This symposium will explore what housing policy, research, and advocacy can learn from abolitionists and, in particular, the scholarship and advocacy that have shaped movements for prison and police abolition. Nationwide movements for racial justice—combined with the racially-disparate health and economic effects of COVID-19—have drawn attention to longstanding inequities and discrimination in housing. The symposium seeks to imagine what a housing justice framework centered on abolitionist principles might look like.
The symposium will feature two panel discussions.
There will be a 30-minute break from 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Overview of Abolitionist Frameworks (12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
Moderated by:
Sheryll Cashin – Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice, Georgetown University
Panelists will include:
Jacob Faber – Associate Professor, New York University's Wagner School of Public Service and Department of Sociology
Rasheedah Phillips – Managing Attorney for Housing Policy, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Housing Policy, Research, and Advocacy Through the Lens of Abolition
(2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Moderated by:
Deborah Archer – Associate Professor of Clinical Law, NYU School of Law, and Co-Faculty Director, NYU Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law
Panelists will include:
Monica Bell – Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Justin Steil – Associate Professor of Law and Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology