2025 Staff Awards

Zabwino zonse kwa Olandira Mphotho ya Ogwira Ntchito mu 2025 ya Legal Aid!

Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland lizindikira omwe adalandira mphotho zotsatirazi pa Msonkhano Wapachaka wa 2025, womwe udzachitike Lolemba, Novembara 24 ku Hilton Cleveland Downtown. Dziwani zambiri ndikugula matikiti.

Mndandanda wathunthu wa omwe adalandira mphotho zakale ukupezeka patsamba lathu: Staff Awards

C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award... chifukwa cha ntchito yoperekedwa ku The Legal Aid Society ndi makasitomala ake; adatchulidwa polemekeza C. Lyonel Jones (1932 - 2006) yemwe adadzipereka yekha ntchito yake yonse yalamulo ku Legal Aid.

Philip Althouse, Esq., Woyimira wamkulu, Economic Justice Practice Group 

Pazaka zake zonse 18 ali pa Legal Aid, machitidwe a Phil pantchito ndi zikhulupiriro zake zakhala chitsanzo mosalekeza kudzipereka kwa bungwe pakutsata chilungamo ndikuyika patsogolo zosowa zamakasitomala athu. Nthawi zonse amakhala wokonzeka kuthandiza anzake pamene akugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti athetse mavuto a kasitomala wake. Ntchito yake yazamalamulo yapamwamba komanso kulengeza zakhala ndi zotsatira zochititsa chidwi. Makamaka, kuyimira kwa Phil kwa kasitomala kudapangitsa kuti bungwe lachinyengo liyimbidwe mlandu wofuna kumenya nkhondo ndi kubera dipatimenti ya US of Veterans Affairs.

Phil wathandizanso kupeza chilungamo kwa makasitomala ena ambiri. Pankhani ina yoteroyo, iye anaimira kasitomala wazaka 94 yemwe anaberedwa mwachinyengo ndi mphamvu ya loya wake, yemwe anasamutsira nyumba ya kasitomalayo kukhala yekha. Phil adagwira ntchito kwa milungu ingapo ndi ofesi ya wosuma mlandu komanso ofufuza, amafotokoza zambiri pomwe amafufuza milandu yomwe ingachitike. Phil atapereka mlandu wachigawenga, wozengedwa mlandu adavomera kusamutsa nyumbayo kwa kasitomala.

Kudzipereka kwa Phil ku chilungamo chachuma kumapitilira ntchito yake kwa makasitomala ake komanso kumafikira kuthandiza anzake pazamalamulo. Iye adalemba mitu ya Ohio Consumer Law Handbook, adathandizira kupanga Consumer Law Sub-Committee ku Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, ndipo adakapereka ku masemina ambiri opitilira maphunziro azamalamulo.

Mphotho ya Claude E. Clarke… amazindikira ogwira nawo ntchito chifukwa cha ntchito zabwino kwambiri chifukwa cha ntchito zake zaukadaulo komanso kudzipereka ku Legal Aid ndi makasitomala ake, ndipo amatchedwa Claude E. Clarke (1890 - 1975), yemwe adatsogolera ntchito ya Legal Aid kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi anayi.

Emily Adams, Esq., Senior Attorney, Health & Opportunity Practice Group
Emily adabwera koyamba ku Legal Aid mu 2021 ngati Loya Wogwira Ntchito m'gulu la Housing Practice. Mu 2022, adasamukira ku Health & Opportunity Practice Group pomwe Legal Aid idayamba mgwirizano wake wa Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) ndi Cleveland Clinic. Anatenga mbali ziwiri zatsopano zamalamulo - maphunziro ndi zopindulitsa pagulu. Kudzipereka kwake kunachititsa kuti apambane mochititsa chidwi, kuphatikizapo kupeza chigamulo chabwino pa mlandu wa maphunziro apadera otsutsana ndi chigawo cha sukulu chomwe chinakana kulipira ndalama zogulira sukulu yapadera. Emily adatenga gawo lalikulu pakuchotsa Cleveland Clinic MLP. Amaphunzitsa azachipatala momwe angadziwire nkhani zalamulo za odwala awo komanso momwe angawatumizire ku Legal Aid. Amaphunzitsanso nzika za ana, kuwapatsa zidziwitso zazikulu zamalamulo apadera amaphunziro. Emily amachotsa zonsezi ndi ntchito yake yodabwitsa, chidwi chake, komanso luso lake la bungwe.

