The State of Ohio’s Health: 2023 Health Value Dashboard™

Monday, May 1, 2023
Forum: 10:30 AM – 4 PM
Reception: 4 PM-5:30 PM

The Grand Event Center at Grandview Yard
820 Goodale Boulevard
Grandview Heights, OH 43212

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard lays a foundation for tracking Ohio’s progress towards health value – a composite measure of Ohio’s performance on population health outcomes and healthcare spending. This is the fifth edition of HPIO’s biennial Dashboard, which examines Ohio’s rank and trend performance relative to other states and highlights gaps in outcomes between groups of Ohioans.

Join us on Monday, May 1, 2023, from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m., for a forum focused on the 2023 Health Value Dashboard. This event will be held in-person at the Grand Event Center in Grandview/Columbus, OH. Speakers will discuss key findings from the Dashboard and provide evidence-informed strategies that can lead to improved population health, equity and reduced healthcare spending.

Throughout the forum, we will also celebrate HPIO’s 20th anniversary! In appreciation of all of our supporters and partners, we will host a reception immediately following the forum, from 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Speakers include:

• J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chief Health Equity Officer & Senior Vice President, Health Equity and Social Impact, Humana Inc. Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine & The Ohio State University College of Public Health

• January Angeles, Managing Director, Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC

• Kristopher Vilamaa, Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Perspective

• Lori Criss, MSW, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Panelists include:

• Anna Novais, DM, Dental Director, Cincinnati Health Department 

• Jazmin Long, President & Chief Executive Officer, Birthing Beautiful Communities 

• Kate Sommerfeld, President, ProMedica Social Determinants of Health Institute, Corporate Vice President, Community Relations and Social Investment, ProMedica

• Lydia Dippre, Health Equity and Outreach Program Director, Hocking Athens Perry Community Action

• Shelly Douglas, Executive Director, Green Columbus

Registration information

• The general attendance fee is $80+ fees. For additional fee options, please see the registration page.

• Registration begins at 9:30 am, with program starting at 10:30 am.

• Lunch will be served, please select appropriate dietary restrictions when registering for this event and email Alana Clark-Kirk with additional restrictions

• If you require an accommodation participate in this event please email Alana Clark-Kirk (aclarkkirk@hpio.net)

As policymakers and practitioners address the nation’s shortage of affordable housing, including housing available for affordable homeownership, they face several headwinds, such as inflationary pressures, mounting climate risks, and the potential for further economic cooling. The lack of housing supply combined with rising interest rates is pushing access to high-quality homeownership even further out of reach for many households, especially households of color. Despite these challenges, nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions continue to innovate, leveraging new federal policy changes and investments to create new housing that addresses the supply gap, improves resilience to climate risks, and meets the unique homeownership needs of those most often denied the opportunity. 

Please join the Urban Institute and practitioners from across the country to understand the innovative ways they are addressing housing supply and affordability challenges, creating new forms of climate-resilient housing options, and leveraging federal flexibilities to overcome barriers in local contexts.

Registration Fees

On or Before February 17:  $175/person (member/nonmember)
After February 17:  $250/person (member/nonmember)

Registration for the 2023 virtual event includes access to the symposium recordings, which will be available on Monday, March 6, and remain available through June.

Registration will close on Friday, February 24.

Team Discount

Purchase nine registrations for your organization and get a tenth registration free! After completing the first nine registrations online, complete and submit this Team Discount Registration Form to get your tenth registration free. The Team Discount is available through Friday, February 17.

Cancellation and Substitution Policies

Cancellation and substitutions are not allowed.

Attendee Roster

Interested in who will be attending the symposium? The attendee roster is updated every Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Code of Conduct

The National Council of State Housing Agencies is committed to providing a professional environment at all of our events, welcoming people from as many diverse backgrounds as possible. We expect each event to be a respectful, harassment-free environment for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical ability, nationality, age, socioeconomic status, and belief.

In pursuit of those goals, which are applicable at virtual and in-person events, speakers, staff, attendees, and volunteers at NCSHA events are expected to abide by this Code of Conduct. Participation in this event indicates your acknowledgment and acceptance of this code of conduct.

