Sentences with phrase «housing justice project»

Housing Justice Project Provides free legal help to eligible low - income tenants facing eviction in King County.

The Housing Justice Project, which started in November, was developed by the Skagit Volunteer Lawyer Program, a partnership of the Skagit County Bar Association and Community Action of Skagit County.

• 2015 Civil Legal Needs Study Update • Northwest Justice Project • Washington Law Help • King County Bar Association • Snohomish County Legal Aid • Pierce County Legal Aid • Legal Voice • Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) • Seattle Community Law Center (Federal Benefits) • Unemployment Law Project • Team Child • Solid Ground Family Assistance Program • Housing Justice Project • Council on American - Islamic Relations (CAIR)

In reality many attorneys work for as low as $ 50 an hour or offer alternative billing options, volunteer in pro bono roles like the King County Bar Association's Housing Justice Project, or take Moderate Means cases.

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The former rookie cop convicted in the 2014 shooting death of an unarmed man in a housing - project stairwell dodged prison Tuesday — as his victim's angry kin warned that «justice...

The monitor insists, and Obama's Department of Justice agrees, that Westchester County officials must not only obtain financing for new low - income housing developments in Chappaqua, but must suppress local opposition to the project, the National Review article goes on to say.

Her close relationship with the mayor was a break with the political tradition she grew up in ---- as head of both the Housing Justice Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, as a protégé of Duane, who was an outspoken critic of Giuliani while on the Council, and as a top deputy to former Speaker Gifford Miller, who often adopted a confrontational approach toward Bloomberg.

If elected Sotomayor, who grew up in a Bronx housing project, would be the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice along with the first Bronx - born Justice.

Setting forth a radical example of what can be achieved when art and architecture are united with goals for spatial and social justice, this project signified the desire not only to house, but to house with dignity and sustain community.

Marshall's vision for social justice reaches its apotheosis in the central gallery, where seven paintings present idealised versions of public housing projects.

COMMUNITY BASED & COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK WITH ONAMAN COLLECTIVE Youth Art Mural Project: John F. Ross Secondary School, Guelph, ON (May 2016) Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam: Ojibway Immersion Language House (Mar & Oct 2015, Mar 2016) Words from the Land: Youth & Elders art retreat (Mar 2016) Youth Run for the Language (Oct 2015) The Painted Hand: Gathering to Feast Our Historic Alliances (Sept 2015) Reconciliation, Resurgence & Storytelling with Maria Campbell (Aug 2015) Canoe Building with Youth: Chippewas of the Thames (July / Aug 2015) Harvesting ochre & making paint (June 2015) Research with Elders on traditional knowledge and the language in Ontario & Saskatchewan (June & Aug 2015) Moosehide Tanning (April 2015) The Sacred Fisher Story: The Youth Mural Project (April 2015) Anishinaabemowin Wiigwaam: Ojibway Immersion Language House (Mar 2015) Onaman Kendaagozid: Gathering about Sacred Paint (Feb 2015) Research into traditional Indigenous tattoos and face / body ochre paint (on - going) Collaborative creation of art pieces by Isaac Murdoch and Christi Belcourt (on - going)

Los Angeles, California Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR) City At Peace, Los Angeles Healthcare and Elder Law Programs (H.E.L.P) Jeff Griffith Center, Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Justice by Uniting in Creative Energy (J.U.i.C.E) The Trevor Project

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Previously, she practiced corporate commercial litigation in Vancouver for 14 years, worked in - house for 6 years specializing in legal services management, led mediation research projects at UBC, and has participated in many justice reform initiatives.

For instance, one report, entitled Human Rights at Home: Miami's Housing Crisis and its Perpetuation of Poverty, analyzed raw data collected by Legal Services of Greater Miami and the Community Justice Project to show how Florida's rent deposit statute disparately impacts low - income people's ability to defend themselves: even if a tenant has a sudden financial hardship to overcome or alleges legitimate concerns about housing conditions, that tenant must deposit all the unpaid rent into the court to even have the disputeHousing Crisis and its Perpetuation of Poverty, analyzed raw data collected by Legal Services of Greater Miami and the Community Justice Project to show how Florida's rent deposit statute disparately impacts low - income people's ability to defend themselves: even if a tenant has a sudden financial hardship to overcome or alleges legitimate concerns about housing conditions, that tenant must deposit all the unpaid rent into the court to even have the disputehousing conditions, that tenant must deposit all the unpaid rent into the court to even have the dispute heard.

Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Day October 2, 11:00 - 2:00 State House, The Great Hall, Boston Please join the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the CPCS Innocence Program, the New England Innocence Project, the Harvard Criminal Justice Policy Program, and the Boston College Innocence Program to find out why Wrongful Convictions happen, how they can be prevented, and how to better assist exonerees.

The AmeriCorps fellowship is with the Northwest Justice Project and will assist veterans in removing the barriers to housing, employment, and self - sufficiency.

The organizations providing information, in addition to Refugee Connections Spokane were: Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program, Catholic Charities, Northwest Justice Project, TeamChild, Northwest Fair Housing, Washington State Minority and Justice Commission, Washington State Interpreter Commission, Spokane Police Department, and the Washington Defenders Association.

Sustainable Community Development Clinic - Engage in economic development projects, both on behalf of clients and on behalf of the public interest, with a goal of increasing social justice and social enterprise in a range of substantive areas including land use, housing, local food, and healthy communities.

Two immigrant populations projects will be housed at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Goshen, IN and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota in St. Paul, MN; a pro se and other legal representation systems project will be housed at the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services in Nashville, TN; and a health care / medical - legal partnership project will be housed at the Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. in Rockford, IL.

The NFHA, as well as the Fair Housing Justice Center, Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. and Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio are the four plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in New York City at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Ministerial Taskforce Charter outlines the government's long term agenda for Indigenous policy while at the same time focusing on the strategies to be put in place urgently to improve outcomes.23 As the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, stated «every dollar spent on Indigenous projects and services must contribute to improved outcomes».24 The Ministerial Taskforce Charter stresses the urgency of improving social and economic well being for Indigenous Australians focusing on housing, health, education, employment, family violence, increasing economic development, improving community safety, and law and justice.

A CRC Justice Support research project on female prisoner debt revealed that 30 % of the research participants reported having a housing related debt.