Hoʻopuka ʻia ʻOkakopa 4, 2023
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Kākoʻo ʻia nā mea manawaleʻa Legal Aid e nā limahana maikaʻi ma Legal Aid, ma aneʻi e kōkua pro bono nā loio i kēlā me kēia pae o ke ala! E aʻo ma ʻaneʻi i ka #MyLegalAidStory o Bobbi Saltzman - he Loio Nui ma ka Polokalamu Loio Volunteer a me ke Keʻena Intake ma ke Kokua Kānāwai --
Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i kāna makahiki mua o ke Koleke Kānāwai o Cleveland State University, ua ʻike ʻo Bobbi Saltzman ua makemake ʻo ia e hana i ke kānāwai no ka lehulehu.
Hiki iā Bobbi ke hoʻomanaʻo maopopo i ka hopena pule mua ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna mau papa i ka wā i haʻi aku ai kahi polopeka iā ia e pili ana i nā manawa manawaleʻa no nā haumāna loio. Pīhoihoi kona mau pepeiao i ko lākou ʻōlelo ʻana i kahi Legal Aid Brief Clinic e hiki mai ana. Akā hoʻokahi mea i hoʻopau i kona make ma kāna mau ala - ʻo ka lā ma mua o ka Brief Clinic ua haki ʻo ia i kāna femur. Ua kaupalena ʻia ʻo ia i nā koʻokoʻo a, he mea hou ʻo ia iā Cleveland, hopohopo ʻo ia i ke noi ʻana i kōkua no ka hele ʻana. Ua aneane ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole e hele akā ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e paʻakikī. ʻO ka lā o ke keʻena kino, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ʻo ia me kahi mea kūʻai aku i hoʻoholo, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kali ana i kona manawa e ʻike ʻia, e kākau iā ia i kahi mele ma kāna waihona Kokua Kānāwai e mahalo iā ia no ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā ia a me ke kōkua ʻana iā ia e loaʻa ke kōkua. Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Bobbi.
"ʻO ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana ma kēlā hale keʻena pōkole he ala koke iaʻu e ʻike ai i ka pilina ma waena o nā mea aʻu e aʻo ai i loko o ka lumi papa, a pehea e kōkua ai iaʻu e kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe," wahi a Bobbi. "He mea hōʻeuʻeu ka ʻike e hana ana au i ka hopena a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea aʻu i aʻo ai i ka papa ma ke ʻano kūpono."
Ua lilo ʻo Bobbi i hoa kau wela ma ke Legal Aid ma ka Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) a me ka ʻoihana Intake.
Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua hana ʻo Bobbi ma ke ʻano he loio limahana ma kahi ʻoihana nui, akā ua nalowale kekahi mea.
"Makemake au e hana i nā hana koʻikoʻi e hiki ai iaʻu ke kōkua i ka poʻe i nele i ka manawa piha," wahi āna. Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Bobbi i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma ke ʻano he loio manawa piha ma ka hui Housing Group's Right to Counsel.
I kēia manawa he Loio Nui ʻo Bobbi ma ka VLP/Intake Department, a e hana ana i ka papahana Lawyers Advocating for Safe Housing, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Legal Services Corporation's Pro Bono Innovations Fund. Leʻaleʻa ʻo Bobbi i ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea manawaleʻa e makemake e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kūlana hale i ke kaiāulu, a me ka hana pū me nā mea manawaleʻa ma nā Brief Advice Clinics a me nā hanana hoʻolaha kōkua kānāwai. ʻIke ʻo ia he mea maikaʻi ka hele ʻana i ke kaiāulu a me nā kaiāulu like ʻole e kōkua ana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea manawaleʻa e loaʻa nā hopena kūleʻa.
Paipai ʻo Bobbi i nā loio e hana pro bono hana. "ʻIke wau he nui ka poʻe hopohopo e pili ana i ke kōkua ʻana i nā poʻe ma nā wahi o ke kānāwai ʻaʻole lākou i kamaʻāina, akā kākoʻo ʻo Legal Aid i nā mea manawaleʻa ma kēlā me kēia pae a loaʻa kahi waihona waiwai."
Hiki iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo i ka hālāwai ʻana me kekahi loio manawaleʻa i loaʻa ʻole ka ʻike manawaleʻa mua me ka hōʻike pololei ʻana i nā mea hoʻolimalima. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ʻo ia me kahi mea kūʻai aku e loaʻa ana nā pilikia kūlana hale - kahi wahi i loaʻa ʻole iā ia ka ʻike. Ma muli o ke kākoʻo i loaʻa iā ia mai nā limahana Legal Aid, ua hiki iā ia ke kūkākūkā i kahi hoʻoholo me ka konohiki o ka mea kūʻai aku e hāʻawi i ka mea hoʻolimalima me ka uku no ka noho ʻana me nā kūlana a ʻae ʻia e hoʻoponopono ʻia nā kūlana.
"Maikaʻi ka ʻike ʻana i ka hele ʻana o ka mea manawaleʻa i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa i pau me kahi hopena maikaʻi."
Hoʻoikaika ʻo Bobbi he mea pono a pono i nā mea kūʻai aku ke kōkua a ʻo ia ke kumu nui o nā mea manawaleʻa ma nā Legal Aid Clinics.
"Kūkua nā mea liʻiliʻi a pau," wahi āna.
Aloha ke Kokua Kānāwai i ka hana nui o kā mākou pro bono nā mea manawaleʻa. E komo, e kipa i kā mākou pūnaewele, aiʻole leka uila probono@lasclev.org.
A, kōkua iā mākou e hoʻohanohano i ka 2023 ABA's National Celebration of ʻO Pro Bono ma ka hele ʻana i nā hanana kūloko i kēia mahina ma Northeast Ohio. E aʻo hou ma kēia loulou: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek