The official kick off launch party for Oregon REALTIST Board.
Please join us Tuesday July 26th from 4-6pm at the Oregon Wine Reserve (600 N State St, Lake Oswego, OR 97034) to help kick off the official Welcome Back party for NAREB's Oregon REALTIST Chapter.
NAREB, is the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, formed in 1947 as an equal opportunity and civil rights advocacy organization for African American real estate professionals, consumers, and communities in America. (NAREB WEBSITE) Why you may ask? At this time black Americans were not legally allowed to join NAR or sell and/or purchase real estate. Once a Realtor joins NAREB they are referred to as Realtists!
Our local Oregon Realtist Board comprises of: President: Tony Kelly; 1st Vice President: Cristina John; 2nd Vice President: Debra Neal; President Elect: Maabi Munoz; Treasurer: Brikky King; Secretary: Nina Stafford; Assistant Secretary; Michelle Hutton; Parliamentarian: Alex Phan; Sergeant at Arms: LaTasha Beal
The purpose of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers® is to enhance the professional and business conditions of NAREB® Realtist® members by strengthening the consumer capacity of Black, minority, and emerging target market segments that Realtists® serve. And by promoting the real estate industry in general, utilizing economic, political, legal, and social leverage to remediate disparate and discriminatory housing and property ownership policies and practices prevailing in the United States.(NAREB WEBSITE)
The Realtist Credo is Democracy in Housing. This is exactly what we plan to implement here in Oregon. As you may know the homeownership rates of black Americans is considerably low in Oregon at 37% versus white homeownership at 66%.
Black homeownership matters. Homeownership strengthens and stabilizes communities, and it is one of the most effective ways that Americans build wealth.This wealth can be passed down through generations. Black Americans historically have not had equal access to homeownership and the impact over time has resulted in lower homeownership rates and generational wealth across the nation.
