The North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review presents their annual Conference on Race, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity (CRCGE). This year’s conference will seek to contextualize the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which enables the criminalization of homelessness, and have a broader discussion about homelessness and housing justice.
When: Friday, February 28, 2025
Where: UNC School of Law Room 4085
Please register here.
Schedule:
8:30-9:00 – Breakfast/Check-in
9:00-9:15 – Opening Remarks by Deborah Weissman (UNC School of Law)
9:15-10:15 – Keynote: Grants Pass and its Implications featuring Sara Rankin (Seattle University School of Law)
10:15-10:30 – Break
10:30-11:30 – Racial Justice, Homelessness, and Housing moderated by Osamudia James (UNC School of Law) and co-sponsored with NCCU Law’s Civil Rights Society and UNC Law’s BLSA, HLSA, and AALSA featuring Phyllis Craig-Taylor (NCCU School of Law) & Jesse McCoy (Duke University School of Law)
11:30-12:30 – Lunch
12:30-1:30 – Government Responsibilities and Responses to Homelessness moderated by Kate Elengold (UNC School of Law) featuring Brian Goldstone (Journalist and Author), Kathryn Sabbeth (Rutgers Law School) & Rick Su (UNC School of Law)
1:45-2:45 – Housing Justice Movements moderated by Deborah Weissman (UNC School of Law) featuring Latonya Agard (North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness), Peter Gilbert (Legal Aid NC), & Kenya Cummings (South Carolina Housing Justice Network)
2:45-3:00 – Closing Remarks by Deborah Weissman (UNC School of Law)
