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DESCRIPTION:\n	2025 Canopy Fair Housing Challenge |Stand up for Housing Equ
 ity\n	April is Fair Housing Month. Increase your knowledge and strengthen 
 your commitment to fair housing in the real estate industry this month bet
 ween April 1-30!\n	\n		\n			Confront and check biases\n		\n			Honor the Fa
 ir Housing Act\n		\n			Work to end discrimination\, one interaction at a t
 ime\n	\n	\n		How can you meet the challenge?\n	\n		CONNECT\n	\n		Join frie
 nds and colleagues at theFair Housing Month Celebrationthe signature event
  duringCanopys Fair Housing Challenge.\n	\n		\n			Join friends and colleag
 ues at the Fair Housing Month Celebration\, the signature event during Can
 opys Fair Housing Challenge. The event is scheduled for Tues.\, March 25 f
 rom 3:00-7:45 p.m. at Canopy Realtor(R) Association and features author\, 
 actor\, activist and thought-leader Michael Fosberg performing Incognito\,
 a one-man\, autobiographical play about the search for his biological fath
 er. **\n			\n				\n					Help Canopys Young Professional Network collect 3\
 ,000 lbs. of food.1 can =1 pound of food. Bring 1 can of food to the Fair 
 Housing Celebration in support of Nourish Up.\n			\n		\n		\n			Hop on the 
 bus and spend the day at the N.C. General Assembly. Join Realtors(R) from 
 across the state as we lobby on issues that affect the real estate industr
 y and our livelihoods. The Legislative Bus Trip to Raleigh on Wed.\, April
  9. **\n		\n			Check out the CanopyDiversity in Actionwebpage at canopyrea
 ltors.com for local\, state\, and national resources and information.\n		\
 n			Get familiar with the Associations and Foundations commitment to housi
 ng and the community. Learn more at theCanopy Housing Foundations website.
 \n		\n			Wear yourFair Housing For Allt-shirt to special events and classe
 s all month long or send a picture to diversityandinclusion@canopyrealtors
 .com #canopyFHchallenge\n		\n			Need a t-shirt? Visit the Realtor(R) Store
  Mon. through Fri.\, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.\, orpurchase one online. The shir
 ts are $25 each\, and all proceeds go to the Canopy Housing Foundation.\n	
 	\n			Attend Charlotte Crowns Fair Housing Compilation\, Thurs.\, April 10
 .\n		\n			The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals C
 harlotte (NAHREP) hosts their Business Rally: Educate\, Connect and Motiva
 te\, Thurs.\, April 17.\n		\n			The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance hosts Hous
 ing for All: A Social with Purpose!\, Wed.\, April 23.\n	\n	\n		LEARN\n	\n
 		\n			Fair Housing Day at Canopy Real Estate Institute. Enroll in Bias Ov
 erride: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housingwith Robert Morris\, in-person 
 on Thurs.\, April 10 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. for only $10 for members. T
 he course is approved for NARs Fair Housing requirementand provides contin
 uing education elective credit for both North Carolina and South Carolina.
  **\n		\n			Complete NARs Fairhaven 2.0: Essential Fair Housing Education 
 self-paced training. This course is approved for NARs Fair Housing require
 ment. **\n			Note: Any Canopy Realtor(R) Association member who completes 
 Fairhaven 2.0 between January 1 and April 30\, 2025\, will be entered into
  a drawing for a chance to win a free CE class.\n		\n			Complete NARs At H
 ome with Diversity (AHWD) Certificationcourse. This course is approved for
  NARs Fair Housing requirement. **\n			\n	\n	\n		VOLUNTEER\n	\n		\n			Help
  Canopy Realtor(R) Associations Young Professional Network collect 3\,000 
 lbs. of food for the 2025 YPN Realtors(R) Care Day Food Drive. 1 can = 1 p
 ound of food. Donated items will support Nourish Up. Collection bins are a
 t Canopy and donations collected on Realtors(R) Care Day. Bring 1 can of f
 ood to the Fair Housing Celebration in support of the Food Drive. \n		\n		
 	Participate in or make a donation to the 2025 Realtors(R) Care Day projec
 t scheduled for Fri.\, April 25. The project is held in April to recognize
  and acknowledge Fair Housing Month and to demonstrate the Realtor(R) comm
 itment to creating safe and affordable homes for all.\n	\n	\n		\n		NOMINAT
 E\n	\n		\n			If you know a young person aged 10-18 who is actively engaged
  in improving our community\, please nominate them for the Canopy Housing 
 Foundations Youth Excellence in Service Award. Y.E.S. Award nominations ar
 e due by Sat.\,May 31.\n		\n			Know an organization in Mecklenburg\, Irede
 ll\, or Haywood counties that is working to address unmet housing needs? P
 artner with that nonprofit to submit a Canopy Housing Foundation Community
  Grants applicationbySat.\, May 31.\n	\n	\n		** Provides Workforce Housing
  C.A.R.E. Program Recertification credit.\n	\n		Canopy will promote member
 s who meet the challenge on social media! Be sure to tag your posts with#c
 anopyFHchallenge.\n	\n		These events are a benefit of belonging to Canopy 
 Realtor(R) Association.\n		\n	\n		\n			For questions about any of the Fair
  Housing Challenge activities contact Karyn Lindsey at klindsey@canopyreal
 tors.com or 704-940-3116.\n	\n	\n
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LOCATION:Canopy Realtor® Association\, 1120 Pearl Park Way\, Charlotte\, NC
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SUMMARY:2025 Canopy Fair Housing Challenge
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