Triad Gentrification SymposiumIn Partnership with Winston-Salem State University

November 6, 2019 The Anderson Conference Center, Winston-Salem State University

9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Many Faces of Gentrification

Human Relations

Sponsors

Triad Gentrification Symposium Agenda

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ................................................................... Registration

10:00 a.m – 10:15 a.m. . ....................................... Welcome and Kick-off Speaker

Wanda Allen-Abraha, J.D.

City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Department Director

Robert Leak III

City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission Chairperson

Kick-Off Speaker

James Perry

CEO, Winston-Salem Urban League

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ............................................ Morning Breakout Sessions

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. .............................................Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Triad Regional Update

Jesse Day

Piedmont Triad Regional Council

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nishani Frasier

Associate Professor of History at Miami University of Ohio

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. .............................................Afternoon Breakout Sessions

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ................................................Highlights and Summation

Mayor Allen Joines

Greetings from City Council

Summation Speakers

Robert Leak III & James Perry

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Morning Breakout Sessions10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Please select one session.

Innovative Planning Solutions to Combat GentrificationKelly Bennett, Project Planner, Planning and Development Services, City of Winston-Salem/For-syth County; Jon Lowder, Executive Director, Piedmont Triad Apartment Association; and Michael McNair, Community Development and Housing Director, City of High Point This session will focus on how planning and zoning intersects with potential solutions for gentrification.

Tenant Leadership AcademyDr. Stephen Sills, Director, and Bruce Rich and Dan Bayer, staff members, of the Center for Housing and Community Studies at the University of North Carolina GreensboroThis session will describe how the Tenant Leadership Academy helps stabilize vulnerable neighbor-hoods by providing training to tenants in leadership skills, tenant rights and community organizing.

Downtown Revitalization’s Relationship to GentrificationEvan Raleigh, Assistant City Manager, City of Winston-Salem; Aaron King, Planning and Develop-ment Services Director, City of Winston-Salem/Forsyth CountyThis session will discuss how downtown revitalization efforts impact actual and perceived impressions of downtown affordability.

Gentrification and Public HousingAlexander Boston, Staff Attorney, Housing Authority of the City of Winston-SalemThis session will discuss challenges faced by public housing providers and residents with respect to redevelopment and rehabilitation. Public and social programs addressing gentrification and proposed solutions will be discussed.

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Afternoon Breakout Sessions1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Please select one session.

For Everyone HomePaula McCoy, Community Engagement Consultant This session will explain and explore the For Everyone Home program and the positive implica-tions it has on addressing the effects of gentrification.

Culturally Reflective Community Building – A Fair Housing PerspectiveAdolfo Briceño, Human Relations Specialist, City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Department This session will explore the risk of housing discrimination practices and the possible disparate impact of gentrification policies.

The Impact of Opportunity Zones on Affordable HousingMarla Newman, City of Winston-Salem Community Development Director; Darren Rhodes, Director of Community Assistance, North Carolina Department of CommerceThis session will explain the opportunity programs initiative and the impact it has on local communities.

Support and Services to Stem the Tide of GentrificationMichael Blair, Piedmont Triad Regional Council; Michael McNair, Community Development and Housing Director, City of High Point This session will highlight examples of the return on investment that result from public and private investment projects in blighted areas

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Kickoff SpeakerJames Perry

James Perry is president and CEO of the Winston-Salem Urban League. Perry leads a near 25 person staff , advocating for civil rights, employment opportunities, aff ordable housing, voting rights, food security and more.

Before taking charge of the Urban League, Perry served for 10 years as the Chief Executive Offi cer of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. Perry led the Center through hurricane Katrina, the most disastrous hurricane to make landfall in America. Under his leadership, the Center won more than half a billion dollars for victims of discrimination across Louisiana.

Perry founded the Mississippi Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center, testifi ed before Congress eight times and has served on dozens of local, state and national boards and commissions. He currently serves on the National Fair Housing Alliance Board of Directors. Perry is a political science graduate of the University of New Orleans and a graduate of the Loyola University School of Law. Perry and his wife Melissa Harris-Perry are raising two daughters in Winston-Salem.

