{"id":135024,"date":"2023-02-08T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=135024"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:14:32","slug":"wright-state-faculty-participating-in-local-fair-housing-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/02\/08\/wright-state-faculty-participating-in-local-fair-housing-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State faculty participating in local fair housing symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several Wright State faculty members are helping to organize and participate in the \u201cImagining Community: Housing Justice and Flourishing Neighborhoods\u201d symposium on Feb. 16-18. (Photo courtesy of the University of Dayton)<\/p><\/div>\n

The issue of fair housing and what can be done to improve neighborhoods in Dayton are the focus of a three-day symposium in which Wright State University plays a key role.<\/p>\n

The symposium \u201cImagining Community: Housing Justice and Flourishing Neighborhoods\u201d will be Feb. 16\u201318 at The Hub Powered by PNC Bank at the Dayton Arcade, 35 W. Fourth St. The event runs from 8 a.m. to about 6 p.m. on Feb. 16 and 17 and to about noon on Feb. 18. It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

The symposium features art exhibits, workshops, panels and presentations exploring the history, legacy and impact of injustice in Dayton and strategies to move toward a more equitable and inclusive community.<\/p>\n

It is sponsored by Wright State University, the University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College, the Dayton Metro Library and other Dayton community partners.<\/p>\n

For information and registration, visit udayton.edu\/artssciences\/endowedchair\/roesch\/imagining-symposium.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The symposium\u2019s steering committee includes two Wright State faculty members, Marlese Durr, Ph.D., professor of sociology and coordinator of African and African American studies in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies<\/a>, and Kelli Zaytoun, Ph.D., professor of English and director of interdisciplinary curricular development in the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWright State is a metropolitan university,\u201d Zaytoun said, \u201cand has faculty experts whose research benefits our area directly. The symposium gives us a chance to hear about their work and for it to be a part of strategies for a more-just Dayton community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durr said, \u201cWright State wants to be in the forefront because we have scholars working on this with community groups. We want to make sure our role is made known. We do have that commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImagining Community\u201d is a follow-up to last year\u2019s inaugural symposium, which focused on the practice of redlining. Redlining describes the color-coded maps that emerged from 1930s federal homeownership programs that designated so-called risk areas for government-backed mortgages. Areas with significant Black populations were often identified as investment risks, which isolated Black communities from resources available in other areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started with redlining,\u201d Durr said of last year\u2019s symposium. This year, she said, \u201cWe\u2019re trying to see how Dayton can do better. How can we improve these communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The importance of this year\u2019s symposium, Zaytoun said, \u201cis to help the city address these issues associated with sustainable housing, African American health and medical issues and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said Wright State and the two other institutions of higher learning are \u201ccoming together with community members, agencies, nonprofits \u2014 bringing all of these resources together to try to solve these issues of housing and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives of Wright State\u2019s Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/a>, including Shannon Nicks, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, will address African American infant mortality.<\/p>\n

Sarah Twill, Ph.D., professor of social work<\/a> at Wright State, will discuss using data to improve the homeless system. Durr will be a member of the housing panel.<\/p>\n

Also scheduled to speak is Nan-C Moss Van, a Wright State graduate and director of leadership annual giving at the University of Dayton, who will discuss African American women\u2019s pregnancy and postpartum issues.<\/p>\n

A special exhibit will be at the Dayton Metro Library, \u201cThe Evicted,\u201d based on Matt Desmond\u2019s Pulitizer-Prize-winning book \u201cEvicted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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