| US STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE – Invitation to “Foreclosure day” in Washigton on March 12th to 15th 2008! NCRC, ECRC’s American partner and leading member of GlobalCRC, will be holding its annual “responsible credit/fair finance” conference. |
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition will be holding its annual event next week. ECRC partners that would like to attend have been invited by NCRC to sign up for a sponsorship. The 3 day event is a great opportunity to not only hear experts, including Fed Chairman Bernanke, but receive training in community building and how to enhance the effectiveness of non-profit activity.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008 SPECIAL SESSION: “FORECLOSING ON THE AMERICAN DREAM: RECREATING SUSTAINABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP”
Dear global allies,
We wanted to invite you to NCRC national conference which will have a concentrated focus on the foreclosure crisis and the subprime lending problems in the US. We know that investors in other areas of the world are concerned about the potential implications of a further decline in US generated mortgage back securities. NGO national leaders and experts from the financial services sector will present a comprehensive picture of the challenges going forward (the worst has yet to come) and what NGOs and policymakers need to do to avert further economic decline associated with subprime lending malfeasance.
Please take a look at the programme below and the attached documents. Because time is short, and you are listed as an ally of NCRC, we would be willing to offer a registration scholarship to help you attend. Just contact aalbright@ncrc.org or call in the US 202-628-8866.
All the best,
John Taylor, CEO NCRC
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2008 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
CREATING THE VISION FOR A FAIR ECONOMY: INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
AGENDA
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
NCRC NATIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY – TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING THE VISION
12:00 – 7:00 PM
REGISTRATION
Location: Regency Foyer
12:00 – 1:45 PM
MEMBERS WELCOME AND ORIENTATION
Location: Thornton Room
1:45 – 2:45 PM
ASSET BUILDING STRATEGIES -
Location: Columbia Foyer
This workshop will explain examining individual development accounts (IDAs), alternative ownership mechanisms and other strategies to build wealth through increases in small business and homeownership. Researchers and practitioners will discuss the range of available asset building tools and will explore the experience of community groups in reaching eligible consumers. Discussion will include real-life examples of programs’ successes and challenges in connecting low-income consumers with Individual Development Accounts (IDA), Earned Income Tax Credit, etc. and a review of current public policies.
PANELISTS:
Mary Ruth Herbers, Senior Director of Programs, Center for Economic Progress, Chicago, IL
Ms. Stephanie Upp, Associate Director, San Francisco Earned Assets Resource Network
LEGAL STRATEGIES IN FAIR HOUSING & FAIR LENDING
Location: Columbia A
This session will present attendees with an update of the significant fair housing and fair lending cases that have taken place in the past year. Presenters will also give insight into the direction of future legal actions to advance the cause of fair lending and fair housing. Cases to be covered include: Recent NCRC filings to combat redlining, NCRC cases to challenge Wall Street, City of Baltimore v. Wells Fargo, NAACP v. Citibank et. al. etc.
PANELISTS:
Michael Mitchell, Director, National Neighbors, National Community Reinvestment Coalition,
John Relman, Esq., Director, Relman, Dane & Associates, Washington, DC
CRA 101: USING THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT TO DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROTECT AGAINST FORECLOSURES
Location: Columbia B
This workshop will explain how CRA can be used to stop predatory lending, develop neighborhoods and build wealth through increases in small business and homeownership. Learn how CRA exams scrutinize bank lending, investing and bank branching in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and how community organizations’ comments on CRA exams and merger applications can result in increases in bank financing in neighborhoods. CRA also can motivate dialogue and partnerships with banks that result in the introduction of new products and programs including foreclosure prevention initiatives.
PANELISTS:
Joshua Silver, Vice President, Research and Policy, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Bethany Sanchez, Director, Community and Economic Development, Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council; (NCRC Board Member)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
FUNDAMENTALS OF FORECLOSURE COUNSELING – EMPOWERING CONSUMERS
Location: Columbia B
The role of the foreclosure intervention counselor is to assist homeowners in establishing meaningful contact with their servicer or lender, provide an affordable and acceptable workout to sustain their homeownership or aid in the transition when liquidation in the only option. This workshop will help counselors develop new and underused skills and resources to intervene on behalf of consumers facing foreclosure.
