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Eugene Realtors host panel to improve housing landscape As part of Fair Housing Month, Eugene Realtors hosted a panel addressing the history of housing equity in Eugene. By Audrey Lynch
News Reporter
Eugene Realtors co-sponsored a moderated panel discussion in April with the Black Cultural Initiative and Oregon Black Pioneers to discuss fair housing in Eugene as part of Fair Housing Month. This discussion was hosted at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History on the University of Oregon campus, where the ReEnvisioned: Contemporary Portraits of our Black Ancestors exhibit, which features portraits and stories of 10 pioneers will be on display until June. The panel was moderated by Molly Mair, the education and diversity chair for Eugene Realtors. This is the third year the association has put on an educational event for their realtors and the community during Fair Housing Month. Mair explained that each of these unique events were able to occur due to a grant she received from the National Association of Realtors. For this year’s event, Mair said she was inspired by the city of Eugene’s Equity Atlas research project. After doing more digging, she decided to center this year’s event on ties between discriminatory behavior toward Black residents and the current state of fair housing in Eugene. Read story on page 4
Craft Center converts school bus into mobile art studio The Craft Center pushes to make art more accessible for UO students and the Eugene community. Read story on page 10