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Tis’ the Season: AVLF and Partners Spread Holiday Cheer Across Atlanta

…e the fight for equal justice, with the hope that every family can enjoy a safe and stable home year-round. Are you signed up for our newsletter? Lauren Frazier Communications Manager Lauren has six years of experience in digital marketing, content strategy and event management with significant expertise in the nonprofit and music entertainment industries. Lauren has managed all aspects of community outreach, branding, and events from development…

Letter from Leadership: AVLF Expands to Six New Schools

…se exciting changes at AVLF speak directly to our commitment to supporting safe and stable homes and families by inspiring volunteers to fight for justice. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about our work, and please consider supporting us if you can. Sincerely, 1 These numbers are based on initial internal calculations of 2017 transiency rates against the 2012-2016 five-year average. This letter was updated on May 2, 2018 to reflect cha…

Mia Smith

…clients for up to 6 months of wrap-around services. Mia is also the Safe & Stable Families Project Georgia Victim Legal Assistance Network (VLAN) representative. Mia grew up in a small town in Alabama but relocated to Atlanta, GA with her husband and two children in 2020. Mia graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Savannah State University and her Master of Social Work degree from Walden University. Since graduating and rel…

John Chandler and Beth Tanis Chair Inaugural Annual Campaign Committee

…r Check out more from this author. Katie handles all of the online communications for AVLF, overseeing the organization’s social media campaigns, newsletters, and website. She understands how to best adapt program narratives for storytelling, as she began working as a Program Assistant in the Safe and Stable Homes Project in March 2016. A native of Atlanta, Katie moved back to the city after completing her master’s in Southern Studies at the Unive…

Letter From Leadership: Looking ahead with Executive Director Michael Lucas

…be the national leader in innovative, holistic legal programs that promote safe and stable homes and families. Our Atlanta programs will be a national model and a catalyst for change in the way civil legal services are delivered and deployed as a vehicle for community change. On our way to that North Star, we dreamed of all the ways we can continue to innovate and be responsive to community needs. We dreamed of ways to expand our nationally recogn…

Standing with Our Neighbors® Initiative

…bors initiative. Families cannot thrive without affordable housing that is safe, stable, and healthy. Schools cannot thrive with a student body forced to live in unstable housing and deplorable conditions. AVLF and our volunteer attorneys – who donate over $2 million in attorney time annually – are uniquely positioned to have a positive impact in these areas. Through this initiative, we partner with schools and community allies to focus AVLF’s vol…

Annual Campaign Steering Committee Tours Hollis During Summer Break

…ing vital legal and social assistance to the community. When families have safe, stable, and healthy housing, the students can thrive. Want to support this program? Click here. Ashleigh Starnes Communications Manager As AVLF’s Communications Manager, Ashleigh works in website content development, social media outreach, and various other forms of communication with our clients, volunteers, and supporters. Ashleigh is ever-eager to share the remarka…

Alexandria Arnold

…Alexandria educate families on how to promote effective repairs and avoid evictions, the right to safe and habitable housing, and addressing issues such as indoor air quality. She represents eligible clients in eviction defense and affirmative landlord-tenant cases. Additionally, Alexandria supports and advances AVLF’s housing programs throughout Fulton and Clayton Counties. Staff Attorney, Safe & Stable Homes Project aarnold@avlf.org…

AVLF Receives $100,000 to Help Improve Housing Conditions

…gal health workers in Fulton County and help AVLF continue to advocate for safe and stable housing, including supporting AVLF’s Housing Court Assistance Center for Atlanta tenants whose landlords are taking them to court as well as AVLF’s eviction defense program that provides lawyers for individuals who are facing eviction. “This partnership is one of the most impactful ways to address social determinants of health that I’ve seen in our state. Ca…

Troutman Sanders: A Model of Dedication [Donor Spotlight]

…o provide first-rate legal services to low-income Atlantans as they demand safe and stable housing, insist on fair pay for an honest day’s work, and break free from intimate partner abuse. You, too, can play a part in determining the future of our community: a donation to our 2019 Annual Campaign ensures that we can advocate for over 5,000 Atlantans, that we can provide comprehensive care through our innovative legal programs, and that we can focu…

IAQA Collects Donations on Behalf of AVLF

…o suffer. In Atlanta, where nearly half of the residents are renters, many families struggle to obtain and maintain rental housing that lives up to even the most basic standards. As a result, children in poor communities face an array of challenges from deteriorating health to roadblocks to pursuing their education. In Atlanta, where nearly half of the residents are renters, many families struggle to obtain and maintain rental housing that lives u…

Board Member Spotlight: Amelia Medina

…ons with me. I slowly won him over, though (relying on a few tips from the Safe Families Office along the way!) – and at the end of an exhausting half-day prep session, he said I had convinced him that lawyers “weren’t so bad after all.” He also offered that if my client or I ever needed him again, we should not hesitate to contact him. This experience with AVLF was a reminder to me of how important it is for us to develop allies (whether in law e…