Medical-legal partnership answers veterans’ needs, changes lives
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Henry Wilson, right, turned his life around with help from Equal Justice Works Fellow Amanda Sejba, who…
Continue readingRule challenge restores millions in food stamps, mostly to elderly, disabled
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014“Thomas Mayer,” 86, lives on $911 a month in Social Security and $16 a month in food stamps,…
Continue readingFoundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to…
Continue readingFoundation grantees stepping up to help children fleeing violence in Central America
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that about 60 percent of unaccompanied Central American children they…
Continue readingSupport of Bar members critical to success of children’s projects
Posted by Jessica Brown on August 1, 2014Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…
Continue readingBatchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014“Stephanie Davis” is pursuing her dream of attending art school in New York City thanks in large…
Continue readingInnocence Project of Florida achieves its 14th exoneration
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014Cheydrick Britt goes free after more than nine years of wrongful imprisonment Cheydrick Britt, second from right, with…
Continue readingFlorida foster youth shine at the Capitol
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…
Continue readingProtecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…
Continue readingChildren’s legal services projects in dire need of funding
Posted by Jessica Brown on August 7, 2013A single mother waiting tables in Daytona Beach, Michelle Gonska rarely saw two days go by without getting a call from her first-grader’s…
Continue readingElizabeth Guzman and Ericka Garcia: The warrior and the soldier
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013Elizabeth Guzman, left, almost lost her severely disabled daughter. The girl is alive today and Guzman’s…
Continue readingAfter losing her life savings, Miami woman gets a fresh start
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013On the verge of 75, Caroline Pennington found herself starting all over again. After a lifetime of hard work and solo parenting, the former marketing…
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