:40 PM: Sex Discrimination in Housing
  • Presented by: Aurea Burgos, Team Lead and Staff Attorney, CLS Family Law Unit; Morgan Cardinal, Director of Advocacy at CLS; Nicole Carrero, Manager of Fair Housing Program at CLS; and Maia Monet, Transgender Resource Manager at The Center Orlando

• Session 3 - 3:50 PM to 4:30 PM: Case Law Updates
  • Presented by: Vanessa Crisostomo and Alec Rose, Fair Housing Staff Attorneys at CLS

Closing Remarks & Farewell - 4:30 PM

Get your tickets at: https://www.greenvelope.com/event/5th-annual-fair-housing-summit​
​Ticket price for this year's Summit is $25 which includes admission to the full day's Summit, on site parking, swag bags, and lunch. Attorneys will receive 7 CLE credits.

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