Yolembedwa pa Januware 24, 2024
8: 31 madzulo
Zinali tsogolo lomwe linabweretsa Jessica Baggett ku Lorain County.
Akadatha kuthamangira woweruza kapena kupita kumakampani, koma anali pano chifukwa amafunidwa ndi banja lake komanso anthu amdera lake, mnzake komanso woweruza wopuma pantchito Charlita Anderson-White adatero.
Baggett, 57, anamwalira Jan. 15. Chifukwa cha imfa sichinapezeke mwamsanga. Anali loya wamkulu wa Legal Aid Society of Cleveland ku Lorain County, loya wazaka 30 komanso woweruza milandu wa Domestic Relations Court Juvenile Division.
Koma abwenzi ake ndi ogwira nawo ntchito adamukumbukira Lachiwiri chifukwa chaubwenzi komanso nzeru zake, umunthu womwe umadziwika kuti umawunikira mabwalo amilandu ndi zipinda zochitira misonkhano, komanso chikondi chake chochuluka pa mwana wake wamwamuna komanso dera lomwe amatumikira.
Kochokera kudera la Dayton, Baggett adasamukira ku Lorain County zaka zopitilira makumi awiri zapitazo, mnzake wa Legal Aid Society Tonya Whitsett adati.
Whitsett, woyang'anira loya wa gulu lopanda phindu la banja lomwe silinapindule, adadziwa Baggett kwa zaka 30, atakumana pamsonkhano wamaphunziro achigawo chapakati pa 1990s - atakhala mbali zotsutsana za mlandu wonyoza wotsogozedwa ndi Legal Aid zaka zonse zapitazo.
Anakumbukira kuti Baggett analankhula za amayi ake kufunafuna Legal Aid ali mwana ndipo nthawi zonse ankayamikira kuti anthu analipo kuti athandize banja lake.
"Amayi ake adapita ku Legal Aid ndipo anthu kumeneko adamutenga ngati munthu," adatero Whitsett. "Anawona munthu yense, sanali vuto lazamalamulo, anali munthu payekha, mayi wa ana aang'ono omwe anali ndi vuto ndipo amafunikira thandizo - amafunikira wina woti amuyimire ndi kumuthandiza kuyendetsa makhothi ndi ntchito. kupyolera mu vuto. Chifukwa chake nthawi zonse amakhala ndi (Baggett).
Baggett analiponso kuti athandize banja lake, Whitsett adakumbukira, popeza Baggett sanapite kusukulu ya zamalamulo, koma adatenga chaka chimodzi kukagwira ntchito kufakitale kuti athandizire amayi ake ndi azichimwene ake aang'ono.
Mawu omwe amayi ake adalandira kuchokera kwa maloya a Legal Aid omwe adamuthandiza adayambitsanso ukapolo womwewo ku Baggett, yemwe adakhala m'gulu la mabungwe osapindula amalamulo kuyambira 2007.
Anali wochirikiza wachangu kwa omwe adapulumuka nkhanza zapakhomo ndipo anali wolemekezeka kukhothi, adatero Whitsett.
Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri wa Legal Aid ku Advocacy Tom Mlakar adayang'anira ntchito ya Baggett kwa zaka zingapo, ndikuzindikira kuchuluka kwa chidziwitso ndi chidziwitso chomwe adabweretsa ku ofesiyi kuyambira ali woweruza wa khothi lazanyumba.
"Chifundo cha Jessica ndi chikondi chake pa anthu komanso luso lake lolankhulana zinali zoyenera kwa makasitomala athu komanso anthu ammudzi," adatero Mlakar, ndikuwonjezera kuti adachita bwino kukhala kazembe wa Legal Aid ku Lorain County.
Adatenga nthawi yochitira ulemu aliyense womuzungulira, ndikufunsa momwe masiku a anzawo analili kapena kuyang'ana banja lawo, Whitsett adati, ndikuwerengera anansi ake ngati banja ndipo ndiye munthu wokonzekera maphwando.
"Anatha kupeza mabwenzi mosavuta," adatero Whitsett.
Pamene Baggett anasamukira ku Elyria, kumeneko kunakhala kwawo.
Mlakar adati maubwenzi omwe adapanga mdera lawo - kuchokera ku United Way kupita ku Lorain County Bar Association kupita ku Blessing House ndi mabungwe ena osapindula omwe adagwira nawo ntchito ndikutumikira m'mabungwe olamulira - adathandizira kutumikira bwino mchigawochi.
Baggett analumbiritsidwa kukhala pulezidenti wa Lorain County Bar Association m’chaka cha 2022. Pamwambo wake wolumbirira mwezi wa June, Baggett anakumbutsa anthu amene anapezekapo za udindo umene anali nawo wothandiza pamene ndi kumene akanatha.
"Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndichifukwa chake tidakhala zaka zitatu kusukulu ya zamalamulo, tikuvutika ndi mayeso a bar, kuti tithandizire munthu tsiku lililonse," adatero Baggett pamwambo wa 2022.
Inali ntchito yomwe adayimilira, Purezidenti wapano wa Lorain County Bar Association a Giovanna Scaletta-Bremke adati, pozindikira kudzipereka kwa omwe adamutsogolera pothandiza anthu osauka amchigawochi.
Anali nkhope yomwetulira m'khothi, adatero Scaletta-Bremke.
"Ndikosowa kuti loya akhale ndi mbiri yabwino pakati pa anzawo, koma Jessica adatero ndipo adadziperekanso zaka zambiri ku Bar Association," adatero Scaletta-Bremke. "... Adapereka chitsanzo cha zomwe timakonda kuwona kwa oyimira milandu ndikubwezeranso anthu ammudzi."
Koma kwa omwe amamudziwa Baggett payekha, adadziwa mwana wake, David, 10, kuti ali ndi mtima wake.
Anali maloto a Baggett kukhala mayi, Scaletta-Bremke ndi ena adanena. Anamutenga David ali ndi masiku ochepa chabe kudzera mu pulogalamu yolera ana kuti amutenge.
Anataya mwana wake wamwamuna wakhanda, Garrett Carter, zaka khumi zapitazo, Anderson-White adatero, ndipo aliyense anali wokondwa kwambiri atakhalanso mayi.
"Pamene adatenga David, limenelo linali tsiku losangalatsa kwambiri pamoyo wake," adatero Whitsett. "Amadziwa kuti akufuna kukhala mayi ndipo anali ndi chikondi chochuluka chopatsa."
Anali awiri okha a iwo, Anderson-White adanena, ndipo sankadziwa yemwe anali ndi mwayi wopeza wina ndi mzake - David kapena Baggett.
Anapatsa David moyo wabwino kwambiri mpaka atadwala, Anderson-White adatero.
"Kuti tiyerekeze kuti tsogolo linamuchotsa, chilengedwe, Mulungu, aliyense amene anamuchotsa ku ubale wapadera umene anali nawo ndi kamnyamata kakang'ono kameneka ndi zowawa," adatero Anderson-White. "Koma tikudziwa kuti Mulungu ndi dziko la abwenzi ndi achibale onse akumuyembekezera ndipo chinthu chimodzi chomwe adapempha ndikuti tiwonetsetse kuti David akusamalidwa - kotero kuti gululi limuthandizira iye ndi banja lake ndikuwonetsetsa kuti atero. ali ndi zonse zomwe amafunikira. Limenelo linali pemphero lake lokhalo.”
Zonse zimatsikira pakukondwerera chikondi chake ndi kuwolowa manja kwake, Anderson-White adati. Kuchokera ku keke yake yotchuka ya chokoleti ya ku Germany kupita ku maulendo otengedwa ndi mabuku owerengedwa pamodzi, anali zomwe anzake ndi anthu ammudzi amafunikira, adatero, ndipo analipo kwa iye.
"Anzake onse amamukonda," adatero Anderson-White. "Zonsezi zimatengera kuti timamukondwerera chifukwa cha chikondi chake komanso kuwolowa manja kwake."
Kuchezeredwa kudzakhala ku Tchalitchi cha Full Gospel Faith Fellowship, komwe Baggett anali membala wokangalika, nthawi ya 10 am Loweruka, ndi msonkhano wa 12 pm.
Gwero: The Chronicle - Woyimira milandu Jessica Baggett amakumbukira ngati mayi wolemekezeka, mayi