Efforts to close the historically large Black-white homeownership gap should consider the fact that many Black households are headed by immigrants, particularly in the Northeast, Texas, and Florida. In this talk, Sharon Cornelissen, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center, will discuss findings from “Black Immigrant Homeownership: National Trends and the Case of Metro Boston,” a paper she co-authored with Daniel McCue and Raheem Hanifa. She will discuss the growing number of Black immigrant households, show which groups of Black immigrants have become homeowners, where they have done so, and explore how these trends are playing out in greater Boston. She will also discuss how policymakers might take the strengths and challenges of Black immigrants into account as they work to support and expand Black homeownership.

Registration required.

Join HJN for a listening session to learn more about HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule!

This session will provide an overview of the proposed rule, with a focus on:

public housing authorities’ obligations and responsibilities;
community engagement opportunities for HUD assisted households; and
the new complaint and enforcement process.

Who should attend?

HJN attorneys and advocates who are engaged in fair housing advocacy (or want to be), represent HUD assisted households, or work with tenants, organizers or community groups who are trying to improve PHA and/or fair housing policies in their communities

What will we discuss?

We look forward to your participation in a facilitated discussion about the rule and strategies for submitting comments. Some questions to consider:

What different or additional regulatory changes to the rule would be more effective in increasing tenant protections, emphasizing the voices of affordable housing residents who are members of protected classes, and preventing displacement and/or evictions?
Does the rule provide for meaningful community engagement?
Does the planning process provide for a robust analysis for PHAs to examine their own policies and practices? Does it provide for a robust analysis of other program participants’ impediments to fair housing? Does the process set goals for overcoming systemic and longstanding inequities in their jurisdictions?
What clarifications or improvements are needed to the compliance and enforcement procedures in order to provide for meaningful compliance with the AFFH obligation?

Moderator:
Natalie N. Maxwell, National Housing Law Project


Speakers
Christopher Buerger, National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Debby Goldberg, National Fair Housing Alliance
Rasheeda Phillips, PolicyLink
Phillip Tegeler, Poverty & Race Research Action Council

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted low-income renters and renters of color over the past three years. In December 2020, 11 million households were significantly behind on their rental or mortgage payments, putting their housing stability at risk. By July 2021, nearly a quarter of Black renters and 19% of Hispanic renters were behind on rent.

In many communities, local nonprofit organizations responded quickly to the needs of their communities.  In fiscal year 2021, NeighborWorks network organizations reported deploying $271.6 million in resources to maintain housing stability, the majority as rental assistance. A recent analysis by the University of Pennsylvania’s Housing Initiative at Penn and the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that four out of five emergency rental assistance programs surveyed were working with nonprofits in some way. Indeed, choosing trusted community partners who truly understand their community is critically important to help reach vulnerable populations. 

But what about your community? How effective has the response been in your area? How are partnerships working to help residents through this challenging time? And more importantly, are there strategies and approaches that can bolster your work in this area? 

Join us for a solutions-focused symposium and learn how nonprofit organizations have been successful in helping to stabilize renters and homeowners in their communities. Highlighting examples from around the country, we’ll explore the importance of local partnerships to strengthen capacity and assist in outreach and service delivery, the role housing counselors play in helping people facing housing instability navigate complex systems, and ways to reach those most impacted – particularly low-income people and people of color – through trusting relationships, language and cultural competency. 

Throughout the event, we’ll consider:

• How tailoring solutions to the local community advances equity for people of color.

• How centering resident voices improves outcomes and promotes equity.

• How we can best ensure data is inclusive of all voices and informs solutions.

This timely and practical symposium is designed for:

• Local community development and affordable housing nonprofits.

• Local and county government.

• State housing finance agencies.

• Housing counseling intermediaries.

• Funders.

Round out your week of learning with the following sessions:

• Navigating Credit Concerns Amidst an Eviction/Foreclosure (HO045wt)

• How to Talk to Your Clients About … Medical Debt (HO046wt)

• Rental Housing Counseling Certification: Part 1 (HO274vc)

• Government Loan Basics for Housing Counselors (HO038wt)

• Delivering Effective Financial Capability Programs (HO209vc)

• Strong Coalitions: Building on Common Interests (CB002wt)

• Financial Coaching Helping Clients Reach Their Goals (HO310vc)

• Using an Equity Lens in Financial Coaching Approaches (HO041wt)

• Foreclosure Intervention and Default Counseling Certification: Part I (HO345rqvc)

• Foreclosure: Changes, Trends and Updates to Help Consumers (HO051wt)

Related reading:

• What Have We Learned About Emergency Rental Assistance? 