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Keynote SpeakerDr. Nishani Frasier

Nishani Frazier is Associate Professor of History at Miami University of Ohio. Prior to Miami University, she held positions as Associate Curator of African American History and Archives at Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS), Assistant to the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Archives at the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and personal assistant for Dr. John Hope Franklin, before and during his tenure as chair of President Bill Clinton’s advisory board on “One America”. Frazier’s public history work incorporated oral history at its center including: interviews for Anacostia’s Black Mosaic Project, WRHS’s black veteran project, King Archives and Library civil rights activist programs, and community training sessions in oral history.

Her research interests include 1960s freedom movements, oral history, food, digital humanities, and black economic development. Nishani’s recent book publication, Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism, was released with an accompanying website also titled Harambee City. Harambee City website emanated from an original proposal for an accompanying oral history interview cd. Eventually, the audio supplement transformed into a comprehensive digital project that creates a second layer of book “reading” via online access to maps, archival documents, teacher lesson plans, and oral history interviews. Dr. Frazier has also consulted on several digital history grants which utilized oral history, including a NEH Digital Start up grant for an interactive app related to Freedom Summer.

Frazier’s writings include: “To Die For the People: Prophecy and Death in the Rhetoric of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Fred Hampton” in Homegoings, Crossings, and Passings: Life and Death in the African Diaspora; “Building a Black Nation: CORE, Black Power, and the Community Development Corporation Movement” in The New Black History; and “A McDonald’s That Refl ects the Soul of a People: McDonald’s Corporation, Operation Black Unity, Hough Area Development Corporation, and Black Economic Empowerment” in The Business of Black Power.

You can follow her on Twitter at @SpelmanDiva. For more information on Harambee City or Cleveland’s Black Freedom Movement, see harambeecity.lib.miamioh.edu

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Gentrification Symposium Summation SpeakersRobert Leak III

Robert is a pastor, community educator, and leadership development community coach in Winston-Salem and serves as Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods Grassroots Grant/Fiscal Sponsorship Coordinator. Leak was raised in Lewisville, N.C. and graduated from Winston-Salem State University with a major in Business Administration and minor of Political Science. Leak is passionate about serving the community and has served on a number of community boards, including Chairman of Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission, Habit for Humanity Board of Directors, Black Philanthropy Initiative for the Winston-Salem Foundation, President of the New South Community Coalition, and Founder of Coalition for Neighborhood Association Presidents. Blue Green Academy Charter School Board of Directors, Care Net Board of Directors for Wake Forest Baptist Health. President of the Easton Neighborhood Association, and Horizons Residential Care Center. Leadership of Winston- Salem Education committee, Coalition for Equity, Leak is the recipient of many leadership and volunteer awards, including the Winston-Salem Foundation’s Echo Award.

James Perry See page 6 for bio.

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Wanda Allen-Abraha, J.D.Wanda Allen-Abraha is the Human Relations Director for the City of Winston-

Salem. She began serving in this role in 2001. Allen-Abraha is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is the fi rst female to head the Human Relations Department and was one of the youngest department heads hired in Winston-Salem city government.

She graduated cum laude and magna cum laude, respectively, from North Carolina Central University, while earning simultaneous Bachelor’s degrees in English and in French. While in college, she was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the North Carolina Central University School of Law.

Before joining city government, Allen Abraha served as the Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator (Agency Legal Specialist) in the Human Resources Division of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Before serving with the state government, she worked as the Legal Compliance Specialist in the Human Resources Division of Elk Grove Unifi ed School District in Elk Grove, California.

Allen-Abraha is active in the community and volunteers on several boards, including the Legal Aid Council of Northwest North Carolina, the Kaleideum Children’s and Science Museum Board, and the Kidane Mehret Ethiopian Orthodox Church of the Triad. She also participates in several public service organizations, including the Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Association for Confl ict Resolution, and the National Association of Human Rights Workers. She is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Winston-Salem. Allen-Abraha is also a past recipient of the Triad Business Journal’s 40 Leaders Under Forty Award, the Winston-Salem Outstanding Women Leaders Award, the Indo-US Cultural Association’s Diwali Award, and the Urban League’s Unity Award. Most recently, she was the 2015 City of Winston-Salem Employee Excellence in Leadership (department head) Awardee.

