Partner in Justice: Toolkit

Ua tsaug rau koj los ua tus khub hauv Kev Ncaj Ncees! Cov cuab yeej no muaj peev txheej los pab koj txhawb Txoj Cai Pabcuam nrog koj cov npoj yaig. Yog tias koj muaj lus nug tshwj xeeb, hloov mus rau hauv qab ntawm nplooj ntawv rau cov ntaub ntawv tiv tauj cov neeg ua haujlwm.

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

Legal Aid txaus siab tshaj tawm ib 50/50 kev sib tw to celebrate our 119th anniversary. Enter for your chance to win up to $7,080!

• • Buy tickets online at: lasclev.org/119raffle
  • Tsuas yog 119 daim pib yuav raug muag rau qhov no tsuas yog raffle, muab koj 1 ntawm 119 txoj kev yeej.
  • Txhua daim pib nqi raffle $ 119.
  • Tus yeej - xaiv ntawm random - yuav tau txais 50% ntawm tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev sib tw ($ 7,080 yog tias tag nrho 119 daim pib raug muag).
  • The drawing will occur the morning of Monday, July 8, 2024.
  • Tus yeej yuav raug hu rau hauv 24 teev ntawm kev kos duab thiab yuav tsum tau ua daim ntawv W9 thiab xa rov qab mus rau Legal Aid hauv ib lub lis piam tom qab tau hu.
  • Cov neeg ua haujlwm tam sim no thiab pawg thawj coj ntawm Legal Aid muaj cai nkag mus thiab pub dawb, tab sis tsis tsim nyog los yeej.
  • Tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los tau txais txiaj ntsig Lub Koom Haum Pabcuam Kev Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cleveland.

August 21: Jam for Justice 

Support Legal Aid’s great work while enjoying musical acts headlined by local attorneys, judges, law faculty and students.

Hnub Wednesday, Lub Yim Hli 21, 2024
5:00 teev tsaus ntuj - qhov rooj qhib, DJ suab paj nruag pib
lub sij hawm staggered ntawm bands ntawm ob theem rau kev lom zem tsis nres!

Tavern theem:
5:20 - Tortfeasors (* tshiab rau 2024! *)
6:00 - Xeev txoj kev
6:40 - KG Moj
7:20 - Hayden Gilbert thiab Ruckus
8:00 - Tawm ntawm kev txiav txim

Ballroom theem:
5:40 - CWRU's Razing the Bar
6:20 - Tsis Muaj Npe Band 
7:00 - Luke Lindberg & The Hung Jury
7:40 - Rau Qee zaus Xya
8:20 - Kev ntseeg & Whiskey

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

Kawm ntxiv thiab tau txais daim pib ntawm www.lasclev.org/2024Jam

Sponsor Legal Aid

Kev txhawb nqa yog ib txoj hauv kev zoo los txhawb Legal Aid cov neeg siv khoom los ntawm kev pabcuam dawb thaum tseem tau txais kev tshaj tawm, daim pib kev tshwm sim, thiab ntau dua. Ua tus txhawb nqa hnub no los ntawm kev sau daim ntawv no.  Questions? Reach out to Melanie Shakarian at 216-861-5217. All sponsors receive:

• • Txhim khu kev tshaj tawm: Promotion before, during, and beyond the events, including exposure across all Legal Aid social media platforms - for instance on Facebook (6,500 tus thwjtim), Twitter / X (4,500), Instagram (2,000), LinkedIn (3,100), thiab Xov (300).
    TSHIAB rau 2024! - Kev nthuav qhia ntxiv hauv Legal Aid cov kev tshaj tawm them nyiaj, lub vev xaib, thiab Poetic Kev Ncaj Ncees tsab ntawv xov xwm.
  • Digital & Print Program Ads: Qhov kev pab cuam tau qhia rau 20,000+ tus tib neeg thaum lub sij hawm peb lub Rooj Sib Tham Txhua Xyoo (nias ntawm no saib piv txwv 2023 phau ntawv)
  • Nkag mus rau txhua qhov xwm txheej: Kev txhawb nqa suav nrog 10 daim pib rau txhua qhov kev tshwm sim.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility: 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.  Nyem no pom cov neeg txhawb nqa xyoo tas los - koj yuav xav koom nrog cov npe no rau xyoo 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.

Nyob rau hauv cov xov xwm

WKYC helps Legal Aid celebrate volunteers

Nyem no to see the full WKYC story!

Impact Dab Neeg

Access to Education through Legal Aid: Athena (names changed to protect privacy) 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.  Mus saib qhov txuas no to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

Housing Stability through Legal Aid: Andrea (lub npe hloov los tiv thaiv tus kheej) 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. Mus saib qhov txuas no to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

UA TSAUG NTAU HNUB NOV:

Txhawb Txoj Cai Pabcuam nrog khoom plig, thiab txhawb kom koj cov npoj yaig ua ib yam - Pub rau tam sim no.

Thov ua raws li Txoj Cai Pabcuam hauv social media thiab share peb cov posts - Peb ua haujlwm rau Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Thiab Instagram!

Cov lus nug? Hu rau Melanie Shakarian: 216-861-5217 los yog melanie.shakarian@lasclev.org.

Mus saib ntawm no ntau zaus rau:

• Rub lub sijhawm xa xov koj tuaj yeem siv rau kev sib txuas lus sab hauv ntawm koj lub tuam txhab / lub koom haum. Tsuas yog luam tawm thiab muab tshuaj txhuam!
• Kawm paub txog peb cov xwm txheej tshiab thiab xov xwm tshiab.
• Txuas nrog peb.

Koj yog ib tus neeg txhawb nqa muaj txiaj ntsig rau peb txoj haujlwm; Peb txaus siab rau koj txoj kev txhawb nqa rau Legal Aid!