PANELISTS:
Lloyd London, Director, National Homeownership Sustainability Fund, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Janis Bowdler, Housing Policy Analyst, National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
HOLDING WALL STREET ACCOUNTABLE: THE PATH OF A LOAN
Location: Columbia A
Wall Street finances up to eighty percent of subprime home loans through securitization. The subprime sector has been plagued with predatory lending charges, many of which have been substantiated. As subprime securitization has grown, so have charges that securitization turns a blind eye to financing abusive loans. Participants will learn more about: buying paper; how to securitize loans (what they buy and don’t buy); assigning liability (predatory and responsible lending); and when Wall Street becomes a direct lender. Plus, a glossary: understanding the terms used on Wall St.
PANELISTS:
David Berenbaum, Executive Vice President, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Matthew Lee, Executive Director, Inner City Press Fair Finance Watch, Bronx, NY; (NCRC Board Member)
POWERFUL HMDA DATA ANALYSIS: TOOLS FOR INCREASING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE LOANS FOR MINORITIES AND WORKING CLASS BORROWERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Location: Columbia Foyer
This course will empower participants to use Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data to increase affordable loans for traditionally underserved communities and will review research that shows persistent and stubborn disparities by race of borrower. The course will also show how data analysis can be used by nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and other stakeholders to reduce disparities and bolster lending to minorities, women, and working class borrowers. Trainers will describe how the data illustrates if lenders are meeting credit needs or if fair lending disparities are present.
PANELISTS:
Keenya Robertson, President and CEO, Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. (HOPE), Miami, FL
Rick Marsico, Professor, New York Law School
4:15pm – 5:15pm
MONEYWI$E: FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT WORKS!
Recognizing the need to continue educating consumers on financial literacy, NCRC has partnered with Consumer Action to provide our members with training and materials to spread the word about fundamental money management skills. Participants will obtain free copies of four MoneyWi$e train-the-trainer modules: Banking Basics, Money Management, Good Credit and Rebuilding Good Credit; receive information on how to enhance your ability to teach your clients the basics of money management techniques, how to handle credit problems and learn essential basic banking skills and learn about the upcoming train-the-training workshops, roundtables and MoneyWi$e funding opportunities for 2008.
Location: Columbia Foyer
PANELISTS:
Sol Carbonell, National Priorities Associate, Consumer Action, San Francisco, CA
Ada Albright, Director, National Training Academy, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL HOMEOWNERSHIP AND EQUITY PROTECTION ACT (HOEPA) – TO PROTECT FAMILIES AGAINST ABUSIVE LENDING AND FORECLOSURE
Location: Columbia A
The Federal Reserve Board has proposed changes to HOEPA that are intended to protect borrowers against predatory and deceptive lending practices. Learn what’s good about the Federal Reserve proposal and what’s lacking. Also, engage in a lively conversation about how federal HOEPA rules have been used by local attorneys and nonprofit organizations to defend against abusive lending and to prosecute predatory lenders.
PANELISTS:
Alys Cohen, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA
Gail Burks, President & CEO, Nevada Fair Housing; (NCRC Board Member)
GETTING THE BANKS’ ATTENTION: HOW TO WAGE AN EFFECTIVE CRA AND FAIR LENDING CAMPAIGN TO SECURE MORE RESPONSIBLE LENDING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
Location: Columbia B
It is becoming more challenging to win commitments from banks to increase their responsible lending and services in the wake of mergers. The largest mergers are now national in scope; banks have become expert in issuing vague promises with few accountability mechanisms; and federal regulatory enforcement has waned in recent years. How have community organizations secured local commitments in today’s challenging environment? How have community organizations in different states collaborated with each other to secure favorable outcomes in bank mergers?
PANELISTS:
Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director, New Jersey Citizen Action
Alan Fisher, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition; (NCRC Board Member)
5:30pm – 6:30pm
CONGRESSIONAL POLICY AND REGULATORY BRIEFING
(NCRC Members Only)
Location: Columbia B
HOSTS:
Hubert Van Tol, Director, Economic Justice, Rural Opportunities Inc., Rochester, NY; (NCRC Board Member)
Josh Silver, Vice President of Research & Policy, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
David Berenbaum, Executive Vice President, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Sylvia Lake, Vice President of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Patience Singleton, Democratic Counsel, House Financial Services Committee
6:30pm – 8:00pm
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING RECEPTION
Location: Ticonderoga/Yorktown/Valley Forge
SPEAKERS:
John Taylor, President & CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Lee Beaulac, Senior Vice President Housing & Development, Rural Opportunities, Inc., Rochester, NY; (NCRC Board Chair)
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
7am – 7pm
REGISTRATION
Location: Regency Foyer
7am – 7pm
MEMBERS LOUNGE/INTERNET CAFE
Location: Bunker Hill
7:30am – 8:30pm
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Location: Regency A
9:00am – noon
HILL MEETINGS
(NCRC Members Only)
12:30 – 2pm
CONGRESSIONAL LUNCHEON AND MEMBER DEBRIEFINGS
Location: US Senate, Russell Office Building SR325 - Caucus Room
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Plenary: Investing in People & Communities
SUCCESS STORIES BY NCRC MEMBERS
Location: Regency A
Celebrate the success NCRC members have had advancing housing and economic opportunity, while also gaining insight on strategies that can help you bring credit, capital and banking services to underserved populations and communities in your local area. At this plenary, NCRC members will highlight models for economic inclusion that work. Conference participants will have the opportunity to explore these strategies and their practical application in more detail in the workshops that immediately follow the plenary session.
MODERATOR:
Dean Lovelace, Director, Dayton Civic Scholars; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Maria Otero, President, Women’s Venture Fund, New York, NY
Bill Tisdale, Executive Director, Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
Carla Dickstein, Vice President, Coastal Enterprises Inc., Wiscassett, ME
Calvin Holmes, Executive Director, Chicago Community Loan Fund
Wilbur Klatsky, President, Community Development Corporation of Long Island
3:30pm – 4:45pm
LEARNING TOGETHER (FROM SUCCESS STORIES)
Workshop #1
ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY
Location: Capitol Room B
Organizing and advocacy are essential in the ongoing effort to ensure that traditionally underserved groups and communities have access to the type of financial products and services that promote sustainable housing and economic development. Learn how to be successful at engaging public and private policy makers, as well as other community stakeholders to advance policies, programs and practices that bring much-needed resources and protections to your constituents. This workshop will empower participants to shape the public discourse on community reinvestment issues and to foster housing and economic opportunity by influencing the way credit, capital and banking services are made available in their local area.
MODERATOR:
Jean Ishmon, President, Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Carla Dickstein, Vice President, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscassett, ME
Jaime Trejo, Policy Research Analyst, Mission Economic Development Association, San Francisco, CA
Dave Snyder, Community Organizer, Jewish Community Action, St. Paul , MN
Workshop #2
FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT
Location: Yorktown
Participants will share stories of successful fair housing enforcement actions, challenges, and litigation in their communities.
MODERATOR:
Stella Adams, Principal, SJ Adams Consulting, Durham, NC; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Bill Tisdale, Executive Director, Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
D. Elizabeth Pierson, President & CEO, Fair Housing Center of Orange County, Orange County, CA
Anibal Olague, Executive Director, Border Fair Housing, El Paso, TX
Clifford Schrupp, Director, Southwest Michigan Fair Housing Center
Workshop #3
COMMUNITY BASED LENDING
Location: Valley Forge
Community development lenders promote equal access to credit and capital by channeling private and public investments into housing-related and small business development loans that might not have been financed affordably or at all by a traditional lender. Find out how community lenders build their loan funds and help leverage additional investments to keep financial resources flowing to traditionally underserved groups and communities. Learn about innovative and high-impact community lending products and services and discover how community development lenders are positioning themselves to maintain and expand their activities moving forward.
MODERATOR:
Charles Harris, Executive Director, Housing Education and Economic Development; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Calvin Holmes, Executive Director, Chicago Community Loan Fund
Ignacio Esteban, Executive Director, Florida Community Loan Fund, Orlando, FL
Alan Branson, Executive Vice President & COO, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, MS
Workshop #4
SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Location: Columbia B
Over the last couple of years there has been a focus on the growth of Small, Minority and Women Owned businesses in the U.S. Although statistics has shown that the fastest area of growth has been in this sector, what is the true impact? Additionally, how does the current housing crisis affect these business enterprises moving ahead? What programs are available to help these firms to get through this period?