Dan BayerDan Bayer is a recent graduate of UNCG with a degree in Communication

Studies. Prior to attending college he worked as a journalist, punch press operator, sound technician, photographer and delivery driver. His life experiences have left him with an abiding interest in matters of social and economic justice, which he plans to pursue in the fi elds of organizing and advocacy work. In his spare time he plays bass guitar in a variety of local bands.

Kelly Bennett, AICPKelly Bennett, AICP, has worked in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

Planning and Development Services Department since 2008, where he works on the Comprehensive Planning and Design team. Mr. Bennett’s recent work assignments have included researching aff ordable housing strategies and ways to make neighborhood improvements without causing gentrifi cation. He is on the board of directors of the Creative Corridors Coalition and is co-chair of the Great Places in NC initiative of the NC Chapter of the American Planning Association. Mr. Bennett received a Master of Geography from UNC Greensboro, and BA in Art History from the University of Delaware.

Speaker Bios

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Michael BlairMichael Blair, AICP, Community Development Director - Michael joined

Piedmont Triad Regional Council as the Housing Department Director in October 2012 and is currently assisting in eff orts to implement regional housing improvements and other Community Development and Planning activities throughout the PTRC region. Most recently he has expanded involvement in State-funded rehabilitation programs in multiple counties and provided application services for other state program grants. In 2018 he took on managing a 8 county Weatherization Program in addition to his other responsibilities. He also served on the North Carolina Community Development Association board 2010-18. Among other positions he previously served as a grants compliance planner for the City of Greensboro and was a land use and grants planner for the City of Punta Gorda, FL prior to that. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with more than 17 years’ experience as an urban planner and grants administrator (HUD Entitlements CDBG and HOME, NC CDBG Small Cities, NCHFA SFR, EDA, BEDI, ESG, and HOPWA).

Alex Boston, J.D.Alexander Boston is the staff attorney for the Housing Authority of

the City of Winston-Salem. Boston grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. He graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University College of Arts and Sciences in 2012. He obtained a dual degree in Philosophy and History with Honors. He earned a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2015. Since then, Boston has served as staff attorney for the Housing Authority, working primarily in civil litigation and regulatory compliance.

Boston fi rst became interested in the problems facing American cities when he lived abroad. Having spent years in Hong Kong and Italy, he was struck by the functionality and beauty of thoughtful urbanism, whether modern or medieval. Since then, Boston has been an amateur researcher, fi lling notebooks on the fi nancial fragility of American suburban development, and the long-term consequences of the failure to develop resilient designs and lifestyle patterns in the US.

Before joining the Housing Authority as staff attorney, Boston served as legal clerk. His primarily research in law school was in constitutional law, with a focus on the sovereignty of Native Nations, and the role of tax policy in municipal investment. As an undergraduate, his honors thesis focused on the role of cultural patronage and political legitimacy in the reign of Matthias Corvinus, the King of Hungary from 1469-1490.

Boston is driven primarily by his particular pursuits of science and arts. His interests include cooking from scratch, philosophy, fi nancial planning, and urban design. He lives with his wife, eight-month-old son, and a two-year-old Australian cattle-dog named Paprika.

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Adolfo BriceñoAdolfo Enrique Briceño Medina is a Fair Housing Investigator and

Human Relations Specialist at the City of Winston-Salem since February 2011. Briceño is originally from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and has been living in the United States since 2006.

Briceño graduated from the University of Yucatan with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He is fl uent in both English and Spanish.

Before joining the city government, he was a reporter for Que Pasa, a leading Hispanic Newspaper, for fi ve years. While still in Yucatan, he was also a reporter for Diario de Yucatan and prior to that, worked four years for Banco Nacional de Mexico as a mortgage analyst.

Briceño is married with two children. He attends Holy Family Catholic Church where he is active in several church outreach ministries.

Jesse Day, M.S.Jesse Day is the planning director for the Piedmont Triad Regional

Council. Jesse has been with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council since 2006 and manages land use, economic development, bicycle, pedestrian, open space and parks and recreation planning projects on behalf of member jurisdictions in the 12-County Piedmont Triad. He is also a bicyclist and enjoys teaching bicycle education classes as a volunteer for Bicycling in Greensboro.

