Hoʻopuka ʻia ʻOkakopa 27, 2023
8: 00 am
Hana pū nā mea manawaleʻa Legal Aid me nā limahana Legal Aid e hoʻonui i ka hiki ʻana o Legal Aid ma Northeast Ohio. E aʻo ma ʻaneʻi i ka #MyLegalAidStory o Tessa Gray, he mea manawaleʻa kōkua kānāwai lōʻihi.
Ma mua o ke komo ʻana i nā keʻena o ke Kula Nui o Howard University School of Law, Tessa Gray ua ʻike ʻo ka lilo ʻana i loio e hāʻawi iā ia i hiki ke kōkua i nā kānaka.
"Ua ulu au i ka hōʻike ʻana a me ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka pono ʻole a makemake wau e hoʻomaopopo i ka dynamics o kā mākou ʻōnaehana kānāwai i hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo pehea e hakakā pono ai i kēlā mau hana pono ʻole," wahi a Tessa.
Ma hope o ka lilo ʻana i loio me Taft, Tessa ua hele i kahi hōʻike keʻena e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa me Legal Aid. Ua paipai kēlā hōʻike iā Tessa e komo.
"Hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ka hana pro bono ma Taft, no laila, i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā manawa i hoʻopiʻi i koʻu hoihoi, e hana manawaleʻa wau a komo," wahi āna.
Makemake ʻo Tessa i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hopena koʻikoʻi i ke ola o ka poʻe ma o ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana a hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kona manawa mua i hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana ma kahi Legal Aid record sealing virtual advice clinic.
"Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka hopohopo nui a heluhelu hou i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi. Ua makaʻu wau e hoʻopilikia wau i kekahi mea," wahi a Tessa. "A laila i koʻu hele ʻana i ke kelepona me ka mea kūʻai aku, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kamaʻilio kūlohelohe loa aʻu i loaʻa ai. Ua manaʻo wau ua hana maoli wau i kahi ʻokoʻa a hiki ke haʻi i ka mahalo o ka mea kūʻai aku. He ʻike ia i paipai iaʻu e hoʻomau i ke komo pū ʻana me ke keʻena lapaʻau.
Paipai ʻo Tessa i nā mea ʻē aʻe e hana manawaleʻa, me ka ʻike ʻana i kēlā pro bono ʻO ka hana he mea maikaʻi loa.
“ʻAʻole pono e hoʻopau i ka manawa. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hapalua hola a i ʻole hoʻokahi hola o ka manawa i kahi papahana a i ʻole ke kauka i kēlā me kēia mahina ʻelua he manawa liʻiliʻi i ka papahana nui o nā mea, akā hiki i kēlā manawa ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ke ola o kekahi, "wahi āna. "Manaʻo wau inā hiki i kahi loio ke hana i kēlā a koho i nā papahana e kūlike me ko lākou mau makemake a me nā mākaukau, e ʻike lākou he ʻike aʻo ʻoluʻolu."
ʻO Tessa, ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma nā ʻāpana o ka waiwai naʻauao a me ke kānāwai franchise, e paipai pū i nā loio e hana ana ma nā wahi kūikawā ʻoi aku ka manawaleʻa.
“ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lilo i mea akamai. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā hui nā kumuwaiwai a me nā loio ʻē aʻe e hiki ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā kaʻina hana a haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mea e hana ai. Eia kekahi, no nā keʻena ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ʻoe e hāʻawi i kahi pane kānāwai a i ʻole hoʻoponopono. ʻO nā manawa he nui, hāʻawi ia i ke alakaʻi kūpono a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe ʻaʻole pono e pili i nā hana kānāwai.
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