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Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

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Hannah Adams

504-596-2100
228 St. Charles Suite 1035
New Orleans, LA 70130

Website: http://www.gnofairhousing.org/

Services Offered


Organization Information

Planning District:
1

Ward:
4

Zip Codes:
70130

Boundaries:
Greater New Orleans, statewide

Council Representative:
James Carter, At Large Members

State Representative:
N/A

Police Precinct:
8

President / Director:
James Perry

Mission:

The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) is a private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area. Through education, investigation, and enforcement activities, GNOFHAC promotes fair competition throughout the housing marketplace — rental, sales, lending, and insurance. GNOFHAC is dedicated to fighting housing discrimination not only because it is illegal, but also because it is a divisive force that perpetuates poverty, segregation, ignorance, fear, and hatred.

See www.gnofairhousing.org for more information on your housing rights.

Current Priorities:

  • Housing

For More Info:

Phone: 504-596-2100
http://www.gnofairhousing.org



December 30th 2008

Hurry! The Fit For a King '09 Advocates Training is filling up fast!

Don’t miss out! Spots are running out for our Fit For a King ’09 Advocates Training on Wednesday, January 14th from 9 AM – 4 PM at UNO’s Lindy Boggs Conference Center.

If you work with a non-profit organization or community group, you don’t want to miss this opportunity! In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the training will feature workshops for advocates on:

* envisioning whole communities, * framing your message, * harnessing the media, and * using the law in your advocacy work

Morning sessions will focus on skill-building and afternoon sessions will focus on specific case studies. Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell of Princeton University will give the keynote address on community organizing.

Registration is only $40! Register NOW @ http://www.fitforaking.org

PS if you work with a neighborhood association ask how you can receive a scholarship to the Advocates Training! Email

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December 18th 2008

GNOFHAC Seeks Repeal of St. Bernard Parish Multi-Family Housing Moratorium

The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) filed a motion today seeking enforcement of a Consent Order entered on February 27, 2008, in Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center v. St. Bernard Parish et al, Case No. 06-7185, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.  GNOFHAC’s motion alleges that St. Bernard Parish’s recently enacted moratorium on multi-family housing violates the Consent Order, which enjoins the Parish from violating the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws that prohibit race discrimination.

Read the whole press release and get more info at http://www.gnofairhousing.org/news.html

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December 2nd 2008

SAVE THE DATE! Fit For a King Celebration 2009

2 days • 2 awesome events!

Check it out at http://www.fitforaking.org

ADVOCATES TRAINING
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 • 9 AM – 4 PM
UNO’s Lindy Boggs Conference Center

Learn to advocate like a King with keynote speaker Melissa Harris-Lacewell, renowned professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the training will feature workshops for advocates on:

  • envisioning whole communities,
  • framing your message,
  • harnessing the media, and
  • using the law in your advocacy work

Morning sessions will focus on skill-building and afternoon sessions will focus on specific case studies.

The training will be held at the Lindy Boggs Conference Center at the University of New Orleans. Lunch will be served. Registration is required and costs $40.00. Register at http://www.fitforaking.org

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COMMUNITY POWER DAY
Saturday, January 17, 2009 • 10 AM – 3 PM
Dillard University’s Cook Center

Come celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s legacy at our community event at Dillard University’s Cook Center. We’ll screen 4 films about how neighborhoods across the nation are reclaiming control over their communities, followed by conversations about community power in New Orleans.

Fit for a King Community Power Day is free and open to the public. Great, local food will be available to purchase for lunch.

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