Posted November 27, 20222:00 pm
Willoughby resident Jennifer Himmelein, magistrate in the Lake County Domestic Relations Division, and Madison resident Lydia Gross will be honored at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s 117th annual meeting Dec. 2.
Himmelein and Gross will receive the 2022 Community Impact Award, according to a news release. This award is presented to recognize individuals or groups who have made a mark for outstanding participation or critical involvement that ensured success for a client, client community, or project.
Himmelein has used her knowledge to support our pro se divorce clinics and other family work in Cuyahoga County, while Gross has supported Legal Aid pro se divorce clinics in the Eastern Counties, the release stated.
Legal Aid’s annual event, which will take place at 2 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland, will highlight hope, extend gratitude, and provide updates on high-impact community partnerships and initiatives. Additionally, Legal Aid leaders will unveil the organization’s new strategic plan.
The keynote speaker will be Henry Louis Gates, Jr. who will share reflections on Legal Aid’s work to promote fairness, racial equity, and social justice, the release stated.
Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. As an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, Gates has produced and hosted more than 20 documentary films, most recently “The Black Church” on PBS and “Black Art: In the Absence of Light” for HBO.
His groundbreaking genealogy series, “Finding Your Roots,” has been on PBS for eight seasons.
Legal Aid’s Annual Meeting is a chance for philanthropists, community members, nonprofit organizations, and business leaders to gather and reflect on Legal Aid’s accomplishments over the past year, as well as learn about bold new initiatives and plans for the year ahead, according to the release.
Serving residents of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Lorain counties, Legal Aid staff and volunteers secure justice and resolve fundamental problems for those who have low incomes and are vulnerable by providing high-quality legal services and working for systemic solutions.
Visit lasclev.org/2022Event for more details and to purchase Annual Meeting tickets.
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