Yolembedwa pa Okutobala 4, 2023
9: 00 m'mawa
Odzipereka a Legal Aid amathandizidwa ndi ogwira ntchito oopsa ku Legal Aid, pano kuti athandize ovomereza oyimira milandu panjira iliyonse! Phunzirani apa #MyLegalAidStory ya Bobbi Saltzman - Woyimira wamkulu mu Pulogalamu ya Maloya Odzipereka ndi Dipatimenti Yopereka Chithandizo ku Legal Aid --
Asanalowe chaka chake choyamba ku College of Law ku Cleveland State University, Bobbi Saltzman adadziwa kuti akufuna kuchita zamalamulo okhudza anthu.
Bobbi amakumbukira bwino lomwe sabata yoyamba isanayambe maphunziro ake pamene pulofesa anamuuza za mwayi wodzipereka kwa ophunzira a zamalamulo. Makutu ake ananjenjemera atatchula za Chipatala chachidule cha Legal Aid chomwe chikubwera. Koma chochitika china chinangotsala pang'ono kumupangitsa kuti afe - kutatsala tsiku limodzi kuti achite Brief Clinic adathyola chikazi chake. Ankangoyenda ndi ndodo zokha ndipo, pokhala watsopano ku Cleveland, anachita mantha kupempha thandizo kuti ayende. Anatsala pang'ono kuganiza kuti asapiteko koma adaganiza zokakamira. Tsiku lachipatala adagwirizana ndi kasitomala yemwe adaganiza, podikirira kuti nthawi yake iwonekere, amulembera ndakatulo pafoda yake ya Legal Aid kuti amuthokoze chifukwa chomumvera komanso kumuthandiza kuti athandizidwe. Bobbi anali atagwidwa.
“Kudzipereka pa Chipatala Chachidule chimenecho inali njira yofulumira yondithandizira kuwona kugwirizana pakati pa zomwe ndikadaphunzira m’kalasi, ndi momwe zingandithandizire kuthandiza ena,” anatero Bobbi. “Zinali zolimbikitsa kudziŵa kuti ndinali kuchita chisonkhezero champhamvu ndi kuti zimene ndinaphunzira m’kalasi zingagwiritsiridwe ntchito m’njira yothandiza.”
Pambuyo pake Bobbi adakhala mnzake wachilimwe ku Legal Aid mu Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) ndi dipatimenti ya Intake.
Atamaliza maphunziro awo, a Bobbi ankagwira ntchito ngati loya m’kampani ina yaikulu, koma chinachake chinali kusowa.
“Ndinkafuna kugwira ntchito yatanthauzo yomwe ingandithandize kuthandiza anthu ovutika nthaŵi zonse,” iye anatero. Bobbi pamapeto pake adabwerera ku Legal Aid ngati loya wanthawi zonse pagulu la Ufulu wa Uphungu wa Gulu la Nyumba.
Tsopano Bobbi ndi Woyimira milandu wamkulu mu dipatimenti ya VLP/Intake, ndipo akugwira ntchito ya Lawyers Advocating for Safe Housing project, yothandizidwa ndi Legal Services Corporation's Pro Bono Innovations Fund. Bobbi amasangalala kugwirira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu odzipereka omwe akufuna kukonza malo okhala m'deralo, ndikugwira ntchito ndi anthu odzipereka ku Zipatala Zachidule za Uphungu ndi zochitika zina za Legal Aid. Iye amaona kuti n’kopindulitsa kukhala m’deralo ndi m’madera osiyanasiyana kuthandiza makasitomala ndi odzipereka kupeza zotsatira zabwino.
Bobbi amalimbikitsa maloya kuti achite ovomereza ntchito. "Ndikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri ali ndi mantha pothandiza anthu pamalamulo omwe sakuwadziwa, koma Legal Aid imathandizira anthu odzipereka pamlingo uliwonse ndipo ili ndi banki yazinthu."
Amakumbukira kukumana ndi loya wodzipereka yemwe anali asanagwirepo ntchito mongodzipereka ndi kuyimilira mwachindunji alendi. Pambuyo pake adagwirizana ndi kasitomala yemwe anali ndi vuto lanyumba - malo omwe analibe ukadaulo. Chifukwa cha chithandizo chomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku Legal Aid, adatha kukambitsirana ndi mwininyumba wa kasitomalayo kuti apereke chipukuta misozi chifukwa chokhala ndi mikhalidwe ndikulola kuti mikhalidweyo ikonzedwe.
"Zinali zabwino kuwona momwe wodziperekayo adayendera njira yonse yomwe idatha ndi zotsatira zabwino."
Bobbi akugogomezera kuti ndikofunikira komanso kofunikira kuti makasitomala athandizidwe ndichifukwa chake odzipereka ndi ofunikira ku zipatala za Legal Aid.
"Chilichonse chimathandiza," adatero.
Legal Aid ikupereka moni ku khama lathu ovomereza odzipereka. Kuti mutenge nawo mbali, pitani pa webusaiti yathu, kapena imelo probono@lasclev.org.
Ndipo, tithandizeni kulemekeza 2023 ABA's National Celebration of Pro Bono pochita nawo zochitika zakomwezi mwezi uno ku Northeast Ohio. Dziwani zambiri pa ulalo uwu: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek