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Katrina Crisis: Mother Nature and Uncle Sam
The October 19, 2005 Howard U. symposium, “Katrina Crisis: Mother Nature and Uncle Sam,” is the first product of this spontaneous interdisciplinary collaboration. A series of four panels were organized with expert analysts from emergency response and preparedness agencies, New Orleans researchers and reporters, medical specialists, meteorologists and engineering specialists as well as diverse faculty researchers. Click here to read the report. For the program agenda, please click here.
Instead of spending spring break having “fun in the sun”, nearly 250 Howard Universitystudents are opting to participate in the University’s 2006 Alternative Spring Break(ASB) journey toNew Orleans, Louisiana to assist those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. March 9, 2006
Howard University’s Response to Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Testimony for the Congressional Black Caucus Field Hearing The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 31st National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education by Richard A. English, Ph.D., Provost, Howard University, March 23, 2006. Click here to read the testimony.
Fair Housing Law for the People: The Civil Rights School 2006
View the two-day innovative program for lawyers, advocates, students, real estate professionals, and the community to learn about their civil rights. The sessions include:
-40 Years After the Open Hosuing Movement: Gautreau, Dr. King, Chicago and Beyond with Alexander Polikoff, Esquire, Author of Waiting for Gautreaux
-Environmental Justice and housing: Are Minorities More Likely to Live in Environmentally Unsafe Areas? With Dr. Vernice Miller-travis, Executive Director, Groundworks; Daria Neal, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice Project, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
-Equal Housing and Equal Justice Issues After Hurricane Katrina: What is to be Done? With Terell Broussard, Esquire, Partner, Montgomery, Barnett, New Orleans, LA; Martha Bergmark, Executive Director, Mississippi Center for Justice, Gulfport, MS
-Film screening and discussion; “Katrina: A Break in the Storm”
-Fair housing, Equality and Enforcement in the 21st Century with Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
-Housing Justice Locally: Modern Developments with Akita Smith, Fair housing Section, D.C. Office of Human Rights; Mary Douglas, Housing Counseling Services; Sonia Guiterrez, Fair Housing Programs, D. C. Department of Housing and Community Development
Click here to select the sessions you wish to view.