Housing Summit 2022 – Solutions for Change

Creating Pathways & Connections in Housing

Thursday, September 15, 2022

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Taking place virtually via Zoom

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Featured Speakers Samuel Gunter – NC Housing Coalition, Executive Director Tracy Washington – Indigo Innovation Group, President
Panel Discussion Building Housing Solutions through Community Voice Solution driven dialogues with subject matter experts with lived experience. Real stories from community leaders and residents illustrating challenges faced by under resourced communities. Listen to stories that help us to understand how we need to navigate the complexities of the challenges associated with the lack of affordable housing. Panelists Moderator: Jodie Stanley City of Greensboro Human Rights Department, Outreach and Education Coordinator Speakers: Amber Rivero, The New North Carolina Project, Community Organizer Mark Springfield, Disability Advocacy Center, Community Inclusion Specialists Natacha Nikokeza, The Center for New North Carolinians, Community Centers Senior Program Coordinator Drennan Paylor, Guilford County Schools, Coordinator of Homeless Services and Community Support
Panel Discussion Housing Solutions: Fostering, cultivating, and securing This session will explore local, state and federal initiatives currently in place that address housing solutions through innovation, investment, and engagement. Panelists Moderator: James Cox Greensboro Housing Authority, CEO Speakers: Love Jones, Director, Human Rights, City of Greensboro Taiwo Jaiyeoba, City Manager of Greensboro Michael Rodgers, Director of Real Estate Business Development, DHIC Victor Isler, Assistant County Manager for Successful People, Guilford County

Event Schedule

8:30 AM-9:00 AMCheck-In
9:00 AM-9:10 AMWelcoming Remarks

Speakers:
Josie Williams - Greensboro Housing Coalition, Executive Director

Antonia Monk Richburg, Ph.D. - Cone Health Foundation, Vice President and Senior Program Officer
9:10 AM-9:20 AMGreetings from the City of Greensboro

Speaker:
Mayor Nancy Vaughan - City of Greensboro, Mayor
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9:20 AM-10:10 AMFeatured Speaker
Samuel Gunter - NC Housing Coalition, Executive Director
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10:10 AM-10:15 AMBrief Break
10:15 AM-11:00 AMPanel Discussion: Building Housing Solutions through Community Voice
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Description: Solution-driven dialogues with subject matter experts with lived experience. Real stories from community leaders and residents illustrating challenges faced by under-resourced communities. Listen to stories that help us to understand how we need to navigate the complexities of the challenges associated with the lack of affordable housing.

Moderator:
Jodie Stanley - City of Greensboro Human Rights Department, Outreach and Education Coordinator

Panelists:
Amber Rivero - The New North Carolina Project, Community Organizer

Mark Springfield - Disability Advocacy Center, Community Inclusion Specialist

Natacha Nikokeza - The Center for New North Carolinians, Community Centers Senior Program Coordinator

Drennan Paylor - Guilford County Schools, Coordinator of Homeless Services and Community Support
11:00 AM-11:45 AMPanel Discussion: Housing Solutions: Fostering, cultivating, and securing
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Description: This session will explore local, state and federal initiatives currently in place that address housing solutions through innovation, investment, and engagement.

Moderator:
James Cox - Greensboro Housing Authority, CEO

Speakers:
Love Jones - City of Greensboro, Director of Human Rights

Taiwo Jaiyeoba - City of Greensboro, City Manager of Greensboro

Michael Rodgers - DHIC, Director of Real Estate Business Development

Victor Isler - Guilford County, Assistant County Manager for Successful People
11:45 AM-1:00 PMClosing Plenary and Discussion
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Featured Speaker:
Tracy Washington - Indigo Innovation Group, President