Hoa i ka Pono: Toolkit

Mahalo iā ʻoe no ka lilo ʻana i hoa pili i ka pono! He mau kumuwaiwai kēia pahu hana e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolaha i ke Kokua Kānāwai me kāu mau hoa hana. Inā he mau nīnau kikoʻī kāu, e huli i lalo o ka ʻaoʻao no ka ʻike pili limahana.

May 29: Founders' Day

Legal Aid turns 119 in May!  We use our birthday as an opportunity to host a Founders’ Day celebration to thank our supporters.

This year, Founders’ Day is on Wednesday, May 29.  The theme this year is our housing justice work – and we’ll hear from a former client, celebrate some partnerships, and enjoy a panel discussion with funders.  (Last year, we focused on medical-legal partnerships – read a summary here: https://lasclev.org/07132023-4/)

Learn more and sign-up for this free event: lasclev.org/2024FoundersDay

Annual 50/50 Raffle

Ua hauʻoli ʻo Legal Aid e hoʻolaha a 50/50 raffle e hoʻolauleʻa i ko mākou makahiki 119th. E komo no kou manawa e lanakila ai $7,080!

• • He 119 wale no tiketi e kuai ia no keia kū hoʻokahi raffle, hāʻawi iā ʻoe i 1 i 119 manawa e lanakila ai.
  • ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia tiketi raffle $ 119.
  • ʻO ka mea lanakila -- i koho wale ʻia -- e loaʻa iā ia he 50% o ka huina i hāpai ʻia e ka raffle ($7,080 inā kūʻai ʻia nā tiketi 119 a pau).
  • The drawing will occur the morning of Monday, July 8, 2024.
  • E hoʻopili ʻia ka mea lanakila i loko o 24 mau hola ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana a pono e hoʻopiha i kahi W9 a hoʻihoʻi i ke Kokua Kānāwai i loko o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana.
  • Hiki i nā limahana a me nā lālā o ka papa o ke Kokua Kānāwai ke komo a hāʻawi, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke lanakila.
  • Loaʻa nā waiwai a pau i ka Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

August 21: Jam for Justice 

E kākoʻo i ka hana nui a Legal Aid me ka leʻaleʻa i nā hana mele i poʻomanaʻo ʻia e nā loio kūloko, nā luna kānāwai, nā kumu kānāwai a me nā haumāna.

Poakolu, Aukake 21, 2024
5:00 pm - wehe nā puka, hoʻomaka ke mele DJ
he papa hoʻonohonoho paʻa o nā pūʻulu ma nā ʻanuʻu ʻelua no ka leʻaleʻa pau ʻole!

Ke kahua hale kūʻai:
5:20 - Tortfeasors (* hou no 2024! *)
6am - Alanui mokuʻāina
6am - KG Mojo
7am - ʻO Hayden Gilbert lāua ʻo The Ruckus
8am - Ma waho o ke kauoha

Kekahi lumi hula:
5am - Hoʻopau ʻo CWRU i ka pā
6am - Ka Bana No Name 
7am - Luke Lindberg & Ka Hung Jury
7am - ʻEono ʻEhiku
8am - Faith & Whisky

Emcees: Stephanie Haney (WKYC) & Delanté Spencer Thomas (Peresidena, Norman S. Minor Bar Association)
DJ: DJ Brad Wolfe (Brad Wolfe Law, LLC)

Learn more and get tickets at www.lasclev.org/2024Jam

Sponsor Legal Aid

He ala maikaʻi loa ka Sponsorship e kākoʻo i nā mea kūʻai aku o Legal Aid ma o nā lawelawe manuahi ʻoiai e loaʻa ana ka hoʻolaha, nā tiketi hanana, a me nā mea hou aku. E lilo i mea kākoʻo i kēia lā ma ka hoʻopiha ʻana keia palapala.  Questions? Reach out to Melanie Shakarian at 216-861-5217. All sponsors receive:

• • Hoʻolaha i hoʻonui ʻia: Promotion before, during, and beyond the events, including exposure across all Legal Aid social media platforms - for instance on Facebook (6,500 mea hahai), Twitter/X (4,500), Instagram (2,000), LinkedIn (3,100), a me nā Loko (300).
    HOU no 2024! - Hōʻike hou aku i nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha uku a Legal Aid, pūnaewele, a Lunakanawai Poetic LekaʻElele.
  • Digital & Print Program Ads: Hāʻawi ka papahana me 20,000+ mau kānaka i ka wā o kā mākou hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hālāwai makahiki (Bus maanei e ʻike i ka laʻana puke 2023)
  • Ke komo ʻana i kēlā me kēia hanana: Loaʻa i ke kākoʻo nā tiketi 10 i kēlā me kēia hanana.
  • Kuleana Pilikino Hui: Legal Aid is the difference between homelessness & home; danger & safety; poverty & security.

