Join us for Professor Myron Orfield’s presentation Is the Met Council a State Agency or Local Government? to hear about the history, challenges, and opportunities of this important local entity.
11:15-11:30am – Gather (bring your lunch, we’ll provide a beverage and dessert)
11:30am-12:30pm – Program
12:30-12:45pm – Informal conversation
About Myron
Professor Myron Orfield is the Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity. He has written extensively on region planning, state and local government law, spatial inequality, fair housing, school desegregation, charter schools, state and local taxation and finance, and land use law. Elected to both the Minnesota House and Senate, Orfield was the architect of legislative changes in land use, fair housing, and school and local government aid programs. Orfield’s research has led to legislative, administrative, and doctrinal reforms at the federal level and at the state level in 10 states, including Minnesota. Orfield is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago.