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Oda has worked in Utah as a teacher, principal, professor, administrator, governors director of Asian Affairs and now as a volunteer for programs that support diversity.
May 19, 2021
OGDEN, Utah – Weber State University adjunct economic faculty member Jennifer Gnagey will present findings from her ongoing research into the history of housing discrimination in Ogden and Weber County on Thursday, May 20, at Ogden’s Union Station.
“Tracing the Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Ogden” is an in-person event that begins at 6:30 p.m. To get a Zoom link, register for the presentation on Union Station’s Facebook event page. Gnagey, who teaches in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics, will discuss discriminatory housing practices such as redlining and racial covenants and how they were used to shape neighborhoods in Ogden.
OGDEN â Out of work, unsure where theyâd live because their landlord was pushing them out of their home, Rick and Nickole George were on pins and needles.
For a time the blended family of six â rocked as the COVID-19 pandemic started taking a larger and larger toll, causing an economic downturn and putting many out of work across Utah and beyond â split up. They scattered to stay with varied relatives here and in Wyoming, and Rick worried it might get worse.
âWe were freaking out, for sure,â he said. âWe both felt we were going to be homeless.â
Fortunately, it didnât get that bad. Thanks to a rental-assistance program launched with federal CARES Act funds and administered locally by the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership, or OWCAP, they received help paying their rent and a new place to live in Ogden. âWeâre so grateful,â Nickole said.