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Letter From Leadership: Taking Time for Gratitude

…or justice and led by the lawyers of our community, together we can create safe and stable families and homes. AVLF is the recognition that real justice demands unlimited access to it; AVLF is the presumption that everyone with a Bar license understands that license for the weapon that it is and will use it to promote the common good. We appreciate every single thing you do that allows us to honor our commitment to excellence. And AVLF works becau…

AVLF Kicks Off First-Ever Annual Campaign

…nce programs, which we hope will have an unprecedented impact on Atlanta’s families. Your support will make that impact not a possibility, but a reality. We look forward to working with all of Atlanta’s communities in our continual effort to keep the vulnerable among us safe and stable. This year especially, we ask you to stand with survivors, stand with your neighbors, and stand with AVLF. With gratitude, Executive Director Martin Ellin Make a co…

The Unexpected Benefits of Pro Bono

…simple as making a call or sending an email to Jamie Perez, Director, AVLF Safe and Stable Families Project, (404) 612-4316 or jperez@avlf.org. The AVLF staff is incredibly helpful and provides all the necessary tools to represent an AVLF client for the first time. My firm, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, is hosting an AVLF Domestic Violence training on Tuesday, Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The training will equip you to represent victims…

AVLF at the Movies – Paycheck to Paycheck

…tlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation is to create safe and stable homes and families by inspiring attorneys to fight for equal justice. It is clear that an important extension of this work is to promote a clear understanding of the lives of the families and individuals served through AVLF’s programs. To that end, AVLF launched a film series in 2014 to start a dialogue about poverty in America, poverty in Atlanta, and the barriers it creates for too…

5 AVLF Attorneys Have This One Thing in Common

…sform a child’s life. That’s why we’re working in Atlanta schools to bring safety and stability to families in the neighborhood. Our intimate partner abuse team is providing resources through our new mobile advocacy project. Our housing staff are fighting illegal evictions in the neighborhood and providing emergency assistance to families in crisis. “[The effects of the affordable housing crisis] reverberate through our schools,” Lauren said. “It…

Letter From Leadership: Doing Something Real

…F is a place where promises are kept. I am working with programs that help families keep their children in school, that aid a woman who wants to be safe from her abuser, that force a landlord to honor the housing code, that keep a child free from pediatric asthma, that serve the court’s intention to determine the best interests of children of a custody contest, and more. Thank you for contributing your time and your talents to perform the voluntee…

Free Webinars

…00pm – 12:45pm Intimate partner abuse has many faces. In this webinar, our Safe and Stable Families team will share some surprising realities about IPA. We’ll get to the heart of the epidemic and discuss what we’re doing at AVLF to help survivors break free from abuse. This event has passed. 14579 white-bg 14581 November 20, 2019 12:00pm – 12:45pm Join our Safe and Stable Homes Co-Director Ayanna Jones-Lightsy for a deep dive into our housing work…

Immigrant and Refugee Housing Coalition Invites AVLF Staff to Present on Tenants’ Rights and Domestic Violence

…y Lawyer Program Staff Attorney/Director) and Cynthia Padilla Pearson (the Safe and Stable Families Legal Education & Outreach Coordinator) led a conversation on helping local immigrant clients access safe and stable housing. The presentation included information on a recent law passed (OCGA § 44-7-23) that allows survivors of domestic violence to break their lease without penalty. Cynthia and Erica went over basic tenants’ rights information, how…

Unnatural Disasters: When Tenants Lose Everything

…invites you to fight with us, and to help our clients rebuild. Sincerely, Safe and Stable Homes Director Cole Thaler Cole Thaler Safe and Stable Homes Director Check out more from this author. Before joining AVLF, Cole was a supervising staff attorney with Georgia Legal Services Program, where he represented low-income rural Georgians in civil matters. From 2005 through 2009, Cole worked for Lambda Legal, a national legal organization that works…

AVLF Launches the Attorney-Legal Assistant Partnership

…rs who have taken on cases through our Saturday Lawyer Program, but AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project hopes to expand this partnership to other programs in the future. AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project is doing a lot of work for Atlanta’s communities to fight displacement and wage theft. Want to know more? We’ve got you covered. Katie King Digital Communications Manager Check out more from this author. Katie handles all of the online communi…

Mariah Moore

…S. in Organizational Communication. In the past, Mariah has worked in event planning with Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Epting Events, and the City of Duluth. When she’s not in the office, Mariah can be found hiking, watching movies, or playing board games with her family. Office Coordinator mmoore@avlf.org…

The Saturday Lawyer Program: 2014 in Review

…14, one third of the clients scheduled for Saturday appointments at AVLF’s office did not show up for their appointments. The reasons varied. Some clients could not get the time off work, or had health emergencies, or couldn’t afford transportation. Many of these were able to reschedule their appointments. Others simply did not show up, and AVLF never heard from them again. Presumably, some were able to resolve their legal problems on their own, b…