Staff Attorney Pierce Hand Appointed to Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board
November 30, 2020Staff Attorney Pierce Hand Joins LEAD Atlanta Class of 2021
June 25, 2020Community Support & Prevention (CSP)
4 AVLF Leaders Receive Local Recognition
May 8, 2023On the Move – AVLF Team Updates
January 26, 2023Winning Against The Odds
October 25, 2021They Wanted Me to Give Up
May 7, 2021CNN Speaks with AVLF on Housing Insecurity, Unemployment
July 31, 2020Breaking the Fall
July 29, 2020Why I Came Back to AVLF
November 21, 2019AVLF Receives APS District Partner of the Year Award
November 21, 2019The Problem with a Haircut
October 18, 2019AVLF Welcomes 4 New Staff Attorneys
September 30, 20195 AVLF Attorneys Have This One Thing in Common
September 26, 2019Is Hope Necessary?
August 26, 2019Letter From Leadership: Giving Back for the Gifts We Were Given
July 31, 2019Our Good Intentions Are Not Enough
November 14, 2018July & August 2018 Volunteers
September 27, 2018Lauren Frazier Joins AVLF
July 25, 2018For Paralegal Kenisha Carson, AVLF’s Impact Hits Home
April 29, 2018Friends of AVLF Recognized at the Georgia Latino Law Foundation Fellowship Luncheon
April 16, 2018How to Help Bankruptcy Clients Create Stable Futures without Judgment
March 14, 2018Community Advocate Christal Reynolds’s Ambition to Create Change Started at Home
February 24, 2018Meet Your Neighbor: Bobbi Ann Jones
December 11, 2017The Finger Pointing Finally Stopped
November 27, 2017Volunteer Take: Few Legal Endeavors Are As Rewarding as Potentially Saving a Client’s Life
August 31, 2017Some Things Really Are Life or Death
May 23, 2017PurSHOEing Justice Welcoming Remarks
February 22, 2017Letter From Leadership: Why We Must Always Take Sides
January 30, 2017AVLF & Friends Create Happy Holidays
December 20, 2016Board Member Spotlight: Tyler Wright
December 19, 2016Meet the Staff: Standing with Our Neighbors
November 16, 2016From the Courtroom to the Classroom
June 29, 2016I used to be one of those people who believed the stereotypes surrounding domestic violence. I would wonder, "Why doesn't she just leave?" "Maybe she started it," or "Why does she keep going back to him if he is going to continue abusing her?"
Board Member Spotlight: Will Shearer
May 26, 2016Give us your best elevator pitch – what does AVLF mean to you? Safe and stable homes and families. Easier said than done. What do you do when a friend calls and says her spouse has been abusing her for years? How do you respond when you find out her hand had not been cut in an accident at the house (as you previously understood) but had been cut to the bone holding the blade of a knife to prevent it from being pushed into her sternum by her husband? What is your reaction when you find out how many times her life had been threatened with a gun and how many times she had feared for the safety of her children because of her husband’s abuse? How do you process the range of emotions when you learn the physical abuse was just the tip of the iceberg and the emotional and mental abuse was far worse? I got that call.
2015 Tasting Opportunities
October 10, 2015Shelter from the Winter
September 23, 2014On September 15, AVLF sponsored a screening of the documentary American Winter. Through the stories of eight families, the documentary vividly shows how one lost job can cascade into depleted savings, utility shutoffs, eviction, homelessness, hunger, and profound hopelessness.
The film follows one woman visiting a food bank for the first time. As a worker places food in her basket, the woman breaks down crying. She explains that she’s never had to turn to a food bank before; the groceries will make a huge difference to her family. The worker hugs her, touches her hand, looks in her eyes. “You can help somebody another time,” the worker says.