Jesse received a Bachelor’s of Science & Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and a Master’s Degree in Transportation Planning from the State University of New York at Albany.

Allen JoinesJames Allen Joines received his Bachelor of Science Degree in

Political Science from Appalachian State University, his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Georgia and an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Wake Forest University.

Allen Joines was elected Mayor of the City of Winston-Salem in November 2001. He was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and again in 2016, becoming the longest serving mayor in the history of the City.

As mayor, he has concentrated on rebuilding the economy and unifying the community. During Mayor Joines’ terms in offi ce, over 22,000 jobs have been created through recruitment of 55 new or expanded companies. He continues to work to create additional jobs through recruitment, expansion of existing companies, and new business start-ups. His goal is for Winston-Salem to be one of the top 50 metro areas in the country, and be recognized as a city that embraces innovation and rapid change.

He lead the implementation of the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness Commission in 2006; and as a result homelessness has been reduced by over 92%. Winston-Salem is one of the fi rst 27 cities across the United States that ended homelessness among veterans. In March 2012, Mayor Joines launched his Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative to help educate children seven to ten years of age, and their parents, about the importance of good nutrition and exercise. He formed an initiative to work on reducing poverty in Winston-Salem and is making the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Plan as one of his top priorities.

Mayor Joines was voted one of the “Most Infl uential” people in the Triad for 2006 thru 2016. In 2013, the Winston-

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Salem Journal named him one of the fi fty individuals who helped shape Winston-Salem in its fi rst one hundred years.Mayor Joines has received numerous awards including the annual Lash Southern Award in recognition of his

work to rebuild the community of Winston-Salem and to unify the community around an agenda of economic development, aff ordable housing, safe neighborhoods; and for taking the lead in addressing such diffi cult social issues as homelessness and poverty. Other awards include the Winston-Salem Foundation Award, The Chronicle’s “Man of the Year”, the Boy Scouts Lifetime Achievement Award and many others. In 2018, Fitness Revolution Magazine selected him as one of the 10 Fittest Mayor’s in the country.

Aaron KingAaron King is the Director of Planning & Development Services for

Winston-Salem and Forsyth County; he has served in that role since October 2018. King joined the City-County Planning Department in 2005 and has been the Land Use Coordinator, working in both the Planning and Inspections divisions, for Planning and Development Services since 2013. Prior to that he was the Principal Planner overseeing design and development review. Aaron is a native of Winston-Salem and holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from East Carolina University along with a master’s in Public Administration from Appalachian State University.

Jon LowderJon Lowder is Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Apartment Asso-

ciation, a trade association which represents companies that own/manage over 65,000 multi-family housing units in the Piedmont Triad region. He also represents the multifamily industry with the National Apartment Association and the Apartment Association of North Carolina, is a member of the Aff ordable Housing Coalition in Winston-Salem and is currently serving as the chair of Partners Ending Homelessness board of directors. Mr. Lowder has also served on Greensboro’s Housing Our Community initiative’s Housing Stock and Planning & Resources working groups, spent several years on the Lewisville, NC Planning Board and is a member of multiple Chambers of Commerce and the Crescent Rotary Club of Greensboro.

Paula McCoyPaula McCoy is a native of Winston-Salem. She graduated from Carver

High School and received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from North Carolina A & T State University earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Education and a Master of Arts Degree in Education Administration and Supervision. McCoy successfully completed coursework in Duke University’s Certifi cate Program in Nonprofi t Management and earned a second Masters degree in Social Work (MSW) with a concentration in community development at Case Western Reserve University. McCoy is also a certifi ed life coach through the International Coaches Federation (ICF).

McCoy served over 5 years (August 2013-January 31, 2019) as the Executive Director of Neighbor’s for Better Neighborhoods (NBN). NBN is a neighborhood support organization whose mission is to connect people, strengthen voices, leverage resources with a vision of safe, just and self determined neighborhoods.

