August 01 2017 Community
By Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy Our July 2017 Advocate of the Month is Stephen Last. Before becoming official, Stephen volunteered at LSA both while in law school and after graduating. Stephen became a full-time member of the LSA team in October 2014, when he joined our call center as a staff attorney. In 2016, …
July 31 2017 Community
By Farah Majid and Laurie McFalls, LSA’s High Impact Litigation Unit Our client came to LSA when she was facing the loss of her Section 8 Housing Voucher on suspicions that she was involved in illegal drug sales. At the revocation hearing, the Housing Authority’s “evidence” consisted of nothing more than copies of two indictments more …
July 26 2017 Community
Legal Services Alabama’s Mobile Office Advocates Charlotte Tipton (Lead Attorney) and Ann Brown (Managing Attorney) work with formerly incarcerated individuals during a Voter Rights Restoration Clinic held at Stone Street Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala., July 22. The clinic assisted more than two dozen formerly incarcerated individuals. More than 40 formerly incarcerated individuals received legal advice or assistance in …
July 18 2017 Community
The foremost barrier to middle class status remains the absence of a quality education. As Legal Services Alabama continues to expand its mission of fighting entrenched poverty, it is preparing to launch an initiative this fall to challenge obstacles to educational access for low income children. Terrika Shaw, a Staff Attorney in LSA’s Birmingham office, …
July 12 2017 Community
By Stephen Last “It’s a job, and I enjoy being around the kids.” This is how my client described his job of 12 years working at the public school systems where he is a classroom aide helping teach children about nutrition. My client has spent virtually his whole life in Montgomery. He was a child …
July 10 2017 Community
byTracie McMillan Journalist Tracie McMillan shares her firsthand experience with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the confrontation with her own assumptions about poverty, in this op-ed piece from The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/opinion/sunday/poverty-snap-food-stamps-.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region#story-continues-1
July 10 2017 Community
By Desiree Taylor More than 100 people from across the state gathered at the Historic Brown Chapel in Selma, Ala., July 8 to get informed about Alabama’s new law regarding voting rights. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and Legal Services Alabama, the Voting Rights Restoration Training attracted students, community leaders, …
July 10 2017 Community
By Rachelle Greczyn Our client has participated in the Section 8 housing program since 2008: this government backed program provides vouchers to assist low-income tenants with the cost of housing. In the fall of 2016, she let her landlord know that she wasn’t going to renew her lease, and planned on moving to a safer …
July 06 2017 Community
by Alabama Live, WSFA Legal Services Alabama Executive Director Artur Davis and Communications and Development Associate for ACLU of Alabama Rebecca Seung-Bickley, spoke about a joint effort on WSFA’s Alabama Live broadcast yesterday, concerning the upcoming Voting Rights Restoration Training. Many low-income individuals who have “served their time and paid their debt to society,” may now …
July 05 2017 Community
https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/07/alabama_is_6th_poorest_state_i.html
