19 May Lessons Learned from Long Island Divided Lessons Learned from Long Island Divided Wednesday, May 19, 2021 (1:00 PM to 2:00 PM) 1 CE Hours Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocationInstructors Join us as ACAR takes a guided tour inside Newsday's Peabody Award-winning investigation Long Island Dividedand its documentary film Testingthe Divide, which are raisingawareness of illegal steering byreal estate agents. Pulitzer Prize winner and number 1 best selling author Bill Dedman was a lead reporter for Newsday's three-year investigation. Bill will talk to ACAR members about the methodology for Long Island Divided. Bill developed the methodology forthe investigation, includingrecruiting, training, and deploying25 testers with hidden cameras. Bill will share with us how the tests of real estate agents were conducted; the major findings; what can agents do to ensure the fair treatment of consumers and what training and resources are available. Live Online; 1 hour c.e. requested. Bill Dedman Bill Dedman, one of the lead reporters on Newsday's undercover investigation of racial steering by real estate agents. He designed the hidden-camera project, called Long Island Divided, which showed agents reinforcing racial segregation through illegal steering of homebuyers. The project has launched investigations by state and federal authorities, and several steps by the National Association of Realtors to increase awareness of fair housing issues. Newsday's team received several national awards for their work, including a Peabody Award. Long Island Divided and its 40-minute documentary film, Testing the Divide, are online at newsday.com/divided. Bill is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and No. 1 bestselling author of the biography Empty Mansions. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for his work at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on The Color of Money, his series on racial discrimination by home lenders in middle-income Black neighborhoods. He has spoken on fair housing and fair lending issues for the National Association of Realtors, the Federal Reserve, and many financial associations.