Speaker bios  Demetria McCain serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). At FHEO, McCain assists HUD’s efforts to eliminate housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities. McCain joins HUD following fifteen years of service, with five as president, at the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP), a Dallas, TX-based affordable fair housing nonprofit. Prior to becoming president, she oversaw operations, communications and ICP’s Mobility Assistance Program, a housing mobility program that helps housing choice voucher holders exercise their fair housing rights. Conceived by Demetria, ICP’s “Voices for Opportunity” initiative has provided advocacy training to low-income renters and neighborhood groups of color. Before joining ICP, McCain worked on USDA Section 515 rural multifamily housing matters at the National Housing Law. She was also a staff attorney for the Neighborhood Legal Services Program of Washington, D.C., assigned to the southeast office, where her portfolio primarily included landlord-tenant matters for low-income renters in private and public housing. She has taught, as an adjunct instructor, a Fair Housing and Homelessness course to undergraduate Coppin State University students. McCain brings dual vantage points to FHEO after having spent years assisting both housing choice voucher holders who sought low-poverty well-resourced housing options and
neighborhood groups in underserved communities of color who sought more equitable
distribution of resources and services. McCain has sat on several local and national nonprofit boards and is a sought-after panelist and commentor on affordable fair housing and the impacts of residential segregation. She is a graduate of Howard University School of Law, New York University and Brooklyn College and a member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Andrea Carter, VISTA Coordinator—AmeriCorps Andrea Carter is a Cost Of Poverty Experience facilitator and speaker far Think Tank, Inc., by way of the Corporation of National & Community Service (CNCS). In addition to her public speaking she is the showrunner for the online learning community The Exchange, a network that aims to reduce the isolation of national organizations that fight poverty in their own communities, as well as a licensed chemical dependency {LCDC II} counselor. Andrea is a product of Wittenberg University, Wilberforce University (where she taught for the Princeton Review), and is currently earning her master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling at Wright State University. She spent the first 10 years of her career as an educator for Springfield City Schools where she became nominated far a national award in mathematics. John Zimmerman Vice President—Miami Valley Fair Housing Center Mr. Zimmerman is a Fair Housing Instructor certified by the Ohio Division of Real Estate to conduct classes providing continuing education credits for REALTORS® and appraisers since 2001. Since 1999 he has been an instructor of fair housing courses certified for CAM continuing education credits. He instructs staff from: Permanent Supportive Housing properties, Rural Housing 515, LIHTC properties, Project Based Section 8 properties, 202/811 properties, and Public Housing. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Marie Kindrick Fair Housing Awards  Marie Kindrick was a remarkable woman who for nearly sixty years was committed to working for the rights of those who are under-represented. Her mother was from Indiana, and her father was an immigrant from Italy. Speaking of her childhood, Marie recalled that her neighborhoods in Cincinnati were totally diverse with everyone working and playing together, as it should be. The first thing people who knew Marie remember is her big warmth and her generous spirit. She made her life a testament to the kind of work that we honor with these awards. As a REALTOR® in our community, she was a volunteer tutor for the DABR Partners in Education at Ruskin School and also taught English as a second language in Kettering Schools. She served on DABR’s Equal Opportunity Committee from 1992 until her untimely passing in May 1998. Each year we pay tribute to Marie Kindrick and honor her for the inspiration to work for fairness and equity for everyone by honoring a Community Professional, a Community Volunteer, and a REALTOR®. Fair Housing and the Intersection of Poverty. Workshop time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. This workshop fulfills 3.0 CEU hours for Realtors in the State of Ohio. The class begins with a Fair Housing review which synchronizes with a poverty simulation. The Fair Housing Review takes the audience back to Dr. King’s last speech before being assassinated where, at the national Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1968 he said “How can one avoid being depressed when he sees with his own eyes evidences of millions of people going to bed hungry at night?” This introduction ends with the video “Seven Days” showing the week from King’s death on April 4, 1969 to April 11, 1968, when Congress worked feverishly to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which included Title 8, The Fair Housing Act The Cost of Poverty Experience™ or “COPE” is a hands-on training facilitated by ThinkTank, an organization from Springfield, Ohio which, among other things, “exists to tell the human story of poverty.” Challenging top-down approaches to poverty that ignore lived experience, Think Tank, Inc. works to amplify human stories and empower local change agents. The Cost of Poverty Experience™ gives people a chance to see for themselves the difficulties that low-income Americans face daily. The training represents the lives of 15 families who have graciously given their story so that people across the country can be exposed to real people, real situations and real barriers that exist. Participants are grouped into families and given a script with instructions on how to access community services/resources. Community Resource Leaders at Resource Stations scattered throughout the room give out instructions and services. There are 14 different resource stations. They include things like resources for food stamps, cash, and assistance (medical, and childcare), Court appointments, Hearings, and Payment of Fines, AA/NA Meetings, Prayer, Medical Assistance, Gas Passes and Utility Bills, Emergency Housing, Bus Passes, Groceries, Clothing resources, and Prescriptions, Employment Opportunities, Schooling Opportunities, etc. Each family will be given barriers that they must figure out as they go from one station to the next, and gather the resources to help lift themselves out of poverty. At the end of the class, participants will debrief with one another and will be greeted by staff and volunteers from various service organizations serving vulnerable populations in the Dayton area. Participants will be able to volunteer to help these organizations help fellow citizens lift themselves out of poverty. You must be fully vaccinated/boosted (with a booster no older than six months before the event will END—so after October 5, 2022, for the Fair Housing Month Commemoration event on April 5, 2023, and preferably later). Remember that boosters take two weeks to be fully effective. Day of Event: Anyone experiencing COVID symptoms must cancel their plans to attend the event. In addition, we will ask you to do a self-test on the morning of April 5 before you come to Sinclair Conference Center, if possible. We will have tests available at the Conference center if you need them. There will be touchless temperature checks at registration. We will also have masks available, but please feel free to bring your own since we understand people are particular about their masks. Wearing masks at the Fair Housing Month Commemoration is OPTIONAL. | 