Russell Hauser, Esq., Oimira Ogwira Ntchito, Health & Opportunity Practice Group
Russell anayamba kugwira ntchito ku Legal Aid mu 2015 ngati Paralegal. Kenako adasiya Legal Aid kupita kusukulu ya zamalamulo ndikubwerera, koyamba ngati Summer Associate, kenako monga Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow, ndipo tsopano ngati Woyimira Wogwira Ntchito. Kupyolera mu chiyanjano chake, adagwirizana ndi ofesi ya Cuyahoga Juvenile Public Defender kuti athandize ophunzira omwe ali ndi vuto kusukulu. Chiyanjano chake chitatha, Russell anayamba kutumikira monga loya wa Legal Aid's Medical Legal Partnership ndi University Hospitals, kumene akupitirizabe kulimbikitsa ophunzira. Russell adapanga ukadaulo woyimira ophunzira omwe akufuna kuchotsedwa. Akupitiriza mgwirizano wake ndi Ofesi ya Public Defender, yomwe imakhala ngati chithandizo cha mgwirizano umenewu. Russell akudumphira m’milandu yovuta imeneyi mosazengereza, akusunga ana ambiri kusukulu. Russell amadziwika ndi anzake ngati wosewera mpira wodzipereka ku bungwe, ake
mission, ndi makasitomala ake.

Laurie Hughes, Paralegal II, Gulu Logwira Ntchito Pabanja
Chiyambireni pa Legal Aid mu 2021, Laurie watsimikizira kuti ndi wofunika kwambiri ku Gulu Loyeserera la Banja, kusonyeza mosalekeza magwiridwe antchito, chifundo komanso kukhudzidwa kwamakasitomala odziwa zowawa, komanso kudzipereka kozama ku Legal Aid ndi ntchito yazamalamulo. Laurie nthawi zonse amayang'ana njira zosinthira mphamvu za gululo. Anakhala notary yamagetsi, yomwe imalola kusungitsa madandaulo mwachangu komanso moyenera, komanso amayang'anira makina osayina amagetsi. Mu ntchito yake, nthawi zambiri amakumana ndi anthu omwe adakumana ndi zoopsa kwambiri. Laurie amatengera kuyanjana kumeneku ndi chifundo chenicheni komanso chifundo. Amapita patsogolo ndi kupitilira kuwonetsetsa kuti makasitomala akumva kuthandizidwa, kumva, komanso kulemekezedwa munthawi zovuta kwambiri pamoyo wawo. Laurie walimbikitsanso mgwirizano ndi Cuyahoga Community College's Paralegal Program. Amayang'anira alangizi azamalamulo ndikuwadziwitsa za ntchito yazamalamulo. Laurie adadzipereka kukonza miyoyo ya makasitomala athu, nthawi imodzi.

Joseph Tomino, Esq., Loya Woyang'anira, Gulu Lothandizira Nyumba
Joe adagwira ntchito ku Legal Aid monga Summer Associate ndi extern mu 2014 asanalowe ngati loya ku 2017. Poyambirira akugwira ntchito monga gawo la Intake and Volunteer Lawyers Program, Joe adakhazikitsa ndikuyang'anira chipatala cha pro se Debt Collection Clinic kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake ya Legal Aid. Pambuyo pake adalowa m'gulu la Housing Practice Group ndipo watsimikizira kuti ndi wolimbikira komanso wokonda makasitomala ake, woweruza milandu, komanso mtsogoleri wolemekezeka. Kudziwa kwa Joe zamalamulo, komanso malamulo makamaka, kumatsimikizira kuti amapeza zotsatira zabwino kwambiri kwa makasitomala ake. Joe ndi membala wa Legal Aid's Lead Team, yemwe akuyesetsa kuthetsa poizoni wa mtovu polimbikitsa kuti pakhale nyumba zotetezeka. Kuphatikiza apo, a Joe adalumikizana ndi amicus mwachidule zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Khothi Lalikulu la 10 la Apilo ligamule kuti ochita lendi ali ndi ufulu wolandira chidziwitso chamasiku makumi atatu pansi pa lamulo la CARES Act, ngakhale zitatha nthawi yoletsa kuchotsedwa kwa boma. Ntchito yabwino kwambiri ya Joe ikuwonetsa kudzipereka kwake pachilungamo.

Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland pachaka limazindikira ogwira ntchito kudzera mu pulogalamu ya mphothoyi yothandizidwa ndi Legal Aid's Leadership Fund for Organisational Development. Ndalamayi imathandizidwa ndi Allen Madorsky Memorial Fund ndi Alan Gressel Memorial Fund ku Legal Aid ndi mphatso zina zambiri. Ngati mukufuna kupanga mphatso yothandizira Utsogoleri wa Legal Aid's Leadership Fund, chonde imbani 216-861-5217.