• Building Local Institutional Capacity: Lessons Learned from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (pdf)

• Housing Counseling to Support Renters in Crisis (pdf)

Symposium Pre-Session: Feb. 7 

Roundtable– Housing Stability: Research, Resources and Racial Equity

This roundtable will set the stage for the symposium - what happened, who was most impacted, what impact did moratoria have, what role did nonprofits play, etc.  Recap the unprecedented resources allocated and explore what we know at this stage about how funds reached those most impacted, particularly communities of color. 
 

Post-symposium workshop sessions Feb. 9 4:30 -6:30 p.m. (open to all VTI registrants)

Solutions Lounge – Housing Stability 4:30-6 p.m.             

1. Leveraging Technology for Service Delivery: Balancing Speed and Equity 

   • A discussion about tech equity, including key lessons learned for tech adoption to facilitate service delivery.

2. Unlocking Local Resource for Housing Stability

   • What are the resources available and how can organizations work with their local jurisdictions to support prioritization for housing stability and effective deployment? 

3. Resident Engagement Strategies to Support Housing Stability 

   • A conversation showcasing efforts in which organizations effectively leveraged community building and/or resident services strategies.

4. Cultural and Linguistic Outreach 

   • Best practices for effectively and efficiently reaching underserved residents.

Conversation in celebration of Black History Month with social entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, Trabian Shorters

Screen a documentary and discuss the experiences of Black boys in society.

Sponsored by YMCA of Central Ohio.

Join the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) for a hearing about appraisal bias. This hearing will define the role of the ASC and its authorities and will feature a panel of witnesses familiar with appraisal transactions, including a lender, an appraiser, a homeowner, and an academic to give an overall view of appraisal bias based on statistical analyses. These individuals will help the ASC to more deeply explore the scope of appraisal bias and its impacts from a range of perspectives. Based on the information gathered, the ASC may hold additional hearings on targeted topics in appraisal bias.

The hearing will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST. Members of the public are invited to listen to the hearing and provide written comments. Comments can be submitted to AppraisalBiasHearing@asc.gov until February 8, 2023.

The hearing will be livestreamed on the CFPB website but requires an RSVP. Please register if you plan to attend or view the hearing. RSVP here.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to attend this event, please contact CFPB_ReasonableAccommodations@cfpb.gov 72 hours prior to the start of this event.

This announcement will be updated with more details as they become available.

More information about the Appraisal Subcommittee can be found here .

Join us as we discuss the strides and struggles connected to wealth building in the Black community.

• How does the Black middle class keep momentum in their wealth building journey?

• How do we address trauma associated with expectations of financial assistance, institutional betrayal and economic advancement deferred?

• What will it mean to have wealth in the next 5, 10, 20 years?

We will be joined by a panel of financial industry leaders and economic empowerment consultants, moderated by behavioral health expert, Jewel Woods.

Panelists

-Stephanie Green, SVP, Director Private Bank, Fifth Third Bank

- Brandon Nelson, Market Executive, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

-Nyima Porter, MSW, Empowerment Consultant, Concrete Dreamers

-Isiah Williams, Managing Director & Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual

With the success of Part 1, you don’t want to miss this!

Refreshments and open bar available when doors open. Space is limited, registration is required.

This event will also livestream on Columbus Urban League's YouTube Channel

Thank you to our event sponsors JPMorgan Chase & Co. & CoverMyMeds

Michael Wilkos, Senior Vice President of Community Impact for United Way of Ohio, is an expert on central Ohio demographics. He will be presenting to City Council on the growth of our city through the last census, how it has changed and how those changes impact our community.

Empowerment Day is your Columbus Urban League’s signature annual event. Join us on Wednesday, November 9th as we’re back in-person at the Thomas Conference Center (hosted by The Wendy’s Company).

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host a virtual forum, as part of its Economic Inequality Policy Series, on the disparate impacts of inflation on different racial and ethnic groups.

The forum will highlight recent New York Fed research on economic inequality and disparities in inflation rates experienced by different racial and ethnic groups during 2021-2022. Community development leaders and policy influencers will also discuss insights related to price stability and racial equity.