MODERATOR:
Elbert Jones, Vice President of Lending, Community Enterprise Investments, Pensacola, FL; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Maria Otero, President, Women’s Venture Fund, New York, NY
Robert Dickerson Jr., Executive Director, Birmingham Business Resource Center, AL
Workshop #5
MIXED-USE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR MIXED-INCOME COMMUNITIES
Location: Congressional CD
Real estate development that combines commercial development with a mixed-income housing plan has the power to provide housing and economic opportunity that truly benefits low- and moderate-income households. This community reinvestment strategy can breathe new life into a neighborhood, enabling residents to live where they work, offering community amenities that create a vibrant environment, bringing jobs to neighborhoods in need and supporting local entrepreneurs, artists and community service providers with affordable commercial space. Workshop participants will learn what communities around the country are doing to promote mixed-use and mixed-income housing development to ensure that the positive impacts of community revitalization projects will be enjoyed by people of all income levels.
MODERATOR:
Wilbur Klatsky, President, Community Development Corporation of Long Island
PANELISTS:
Rene Booker, Executive Director, North Avenue Community Development Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
William Goldsmith, Director of Midwest Region, The Community Builders, Inc., Chicago, IL
Rita Ferrall, Principal and Managing Partner, The Chaucer Group, LLC, Washington, DC
Roberto Barragan, President, Valley Economic Development Center, Van Nuys, CA
Ann Sherrill, Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative
5:00pm – 6:15pm
CUTTING EDGE COALITIONS
Location: Congressional CD
Informed and engaged coalitions are key to creating meaningful change in communities. Leaders in the field of coalition work will describe their experiences building and maintaining active and effective coalitions that attract diverse stakeholders, forge meaningful relationships with community leaders and public and private policymakers and successfully address policy issues and other community concerns.
MODERATOR:
Rashmi Rangan, Executive Director, Delaware Community Action Council, Wilmington, DE; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Jim Bliesner, Chief Executive, San Diego Reinvestment Task Force
Rhea Serna, Senior Policy Advocate, California Reinvestment Coalition
Mark Siefert, Executive Director, Eastside Organizing Project, Cleveland, OH
CREATING BASIC BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
Location: Valley Forge
Learn about creating credit and savings options that are the key to building individual and community wealth.
MODERATOR:
Gene Ortega, President, Rural Housing, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Liz Givens, Senior Vice President of Development and Strategy, Lenders for Community Development, San Francisco, CA
Joanna Ramani, Executive Director, Baltimore CASH
La Tasha Best-Gaddy, Project Director, North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development
GRANTWRITING AND FUNDRAISING FOR CHANGE
Location: Yorktown
Nonprofits are operating in an increasingly competitive funding environment. It is vital for nonprofit executives to stay abreast of funding trends and identify new approaches to support their mission. This session will feature non-traditional development approaches, including strategies for collaborating with other non-profits, businesses and employers in the community. It will also highlight ideas for engaging boards of directors and community residents in sustaining projects to assist families and strengthen neighborhoods. Participants will learn about a number of key federal grant programs that support community development and job creation. They will also be introduced to “asset building” programs including the federal Assets for Independence grant program which funds community-based individual development account (IDA) projects. Panelists will discuss collaboration with private economic development entities such as banks, credit unions, employers, and philanthropic organizations.
MODERATOR:
Moises Loza, Executive Director, Housing Assistance Council, Washington, DC; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Marcus Weiss, President, Economic Development Assistance Consortium, Boston, MA
James Gatz, Manager, Assets for Independence Program, Office of Community Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
John Weiler, Program Officer, Heron Foundation, New York, NY
EFFECTIVE MESSAGES AND POWERFUL VOICES
Location: Capitol Room B
This panel of communications professionals will detail ways to create and disseminate compelling messages that will engage the public and influence policymakers.
