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Spring 2008 Boston 101 Speakers' Series
Building An Effective Regulatory Response to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis in Massachusetts
Wednesday, April 2 at 12:00 pm
Fainsod Room (Room 324), Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley
New state regulations that went into effect in January aim to prevent fraudulent and unfair practices that many believe contributed to the recent meltdown in the sub-prime market and the resulting foreclosure crisis. Many lenders, however, contend that the regulations, which were issued by the Attorney General after passage a new law last fall, go too far. Supporters, however, argue that the new regulations, which were modified and clarified to address critics' concerns, are narrowly crafted to address specific unfair and deceptive practices and that changes and clarifications made in response to critics' concerns.
Cosponsored by Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
HBO's The Wire: A Compelling Portrayal of an American City
Friday, April 4, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. screening of The Wire series highlights)
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum, Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street
A conversation with:
David Simon, Creator and Executive Producer of HBO's The Wire
Nora Baston, Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department
Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone; Author, Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America
Sudhir A. Venkatesh, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; Author, Gang Leader for a Day
Moderated by:
William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University; Author, When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor
Co-sponsored by: HBO, Harvard's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, HKS Urban Policy PIC, and Harvard College Black Men's Forum.
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