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Professor Fran Quigley, J.D. ’87, was the keynote speaker at an event about affordable housing. “The Front Porch Factor: Let’s Talk Housing” took place November 10 at North United Methodist Church.

Professor Quigley teaches in the Health and Human Rights Clinic at IU McKinney. Clinic students assist tenants facing eviction in small claims courts in Marion County. He will deliver a keynote speech at 1 p.m. and then join in a panel discussion with attorney David Bacon, who serves as the interim CEO of the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corp.

IU McKinney’s Health and Human Rights Clinic students advocate for the rights of the poor, with a focus on individual and systemic barriers to accessing healthcare and the social determinants of health. Professor Quigley’s latest book, Religious Socialism: Faith in Action for a Better World, was published in September 2021. He is the author of several academic journal articles on social justice and human rights, multiple mass media articles and columns, and five books including this most recent work. Prior to his work at the law school, he served as the first Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Julia Carson and as the executive director of ACLU of Indiana.  He edits the newsletter Housing is a Human Right.