Note: This is a two-day conference held at Boston College facilities at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill, MA. See agenda section for session details. Guests may register for either or both dates.

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Over $32 billion of heirs’ property in the U.S. is at-risk. Learn about this driver of the racial wealth gap-and potential solutions:

Thursday, March 21, 1:00-8:30 pm

Location: 300 Hammond Pond Parkway - Boston College

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Events include:

• Graduate student heirs’ property research panel
• Roundtable on media’s role in uplifting Black property & heirs’ property issues with award-winning reporters, documentary filmmakers & people featured in such media pieces
• Presentation from Dr. Dewayne Goldmon, Senior Advisor, Racial Equity, USDA
• Screening of award-winning feature-length documentary Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land (Al Roker Entertainment)
• Q&A with film director Eternal Polk, film participants, and Tharlyn Fox from John Deere

Friday March 22, 8:00 am-6:30 pm

Location: 300 Hammond Pond Parkway - Boston College

View on Google Maps (Address: 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467)

Events include:

• Panels with senior staff from USDA, Fannie Mae, FEMA, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Keynote Address and Fireside Chat with Drinan Professor and MacArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient Thomas W. Mitchell, founder and director of BC Law's Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights, and Dean Odette Lienau
• Panels addressing many heirs’ property issues, including partition law abuse, property tax foreclosure, clear title/tangled title matters, and racial will-making gaps
• Panels with leading heirs' property academics, researchers, and practitioners

See full agenda for details.

Co-sponsors:

The Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights at BC Law

Institute for the Liberal Arts at Boston College

The Center For Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law & Graduate School