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation (BGAF) is in the process of developing a ‘QAP scorecard’ in an effort to strengthen standards within the nation’s largest affordable housing program. In addition to energy efficiency and healthy building practices, the scorecard will include an equity section and adopt scoring criteria and best practices for incorporating racial equity provisions in communities assisted by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). BGAF has contracted with Miriam Zuk, Ph.D. of Ground Works Consulting to support us in the development of the equity criteria to be included in the scorecard. This informational sessions will be held to share existing information and to gather input from stakeholders on how to best capture the various ways that LIHTC/QAP intersect with equity for the purposes of the scorecard.

Please contact Miriam Zuk (miriam@groundworksconsulting.org) or Jeff Hurley (jhurley@bluegreenalliance.org) with any questions.

Date: Friday, February 18, 2022Time: 2-3pm ET

Location: Virtual

Speaker(s): Jennifer Molinsky

Many Americans who need accessibility features live in homes don’t have them. In this talk, Jennifer Molinsky, project director for the Center’s new Housing an Aging Society Program, will discuss a forthcoming paper, co-authored with Samara Scheckler and Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, that uses data from the American Housing Survey to explore the demographic characteristics of residents who have challenges entering, navigating, and using their homes. She will also discuss the types of housing where residents are more likely to have these difficulties, and policies that could make housing more accessible for the growing number of older Americans (and other people) who would benefit from such improvements.

This event will be held on Zoom; registration is required.

To celebrate the launch of our new series, The Racial Wealth Gap—Moving to Systemic Solutions, we're hosting a Facebook Live event with Anne Price, president of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development and former director of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative. Anne's piece, “Doing ‘the Right Thing’ Won’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap,” will lead off our series.

Design approaches that better reflect the community desires as well as more effective ways to fund and provide high-quality services for residents will be the focus of presentations by two Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) students who were the Center’s 2021 Gramlich Fellows in Community and Economic Development.

Sharon Welch, a master in architecture and a master in design studies candidate at GSD will discuss a forthcoming paper about the research she did on the role of design in affordable housing for Native communities in the Southwestern United States. Mel Miller, a master in urban planning candidate at the GSD, will discuss her forthcoming paper which examines how the managers and owners of nonprofit housing fund and deliver a variety of resident service programs.

The Gramlich Fellowship in Community and Economic Development, which is co-sponsored by the Center and NeighborWorks® America, gives Harvard graduate students the opportunity to identify, research, publish, and present promising approaches for addressing challenges related to affordable housing and community development. Fellows carry out this work independently but in close consultation with staff from both organizations. The application deadline for the 2021 Gramlich Fellowship is Monday, February 14, 2022.

Time

Feb 4, 2022 12:15 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada

No Struggle, No Progress: Social Justice Organizing in the 21st Century

Thursday, February 3

11:00 a.m. EST

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of History

The Ohio State University

Our third Forum will elaborate on several key topics that emerged throughout the pages of Issue 03, “Envisioning Equity,” for which we brought together a range of voices to weigh in on how the concept of equity might be thought through and applied to our lives.

A word and idea that is often misconstrued, equity, at its simplest, is about ownership of a portion of a total value. While equality implies that every individual or group receives the same portion, equity considers varying circumstances and needs, and instead allocates the portion necessary to reach an equal outcome.

As in years past, the Forum will take place as three live virtual conversations, each addressing a distinct theme—interdependence, neurodiversity, and motherhood—and engaging Issue 03 contributors alongside a few special guests. These sessions will be held on January 20, January 27, and February 3 at 12PM EST; captioning and ASL interpretation will be available and each session will be streamed via Youtube.

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SESSION 01_ INTERDEPENDENCE

Session One will consider the necessity of relationality and connectedness to the wellbeing of all lifeforms. This discussion will feature guests Mia Birdsong, Taeyoon Choi, and Zenat Begum, and will be moderated by Ari Melenciano.

Guests—

Taeyoon Choi (he/him) is a Seoul-based artist who works with drawing, painting, computer programming, performance art, and video. He is the co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation in New York City.

Mia Birdsong (she/her/auntie) is a pathfinder, writer, and facilitator. She is the author of “How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community” the founder and steward of Next River: An Institute For Practicing the Future, and a Senior Fellow of the Economic Security Project.

Zenat Begum (she/her) is a native New Yorker, owner of Playground Coffee Shop, founder of Playground Youth, and an alumni of The New School. She intentionally seeks to center BIPOC, marginalized bodies, the arts, and community engagement in order to foster change in a shapeshifting and gentrifying BedStuy.

Ari Melenciano (she/her) is a designer, creative technologist, and researcher who is passionate about exploring the relationships between various forms of design and sentient experiences. She is a creative technologist at Google's Creative Lab, professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Graduate Program, and founder of Afrotectopia.

The Beloved Community

Learn about how to get involved at an upcoming virtual interest meeting! Register below by clicking the date you'd like to join.  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

January 19, 12pm 

January 28, 11am

January 29, 10am

“Habitat for Humanity is propelled by a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We devote ourselves to creating that world because we believe everyone — every single one of us, regardless of who we are or where we come from — deserves a decent life and deserves the opportunity for a better future.  Believing is not enough. And so we build.

We build houses — and through those houses, the strength, stability, and self-reliance that families need in order to achieve a better life. That better life is our primary goal. And so when we build houses, we also build bridges between people of diverse backgrounds, we build paths to more connected communities, we build ways for all people to come together and share in the creation of a new world.

That new world allows access, equality and opportunity for all. That new world represents what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called ‘the beloved community.’

The beloved community is fair. The beloved community is just. And the beloved community is built on love.

Born from that vision, Habitat believes that making homeownership accessible and affordable for low-income families is a critical component to creating the kind of future that Dr. King envisioned.”  Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International

Made possible by an anonymous donor, the Beloved Community House will bring together people from all walks of life to address the housing crisis facing our community by building a home alongside a Central Ohio family.

Volunteers Needed!

• Individuals and groups (6-10 per day) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays throughout the build from 8:30AM-4:00PM

• Volunteers must be at least 16 years old

• Skilled guidance, tools, safety equipment, and materials provided

• Volunteers will begin building in February

• No previous experience is necessary

Not interested in building?  Volunteers are also needed for providing lunches.  To learn more about these opportunities, please contact Deb Light at dlight@habitatmidohio.org or 614-364-7020.

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Bank of America opportunity for students 

Through Student Leaders®, Bank of America recognizes high school students who lead and serve in their own communities and beyond and connecting Student Leaders to tools and resources to help make communities better. 

Every year, hundreds of community-minded high schoolers are accepted into the Student Leaders program.  They get first-hand experience in serving their communities through a paid eight-week internship with nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity.

The program is open to high school juniors and seniors in Franklin, Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Hamilton counties.  Deadline to apply is January 28, 2022. 

Click here to learn more about this opportunity

DONATE TODAY

Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio

Family & Program Center, powered by the AEP Foundation

6665 Busch Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio 43229

www.HabitatMidOhio.org

(614) 422-4828

January 18 , 3:00 Pm EST – 4:00 Pm EST

Join The W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the live premiere of the National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. EST

Creating a brighter future for everyone starts with racial healing. We have an opportunity to transform the systems that disrupt so many lives. It’s about bringing communities together to create new ones built on foundations of: Relationship-building, truth-telling and racial equity; Healing and solidarity; Transformative action.

That work begins with us – with each individual, group and community. You can help chart the path forward toward racial equity in your own community and beyond. Start by downloading our resources for action below.

How can the Community Reinvestment Act be updated to directly examine race and better combat redlining?

About this event

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted to ensure much-needed investment and capital makes it to LMI communities. But NCRC's research has shown that the majority of communities that were redlined in the 20th Century are still lower-income and also predominantly communities of color.

NCRC and the civil rights law firm Relman Colfax PLLC have released a report calling on federal regulators to add race directly to the scope of CRA and finally hold banks accountable to the communities they serve.

Hear from some of the architects of the report and senior NCRC leadership, and check it out here.

Speakers

Dedrick Asante Muhammad, Chief of Membership, Policy & Equity, NCRC

Josh Silver, Senior Advisor, NCRC

Glenn Schlactus, Partner, Relman Colfax PLLC

Every solution you’ll hear about during this series of six presentations works to counter systemic racism. You’ll hear directly from a researcher advocating to reform the child welfare system that removes Black children from their homes at disproportionately high rates. Or the woman who launched the first guaranteed income program in the U.S. to serve single Black mothers. Others are dismantling the financial penalties that create barriers to economic opportunity in Las Vegas and Durham, North Carolina.

