Event Calendar
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October 2-3, 2008 Subprime lending, surging foreclosures and instability in the housing market threaten to severely widen racial disparities and damage the entire US economy. The Kirwan Institute has launched an outreach, advocacy and research initiative to focus on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis from a structural perspective. The initiative will include seeking solutions from leading thinkers and key stakeholders in the various domains impacted or implicated by the crisis. The initiative will tackle the subprime lending-foreclosure phenomenon as an example of a structural crisis, assessing how the interaction and involvement of many structures and institutional entities contributed to the growth of the sub-prime market and growing foreclosures. The subprime and foreclosure crisis illustrates the power of utilizing a structural analysis to both diagnose and prescribe solutions to complex societal problems. The initiative will also identify the legal, policy, legislative and community responses needed to counter the phenomena. On October 2nd and 3rd of 2008 the Institute will hold a convening of advocates, researchers, policy makers, funders and other key stakeholders to explore the racial dimenions of the crisis and identify the critical solutions needed to address this significant civil rights challenge. Attendence at the convening will be invite only and limited, for more information about attending the convening please contact Jason Reece or Christy Rogers for more information. To read more about the scope of the Kirwan Institute subprime lending and race initiative please follow the link below. |
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