Upcoming Events
Mapping Narratives: The New Deal, Segregation and Black Power in DC
How do we tell historical narratives with maps? Learn how maps give the public a unique lens into history with expert historian mapmakers moderated by DC expert in bringing history to the public.
June 9, 2021, 3:30 to 4:30 pm on Zoom
Register here
Moderator: Kyla Sommers, American Oversight
Mara Cherkasky, Prologue DC: Mapping Segregation
Derek Musgrove, History Department, UMBC: Black Power in Washington, DC, 1961-1998
Richard Walker, Geography Department, UC Berkeley: New Deal Map of Washington, DC
Previous Events
Third Annual State of the Capital Region
May 19, 2021, 2 pm
Online at the Brookings Institution. Register here.
Join us to discuss jobs in the Capital Region. Who lives and works where? Which sectors has covid hit hardest? Where do workers in these hard-hit sectors live? Where do low-income workers live? And are these the same places?
TOPA in Middle Age: A Solution to Affordable Housing in the District and Beyond?
Thursday, March 4
3:30 — 4:30 p.m.
Zoom: Register here
In Washington, DC, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), now more than 40 years old, has given tenants the right to buy their buildings when they are for sale. Though TOPA is unique, other right to buy laws such as those in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, Maryland, support affordable housing by giving the jurisdiction the right to buy buildings as they age out or opt out of affordable housing programs.
Are such policies successful? Why or why not? Whom do they benefit? And for whom are they a burden? Do local governments have better alternatives? Join our expert panel to learn answers to these questions
Moderator: Alex Baca, Housing Program Coordinator, Greater Greater Washington
Expert panelists:
Josh Earn, Director of Lending, National Housing Trust
Farah Fosse, Consultant, Change for Good
Patrick McAnaney, Project Manager, Somerset Development
Zachary Marks, Chief Real Estate Officer, Housing Opportunities of Montgomery County
Tony Williams Development Legacy
Spring 2018
Our inaugural event had Tom Sherwood, local journalist and author extraordinaire, discuss with DC's former Mayor Tony Williams about what he perceives as his development legacy.