Your organization’s sponsorship affiliates you with Legal Aid’s work to extend justice.  kaomi i 'aneʻi e ʻike i nā mea kākoʻo o ka makahiki i hala - makemake maoli ʻoe e hui pū me kēia papa inoa no 2024!

Participation Report Updates!

Legal Aid staff are happy to provide an updated participation report throughout the year. This report details your organization's roster, fundraising and volunteer updates, as well as total participation percentages. Reach out to Melanie Shakarian for an updated report.

I ka News

WKYC helps Legal Aid celebrate volunteers

kaomi i 'aneʻi to see the full WKYC story!

Impact Stories

Access to Education through Legal Aid: ʻO Athena (Ua hoʻololi ʻia nā inoa no ka mālama ʻana i ka pilikino) was concerned about her son Anthony. Anthony is a special needs student and Athena felt as if her son’s school was not giving him the support that he needed to be successful. The school made communication with Athena difficult after she expressed her concerns about how a teacher was treating Anthony. Even though the school was aware that Anthony had disabilities, they suspended him based on his disability related behavior.

Athena was not about to allow her son’s education to be disrupted in any way. She was so frustrated that she discussed it with her healthcare provider at University Hospitals. Because of University Hospitals’ relationship with Legal Aid through the Medical-Legal Partnership, she was referred to Legal Aid for assistance. Her Legal Aid attorney suggested that they request a meeting with the school to discuss modifying Anthony’s individualized education plan (IEP). Due to the poor relationship between Athena and school officials, her attorney requested the IEP meeting and represented her at the meeting.

As a result of several IEP meetings, Athena, her attorney, and school officials discussed several strategies to implement within Anthony’s IEP to help him meet his educational and behavior goals. Not to mention, the meetings helped to improve Athena’s relationship with school officials. Thanks to Athena for being a caring and attentive parent and her Legal Aid attorney, Anthony is getting his special needs met to help him to excel in school.  E kipa mai keia loulou to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

Housing Stability through Legal Aid: Andrea (hoʻololi ʻia ka inoa no ka mālama ʻana i ka pilikino) fell behind in her rent. She did everything that she could possibly do to catch up but without success. Eventually she received a three-day eviction notice. Andrea didn’t want to move and feared that she and her family would become homeless. That’s when she called Legal Aid for help.

Andrea’s Legal Aid attorney advised her to apply for rental assistance. Her application was approved, and her landlord agreed to accept the funds to pay the back rent. The landlord then dismissed the case and allowed her to remain in the home.  To ensure that the eviction wouldn’t make it difficult for Andrea to find housing in the future, her attorney instructed her on how to get the eviction record sealed.  Thanks to her partnership with a Legal Aid attorney, Andrea no longer had to worry about her family being displaced. E kipa mai keia loulou to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

Hana i makana i kēia lā:

Kākoʻo i ke Kokua Kānāwai me kahi makana, a paipai i kāu mau hoa hana e hana like - Mālama i kēia manawa.

E ʻoluʻolu e hahai i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma ka pāpili kaiapili a kaʻana like i kā mākou mau pou – Ke hooikaika nei makou Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, a Instagram!

Nā nīnau? E kelepona iā Melanie Shakarian: 216-861-5217 a i ʻole melanie.shakarian@lasclev.org.

E kipa pinepine maanei i:

• E kiʻi i ka memo i ka manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana no nā kamaʻilio kūloko ma kāu hui/hui. E kope a paʻi wale!
• E aʻo e pili ana i kā mākou mau hanana a me nā nūhou hou loa.
• E hui pū me mākou.

He mea kākoʻo waiwai ʻoe no kā mākou misionari; mahalo mākou i kāu kākoʻo nui no ke kōkua kānāwai!