McCoy is also an entrepreneur, having opened a fresh produce market in a food desert, The Village Produce and Country Store, in her neighborhood of Ogburn Station in Winston-Salem. She now operates McCoy Enterprises, a

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consultant and coaching fi rm in organizational and community development. McCoy is an energetic, motivated and committed individual dedicated to helping communities, organizations and individuals realize their potential for suc-cess. Her experience in administration, supervision and leadership expand over twenty-fi ve years. Since 1985, McCoy has worked with numerous individuals, businesses and community-based organizations in the areas of personal, professional, organizational and community development. She considers this as her “life work”. McCoy’s philosophy is “look at life through the wind-shield, not the rear view mirror.”

Michael McNair, M.P.A.Michael McNair received a Master of Public Aff airs from North

Carolina State University with a concentration in Financial Management and Minor in Economics. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the Director of the City of High Point’s Community Development and Housing Department. McNair has management responsibility for all Community Development resources including local code enforcement, aff ordable housing development and numerous services and activities focused on strengthening neighborhoods. McNair served with City of Fayetteville for 14 years before coming to High Point in 2003. In prior years he served in several staff management positions in the apparel manufacturing industry for 7 years with Blue Bell Inc., a former Fortune 500 company McNair serves currently on several boards including Forward High Point and the Community and Economic Development Advisory Board at the University of NC – Greensboro. McNair and his wife Alta are the parents of two children; Marie age 17, Michael Jr. age 21 and Gypsy the family dog. When not spending time with his family, McNair retires to his man cave to enjoy his eclectic music collection.

Marla NewmanMarla Newman is Community Development Director for the City of

Winston-Salem. She is a results-oriented community development leader with over 20 years of extensive stakeholder engagement, neighborhood planning and housing policy experience in supporting the creation of healthy, vibrant and equitable communities. Marla is an ardent advocate of designing creative, practical and equitable solutions for community revitalization which prioritize neighborhood residents over the physical places undergoing change. Marla holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas School of Law, and Master in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New Orleans. She is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Texas, and Alabama, is certifi ed by the National Development Council in Economic Development Finance and Housing Development Finance, and is a member of the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute. Marla serves on the Board of Directors for the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations. She is a former member of the Board of Commissioners with the Capital Area Transit System (Baton Rouge), the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and a 2011 Fellow of the Louisiana Eff ective Leadership Program.

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Evan RaleighEvan has worked in municipal government for several years and currently

serves as an Assistant City Manager. As Assistant City Manager, Evan has oversight responsibilities for the operation of several city departments which include: Human Relations, Community Assistance, CityLink and the Offi ce of Business Inclusion and Advancement. He is also responsible for the city’s economic and workforce development programs and manages the city’s intergovernmental relations eff orts. In addition to his regular management responsibilities, Evan works closely with the Offi ce of the Mayor to lead a variety of special initiatives including the mayor’s eff orts to combat the city’s growing poverty rate.

Evan’s previous positions with the City of Winston-Salem include: Director of Business Inclusion and Advancement, Deputy Director of Community and Business Development, Assistant to the City Manager, Performance Reporting and Engagement Manager and Management Analyst. Evan performed a variety of functions in these roles including managing intergovernmental relations, providing support for the city’s housing and community development initiatives, developing strategies to enhance the effi ciency and eff ectiveness of city service delivery, providing staff support to city council-appointed citizen committees and overseeing the city’s comprehensive performance management program.

Prior to joining the City of Winston-Salem, Evan completed his Master of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In addition to his degree from the Ford School, Evan is a proud “Double Deacon” holding both a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Management from Wake Forest University.

Evan is actively involved in the community and serves as a board member for several local non-profi t and philanthropic organizations including the United Way of Forsyth County, Financial Pathways of the Piedmont and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. Evan is also an appointed member of the Northwest Piedmont Workforce Development Board. A native of Greensboro, NC, Evan, his wife Cierra and their daughter Olivia currently reside in Winston-Salem, NC.

Darren RhodesDarren grew up in the Piedmont and has lived with his family in Winston-

Salem’s Ardmore neighborhood for 20 years. He worked with his neighborhood association on a successful eff ort to designate Ardmore as one of the state’s largest National Historic Districts. He also served on Winston-Salem’s Board of Adjustment for 9 years.

