The guest speakers are Chrystal Kornegay, Executive Director of MassHousing, Joseph D. Feaster Jr., a Co-chair of My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Boston Advisory Council, Taisha N. Sturdivant, a real estate associate at Sullivan & Worcester, and Gavin Alexander, a fellow on the SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. The program chair and moderator will be Darly G. David, a Partner at Lawson & Weitzen, LLP.
Recent times have highlighted the critical need
to support diversity, equity and inclusion, and the deep work that needs to be
done to dismantle the many systems of anti-Black bias and oppression in this
country. The particular ways in which these systems intersect with real estate
have made the practice of real estate law particularly complicated for Black
attorneys and other professionals living in America, and in Massachusetts in
particular. Join these talented panelists as they discuss the disparate impact
of real estate systems on Black populations both in the past and in the
present, share their lived experiences as practitioners in this sector, and
suggest concrete steps law firms, companies, bar associations, and other legal
institutions are beginning to take to promote more inclusive cultures and make
the practice of real estate more sustainable, rewarding, and equitable for
members of the Black community.
