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Oklahoma Fair Housing & Health Equity Seminar

Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Health Equity Network are collaborating to convene the 4th Annual Housing & Health Equity Seminar recognizing the
- 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act of 1968,
- National Fair Housing Month,
- National Minority Health Month, and
- National Public Health Week

Public and private partners will gather to learn and discuss issues concerning fair housing, behavioral health, violence prevention and discrimination. Final session will focus on principals of fair housing litigation.

Featured speakers will include:
-Anna Maria Farias, U.S. Asst. Secretary for Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing & Urban Development

-Lance Robertson, U.S. Asst. Secretary for Aging, Administration for Community Living, Department of Health & Human Services

-Larry Cohen, Founder and Director, Prevention Institute

-Christopher Brancaret, Attorney, Brancart & Brancart Law Firm

-Honorable Lydia Green, Oklahoma County Special Judge

-John Pettis, Jr, Oklahoma City Council, Ward 7 & Councilman

Sponsors include the Progressive Independence, Oklahoma Public Health Association, Legal Aid of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, Central Oklahoma Commercial Association of REALTORS