“Fair Housing Opens Doors” is the theme of this year’s annual Fair Housing Month art, essay and audio-visual contest.
The contest is sponsored by the Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity in collaboration with the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
Students in Palm Beach County are invited to create a poster, essay or video that conveys the message that it is illegal to discriminate in the sale or rental of housing because of race, color, religion, family status, disability, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and gender identity or expression. Students may submit only one entry for each category no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15.
Third-grade through fifth-grade students may submit a poster; sixth-graders through eighth-graders can submit a poster and/or an essay; and high school students can submit an essay and/or video.
First-place winners in elementary and middle school will be awarded $100 cash. High school first-place winners will be awarded a tablet PC. Second-place winners receive at least $50 at each level, and third-place winners get at least $25.
Winners will be announced Feb. 29. Prizes will be awarded April 20 at a reception in West Palm Beach hosted by the Realtors Association and the Legal Aid Society.
For contest rules and more information, visit www.pbcgov.com/equalopportunity or contact Kathi Dillard at (561) 355-4927 or kdillard@pbcgov.org.
