Paaga i le Faamasinoga: Toolkit

Faafetai mo le avea ma Paaga i Faamasinoga! O lenei pusa meafaigaluega e iai punaoa e fesoasoani ai ia te oe e fa'alauiloa le Legal Aid ma au paaga. Afai e iai ni au fesili fa'apitoa, kiliki i le pito i lalo o le itulau mo fa'amatalaga fa'afeso'ota'i a le aufaigaluega.

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 e fiafia e fa'ailoa a 50/50 se'i to celebrate our 119th anniversary. Enter for your chance to win up to $7,080!

• • Buy tickets online at: lasclev.org/119raffle
  • E na o le 119 tiketi o le a faʻatau atu mo lenei mea ese lava palota, tuuina atu ia te oe se 1 i le 119 avanoa e te manumalo ai.
  • E tau ta'i pepa se'i $ 119.
  • O le manumalo -- filifilia fa'afuase'i -- o le a maua le 50% o le aofa'i na maua e le se'i ($7,080 pe a fa'atau uma tiketi e 119).
  • O le ata o le a faia i le taeao o le Aso Gafua, Iulai 8, 2024.
  • O le a fa'afeso'ota'i le tagata manumalo i totonu ole 24 itula talu ona tusia le ata ma e tatau ona fa'atumu le W9 ma toe fa'afo'i ile Legal Aid i totonu ole vaiaso e tasi talu ona fa'afeso'ota'i.
  • O le aufaigaluega o lo'o iai nei ma sui o le Komiti Fa'afoe o le Legal Aid e agava'a e ulufale ma foa'i, ae le'o agava'a e manumalo.
  • O tupe maua uma e aoga i le Legal Aid Society of 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.

Aso Lulu, Aokuso 21, 2024
5:00 pm - tatala faitotoa, amata musika DJ
se fa'asologa fa'ateteleina o fa'aili i luga o la'asaga e lua mo le fiafia e le tu'ua!

Tavern Stage:
5:20 - Tortfeasors (* fou mo le 2024! *)
6am - Malo auala
6am - KG Mojo
7am - Hayden Gilbert ma le Ruckus
8am - Ua le aoga

Vaega o le Potu:
5am - Fa'asalaina e le CWRU le Pa
6am - Le No Name Band 
7am - Luke Lindberg & Le Hung Jury
7am - Ono i nisi taimi e Fitu
8am - Faith & Whiskey

Fa'atonu: Stephanie Haney (WKYC) & Delanté Spencer Thomas (Peresitene, 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

O le lagolago ose auala manaia e lagolago ai tagata fa'atau a le Legal Aid e ala i auaunaga e leai se totogi a'o maua foi fa'asalalauga, tiketi o mea e fai, ma isi mea. Avea ma sponsor i le aso e ala i le fa'atumu lenei pepa  Questions? Reach out to Melanie Shakarian at 216-861-5217. All sponsors receive:

• • Fa'ateleina Fa'asalalauga: Promotion before, during, and beyond the events, including exposure across all Legal Aid social media platforms - for instance on Facebook (6,500 tagata mulimuli), Twitter/X (4,500), Instagram (2,000), LinkedIn (3,100), ma filo (300).
    FOU mo le 2024! - Fa'aaliga fa'aopoopo i fa'asalalauga totogi a le Legal Aid, upegatafa'ilagi, ma Faamasino Faʻatusatusa lomiga.
  • Digital & Print Program Ads: Polokalame faʻasoa ma le 20,000+ tagata taʻitoʻatasi i le taimi o le faʻalauiloaina o le Fonotaga Faaletausaga (kiliki iinei e va'ai fa'ata'ita'iga 2023 tusi)
  • Fa'atagaina i fa'alavelave ta'itasi: Fesoasoani e aofia ai le 10 tiketi i mea taʻitasi.
  • Tiute Fa'aagafesootai Lautele: 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.  kiliki iinei e va'ai tagata lagolago i le tausaga ua te'a - e mautinoa lava e te mana'o e auai i le lisi lea mo le 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 Tala Fou

WKYC helps Legal Aid celebrate volunteers

kiliki iinei to see the full WKYC story!

Impact Stories

Access to Education through Legal Aid: Athena (suia igoa e puipuia ai le le faalauaiteleina) 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.

E leʻi faatagaina e Athena le aʻoga a lana tama e faʻalavelave i soʻo se auala. Sa matua le fiafia o ia na ia talanoaina ma lana tausi soifua maloloina i Falemai a le Iunivesite. Ona o le mafutaga a Falemai a le Iunivesite ma le Legal Aid e ala i le Medical-Legal Partnership, na tuuina atu ai o ia i le Legal Aid mo se fesoasoani. Na fautuaina e lana loia Fesoasoani Loia latou te talosagaina se feiloaiga ma le aoga e talanoaina ai le suia o le fuafuaga o aʻoaʻoga taʻitoʻatasi a Anthony (IEP). Ona o le leaga o le va i le va o Athena ma ofisa o le aʻoga, na talosagaina ai e lana loia le fonotaga a le IEP ma fai ma ona sui i le fonotaga.

O se taunuuga o le tele o fonotaga a le IEP, na talanoaina ai e Athena, lana loia, ma ofisa o le aʻoga ni taʻiala e faʻatino i totonu o le IEP a Anthony e fesoasoani ia te ia e ausia ana sini tau aʻoaʻoga ma amioga. E lē gata i lea, na fesoasoani sauniga e faaleleia atili ai le faiā a Athena ma tagata ofisa o le aʻoga. Fa'afetai ia Athena mo le avea ma se matua alofa ma fa'alogo lelei ma lana Loia Fesoasoani Fa'atulafono, o lo'o fa'amalieina e Anthony ona mana'oga fa'apitoa e fesoasoani ia te ia e fa'asilisili i le a'oga.  asi lenei sootaga to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

Housing Stability through Legal Aid: Andrea (suia le igoa e puipuia ai le le faalauaiteleina) na pau i tua i lona totogi. Sa ia faia mea uma na te mafaia ina ia maua ai ae e leʻi manuia. Mulimuli ane na ia mauaina se faaaliga e tuliesea aso e tolu. Sa lei manao Andrea e siitia ese ma sa fefe ina ne'i leai ni mea e nonofo ai o ia ma lona aiga. O le taimi lena na ia vili ai le Legal Aid mo se fesoasoani.

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. asi lenei sootaga to share this story on social media and add why you personally support Legal Aid.

FAIA SE MEAALOFA I LE ASO:

Lagolago le Legal Aid i se meaalofa, ma fa'amalosia au uo e fai le mea lava e tasi - Faʻamasoa nei.

Fa'amolemole mulimuli i le Legal Aid ile social media ma faasoa atu a matou pou – O loo matou toaaga i Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, ma Instagram!

Fesili? Faʻafesoʻotaʻi Melanie Shakarian: 216-861-5217 poʻo melanie.shakarian@lasclev.org.

Asiasi soo iinei e:

• Avea fe'au i taimi e te fa'aogaina mo feso'ota'iga i totonu i lau kamupani/fa'alapotopotoga. Na'o le kopi ma faapipii!
• A'oa'o e uiga ia matou mea fou na tutupu ma tala fou.
• Fesootai ma i matou.

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