Darren is the Planning Program Manager for the NC Main Street and Rural Planning Center and has been with the NC Department of Commerce since 1999. Previously, he served as city planner for Mount Airy, NC and town manager for Walnut Cove, NC. During his time with Commerce he has served in various leadership roles both at the regional and state level and has provided a variety of community and economic development planning services to local governments and associated organizations.

Darren enjoys working with communities and the dedicated local leaders we have throughout North Carolina. He specializes in strategic planning, government and non-profi t facilitation and developing innovative planning initiatives for smaller towns and economically distressed communities.

He holds an Associate degree from Lees-McRae College, a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Administration from Appalachian State University as well as certifi cations in administration and management from the University of North Carolina School of Government and the State of North Carolina.

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Bruce Rich Bruce Rich is a candidate for the degree of Master of Public Aff airs at UNCG,

with a concentration in Community and Economic Development. Bruce’s work at CHCS focuses on eviction prevention programs and aff ordable housing fi nance as well as the Tenant Leadership Academy. He has done research and fi eld work with Triad Health Project and the Greensboro Housing Coalition, and has been a volunteer at Legal Aid NC and the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro. For over twenty years, Bruce was a practicing lawyer in New York City.

Dr. Stephen SillsStephen is the founding director of the UNCG Center for Housing and

Community Studies. For the last twelve years, Sills has focused his research on housing and community health in North Carolina. His recent study of pediatric asthma in low-income neighborhoods using GIS analysis of hospital visits and housing assessments has led to over $4.5 million in neighborhood revitalization eff orts. Other recent studies include a multi-year evaluation of a USDA Local Food Promotion Program developing food entrepreneurship in low-income communities and development of neighborhood-level health indicators to guide and evaluate impact of philanthropic projects for a local health foundation.

Notes

New Horizons Fair Housing CommitteeRobert Leak III, Chair, New Horizons/Fair Housing Committee

Wanda Allen-Abraha, J.D., City of Winston-Salem Human Relations DepartmentTroi Bachmann, Home Builders Association of Winston-Salem

Alex Boston, J.D., Housing Authority of the City of Winston-SalemAdolfo Briceno, City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Department

Phyllis Caldwell-George, Center for HomeOwnership Amanda Hobbs, Winston-Salem Regional Association of REALTORS®

Dan Kornelis, Forsyth County Community and Economic DevelopmentMichele Mitchell, Piedmont Federal Savings Bank

Hilda Moore, M.S., NCC, Experiment in Self-Reliance Mellin Parker, City of Winston-Salem Community Development Department

Bruce Rich, UNCG-Center For Housing and Community Studies Stephen Sills, Ph.D., UNCG-Center For Housing and Community StudiesJayme Waldeck, City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Department

Human Relations Commission/Ex Officio:Jeffrey Bloomfield, Human Relations CommissionRosalba Ledezma, Human Relations Commission

Special Advisor/Sponsor Russell M. Smith, Ph.D.

Professor of Geography, Faculty Lead for the Spatial Justice Studio @ CDI Winston-Salem State University

CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM Mayor: Allen Joines City Council: Vivian H. Burke, Mayor Pro Tempore,

Northeast Ward; Denise D. Adams, North Ward; Dan Besse, Southwest Ward;

Robert C. Clark, West Ward; John C. Larson, South Ward; Jeff MacIntosh, Northwest Ward;

Annette Scippio, East Ward; James Taylor, Jr., Southeast Ward City Manager: Lee Garrity

Human Relations Commission

Wanda Allen-Abraha, J.D., Director

Adolfo Briceño, Human Relations Specialist/Hispanic Outreach

Jayme Waldeck, Outreach Specialist

Karlyn Duncan, Intake/Administrative Assistant

Human Relations Department

Robert Leak III, Chair

Jeffrey Bloomfield, Vice-Chair

Sylvia DuRant

Sonny Haynes

Rosalba Ledezma

Joshua Price

Ruth Sartin

Barbara Saulpaugh

Sita Somara

Fred Taylor

Kerry Wiggins