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Pa. Public School Children Need Lawyers' Help
Monday, June 23, 2008
If you've ever wondered whether this is an issue, or this is the moment for you to tell your legislator to act, stop wondering. Right now, a unique convergence of events gives us all an opportunity to fix a statewide system of paying for public education that has been broken for nearly two decades.
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School-to-Prison Pipeline Thrives
Monday, June 23, 2008
A 6-year-old girl in Florida handcuffed and taken to jail for throwing a temper tantrum in kindergarten. An autistic boy in Massachusetts arrested for throwing his eraser at his teacher. A 14-year-old girl convicted of assault on a public servant and sentenced to seven years for shoving a hall monitor. These disturbing incidents are manifestations of the school-to-prison pipeline, or STPP, the national trend toward criminalizing, rather than educating, our children.
Public Interest Calendar of Events for June and July 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Click the headline above to view the listings for June and July, 2008.
Transgender, Gender-Variant Youths Need Community Support
Monday, April 28, 2008
Youths in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community face serious obstacles to safety and acceptance as a result of the anti-LGBT bias they experience at home, in schools and in their communities.
Philadelphia VIP: Assisting Low-Income Individuals In Obtaining Legal Aid
Monday, February 25, 2008
The mission of Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP) is to promote equal justice for the poor by providing civil legal services not otherwise available, collaborating with other legal services organizations and promoting a culture of volunteerism by educating and exposing attorneys and law students to issues of poverty.
Pennsylvania's Hospital Charity Care System: In Need of a Cure
Monday, February 25, 2008
A woman went to the emergency room of a hospital in Pennsylvania two years ago with severe pain in her shoulder. She had already been to a local clinic, but the doctors there told her there was nothing they could do. They recommended an MRI. But the woman had no health insurance, and the estimated cost of the MRI was $1,000. She lived with the pain until she couldn't stand it.
Phila. Bar Association 2008 Volunteer Attorney Training Calendar
Thursday, February 7, 2008
A guardianship program will be held Feb. 8 at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, 1735 Market St., 51st floor.
Bar Foundation Plays Crucial Role in Public Interest Community
Thursday, February 7, 2008
More than five years ago, the trustees of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation asked us to participate in a focus group to look at the mission of the bar foundation.
ICE Immigration Detention on the Rise in Pa. and Beyond
Monday, January 28, 2008
A convoy of three white buses cruises down Concord Road in York County, Pa., heading toward York County Prison. The buses have no overt signs of ownership. Their windows — covered so the world cannot see in nor the riders see out, protected by thick steel grating — suggest something out of the ordinary.
In Federal Court, Friends of Farmworkers Win Landscapers' Case
Monday, January 28, 2008
U.S. District Court Judge Louis H. Pollak largely granted a motion for summary judgment for seasonal landscaping workers in an early January order against the Brickman Group for transportation costs that took their wages below minimum wage.
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