MODERATOR:
Shelley Sheehy, Development Consultant, River Cities Development, Davenport IA; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Hank Boerner, President, Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc., Manhassett, NY
Judy Smith, Founder and Partner, Impact Strategies, Washington, DC
Sandy Close, Executive Editor and Director, New American Media, Washington, DC
CRA 2.0 HIGH IMPACT CRA: AS CRA TURNED 30, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO REALIZE ITS FULL POTENTIAL
Location: Columbia B
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has leveraged more than $4.6 trillion in bank lending and investing for working class and minority communities. However, the full potential of the law has not been realized because CRA has not been applied to non-bank financial institutions and has been applied inconsistently to banks. Learn what improvements to CRA are necessary going forward.
MODERATOR:
Maryellen Lewis, Program Leader, Community Capital Community & Economic Development, (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Joshua Silver, Vice President Research & Policy, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Hubert Van Tol, Director, Economic Justice, Rural Opportunities, Inc., Rochester, NY, (NCRC Board Member)
Montrice Godard Yakimov, Managing Director, Compliance & Consumer Protection, Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Washington, DC
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN A DOWN MARKET
Location: Valley Forge
Discover new and innovative approaches and partnerships by community groups to affordable housing as a result of foreclosed and abandoned properties. Learn about projects that can be replicated in your neighborhood that revitalize communities with affordable housing in the midst of this foreclosure crisis. Learn of the opportunities for community groups to acquire properties that can be sold or rented to low-to-moderate income people.
MODERATOR:
Jim Hunt, Area Manager, West Virginia Housing Development Fund for North Central Area; (NCRC Board Member)
PANELISTS:
Loretta Abrams, Vice President, Consumer Affairs, HSBC, Prospect Heights, IL
Danna Fischer, Policy Analyst, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, DC
Dale Prunoske, Director of Housing Rehabilitation & Energy Services, Rural Opportunities, Inc., Rochester, NY
Kevin Jackson, Executive Director, Chicago Rehab Network
6:30pm – 7:15pm
EXHIBITOR’S RECEPTION
Location: Regency Foyer
7:30pm – 9:00pm
MOVIE “IN DEBT WE TRUST”
Location: Yorktown/Valley Forge
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Friday, March 14, 2008
FORECLOSING ON THE AMERICAN DREAM: RECREATING SUSTAINABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
7am – 7pm
REGISTRATION
Location: Regency Foyer
7am – 7pm
MEMBER LOUNGE AND INTERNET CAFE
Location: Bunker Hill
7:30 – 8:30
BREAKFAST
Location: Regency A
8:00 – 8:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder & President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Inc.
Location: Regency A
8:30 – 9:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Sheila Bair, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Location: Regency A
9:00am – 10:30am
PLENARY I – “THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS: MULTIPLE POINTS OF FAILURE”
This panel will examine the origins of the subprime market’s foreclosure crisis focusing on the roles of the various institutions and the enormous economic costs that are only beginning to present themselves. The panel will also examine the extent to which high-risk products began to blossom in the prime market by 2006, in the form of Alt A pay option ARMs, and the potential additional housing market damage those unsustainable products will likely produce. Although the panel will look back at the causes of the foreclosure crisis, the goal will be to offer a better understanding of the types of intervention that will be needed to solve the current foreclosure crisis going forward. In addition, the conversations will shed light on the types of anti-predatory lending rules that are essential to purge unfair and deceptive practices from the housing markets in the future. This panel will set up a more detailed and focused discussion on solutions to the foreclosure crisis and predatory lending behavior.
Location: Regency A
MODERATOR:
David Cho, Reporter, The Washington Post
PANELISTS:
James H. Carr, Chief Operating Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Alys Cohen, Attorney, National Consumer Law Center
Kathleen Engel, Professor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Co-Founder, Moodys.com
10:45 – 12:15pm
PLENARY II --“REMEDIES AND NEEDED INTERVENTIONS”
This panel will pick up on the previous plenary session and drill down in detail on proposals to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. In particular, the panel will discuss the technical challenges of securing flexibility for servicers to offer long-term affordable loan modifications or mortgage refinancing. Current initiatives such as HOPE Now, Project Lifeline, FHA Secure, Negative Equity Certificates and other ideas will also be reviewed to better understand the roles of these efforts have currently and could contribute in the future. Preventing future predatory lending will also be a focus of this session, including recently proposed Federal Reserve Board (FRB) rule changes and legislation passed by the US Housing of Representatives and pending action in the US Senate.
Location: Regency A
MODERATOR:
Diana Olick, Correspondent, CNBC
PANELISTS:
Greg Stanton; Founder & Co- Director, Wall Street Without Walls
Bruce Marks, CEO, Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America
David Berenbaum; Executive Vice President, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Irvin Henderson, President, Henderson & Company; (NCRC Board Member)
12:30pm – 3:45
LUNCHEON – ALL CONFERENCE PLENARY
Location: Ticonderoga/Yorktown/Valley Forge
AN INTERACTIVE SESSION: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES GOING FORWARD
Chairman Bernanke will set the stage for this important and timely discussion on how to address the foreclosure crisis and save millions of homeowners and perhaps the U.S. economy from suffering devastating losses. Creating liquidity in the mortgage market is key to reviving the mortgage industry, the home building industry and assisting millions of families to retain or obtain homeownership.
Important efforts in congress such as anti-predatory lending bills, GSE reform, proposed changes to the Bankruptcy bill, CRA modernization and of course the FRB’s proposed HOEPA rule changes all can have significant impact on this crisis. Yet for those families now facing foreclosure and for the present day economy, developing strategies and products that can halt the massive numbers of foreclosures is the immediate need of the day.
This panel, representing a variety of industry and community interests, will build upon the two earlier morning plenaries and offer their insight into the challenges, opportunities, and ideas going forward, with a particular focus on NCRC’s Homeowners Emergency Loan Program proposal and other broad-based foreclosure prevention interventions and recommendations.
12:30 Luncheon
1:00pm Keynote Speech:
INTRODUCTION: John Taylor, President & CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
SPEAKER: Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
Interactive Session
MODERATOR: GERRI WILLIS, HOST, CNN OPEN HOUSE
PANELISTS: John Taylor, President & CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Gail Burks, President & CEO, Nevada Fair Housing; (NCRC Board Member
George Miller, Executive Director, American Securitization Forum
Steve O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Mortgage Bankers Association
George McCarthy, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Tom Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, AARP
Ellen Seidman, Director, Financial Services & Education Project, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation
Hubert Van Tol, Director, Economic Justice, Rural Opportunities Inc.; (NCRC Board Member)
3:45pm – 4:15pm
NETWORKING AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS
Location: Ticonderoga/Yorktown/Valley Forge
4:30pm – 6:00pm
NCRC JEOPARDY!
Location: Capitol Room
6:30pm – 8:30pm
AWARDS DINNER -- LOOKING BACK AT THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND CELEBRATING 40
YEARS OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT
Location: Regency Ballroom
Plus Special Feature: “Chicago Freedom Movement” (12 min. documentary)
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
“THE NEXUS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: HARNESSING THE GREEN ECONOMY FOR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT”
7am – 3pm
REGISTRATION
Location: Regency Foyer
7:30am – 8:45am
BREAKFAST
Location: Regency A
9:00am – 11:30am
Location: Regency A
CLOSING PLENARY: “THE NEXUS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: HARNESSING THE GREEN ECONOMY FOR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT”
MODERATORS:
Irvin Henderson, President, Henderson & Company, Henderson, NC; (NCRC Board Member)
Ted Wysocki, President & CEO, LEED Council, Chicago, IL; (NCRC Board Member)
Vernice Miller-Travis, Executive Director, Environmental Support Center, Washington, DC
Deeohn Ferris, President, Global Environmental Resources, Washington, DC
Rachel Gragg, Federal Policy Director, Workforce Alliance, Washington, DC
Van Jones, Founder, Green for All, Ella Baker Center, Oakland, CA
Dr. Beverly Wright, Director, Deep South Center for Economic Justice, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
11:30am – 12:00pm
CLOSING REMARKS
Location: Regency A
John Taylor, President & CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Lee Beaulac, Senior Vice President, Housing & Development, Rural Opportunities Inc., Rochester, NY; (NCRC Board Chair) |
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