You’ll hear about a mediation program in Philadelphia that has resulted in diverting evictions and preventing tenants from being pushed into poverty. Then there’s Dark Matter University, a network of design practitioners using their positions inside established programs to bring an antiracist lens to design education. Together, these solutions challenge us to think critically about how policies and practices perpetuate institutional racism, and what it will take to knock down those harmful assumptions and forge a new paradigm.

Solutions of the Year is a multi-day virtual convening, including seven sessions, that will frame the conversation for 2022. You can purchase a single ticket now to all of the events for just $50, or pay what you wish by registering for each event individually. All who donate will receive a copy of our annual Solutions of the Year special issue magazine.

Date: Friday, November 19, 2021Time: 12:15-1:15 pm ET

Location: Virtual

Speaker(s): Sharon Cornelissen, Alexander Hermann

The economic impacts of the pandemic have been most acutely felt by Black, Hispanic, and Asian households in the United States. In this talk, Sharon Cornelissen, a Center Postdoctoral Fellow and Alexander Hermann, a Senior Research Analyst at the Center, will report on new research that uses data to measure and better understand racial and ethnic differences in the economic impacts of COVID. Their results indicate that during the second half of 2020 Black, Hispanic, and Asian households were two-to-three times more likely to fall behind on housing payments than white households and while some of these inequalities can be explained by disparities that preceded the pandemic, new pathways created by COVID-19 aggravated housing insecurity for Black, Hispanic, and Asian households.

Registration required

You will need Zoom to attend this event.

On Thursday, November 4, Kirwan Institute researchers, Michael Outrich and Mikyung Baek, PhD, will present on housing race. To read the 2021 Franklin County Auditor's Report: Investigating the Appraisal Process, click here.

All Kirwan Institute forums are virtual, free and open to the public. All forums are recorded. To watch previously recorded forums please click here. For additional questions, please contact Kip Holley at holley.17@osu.edu.

An empowering and educational virtual event!

Activists and Agitators 2021 will take place from 11am-1pm on Oct. 27, 2021. During the event, we will build on conversations happening across our community to redefine the future of housing, education, and community safety. We will discuss a future in our community that is equitable for everyone. And, we will also discuss ways to be intentional about your self-care during change, as we build an inclusive Columbus.

Our event will include engaging speakers, artists, experts, and community organizers to guide us in dreaming about what a more equitable Columbus would look like. We will redefine the role of systems in building our community and how we can build anew to create a Columbus of peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

PURCHASE A VIRTUAL PASS

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. CDT) for Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Wealth Divide. This is the ninth installment in our virtual event series, which examines the impact of structural racism on our economy and advances ideas to improve economic outcomes for all Americans.

The ninth installment of our virtual event series focuses on how racialized barriers to wealth accumulation deny families and communities long-term economic mobility and financial resiliency. Wealth is usually defined as the value of one’s assets minus debt, and it serves as a critical component of economic opportunity in the United States. Opening speakers will examine past and present structures and institutions that contribute to persistent wealth disparities. A panel of practitioners, scholars, and community leaders will propose and discuss bold strategies to finally reverse these trends. The Federal Reserve has long studied wealth disparities because equal access to wealth is so important to achieving full employment and an inclusive economy. 

Speakers:

• Mehrsa Baradaran, Professor of Law, University of California Irvine School of Law

• Raphael Bostic, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

• James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

• Charles Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

• Matthew Fletcher, Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University

• Neel Kashkari, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

• Noel Poyo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Economic Development, U.S. Treasury Department

• Eric Rosengren, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

More speakers to be added.

September 29, 2021, Afternoon Roundtable (Virtual, 4:00-5:30 pm)

National Speaker: Rick Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation whose research and writing is at the intersection of housing, economic, and educational success.

Moderator: Kathy Fox, Community Strategy Partners

Panelists:
Carlie Boos, Executive Director, Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio
James Chaffin, Vice Chair, WeRISE Westerville
Matt Gregory, President, Building Worthington’s Future
Kerstin Carr, Director, Planning & Sustainabiity, MORPC