COMMUNITY JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
Volume 1, Issue 3
May 10, 2003

FEATURED EVENTS

May 20-23, 2003: Community Lawyering & Alternative Advocacy, Westminster MA
Don't miss your chance to join Advancement Project’s communications expert, Sabrina Williams along with staff attorney Monique Dixon and The Legal Services Training Consortium of New England for this skill-building training! An exciting and experienced team of community activists, lawyers, and advocates will focus on leadership development, institution building, working with community organizers, community legal education, as well as policy and media advocacy. For more information contact the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute: 617.357.0700.

July 22-26, 2003: National Legal Aid and Defenders Association’s (NLADA) Substantive Law Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Advancement Project will collaborate with experienced advocates from around the country to bring you an opportunity to learn about community based lawyering, from both a social change and civil rights perspective. For more information on the conference visit: http://www.nlada.org/training or contact Cynthia Works at 202.452.0620 ext. 220

FUNDING RESOURCES


Funding/Resource Opportunities for Community Justice Practitioners
This updated list provides information about a few of the funding resources that are available to community justice practitioners. We plan to update this resource periodically as we learn of new opportunities. Please contact us with any opportunities of which you know and we will add them to this new resource. This list includes programs with upcoming deadlines as well as a few opportunities with rolling deadlines.

CASE STUDIES/SUCCESS STORIES

Empowering Immigrants: ESL Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Kennett Square, PA

Fourth Circuit Title VI Victory: Private Cause of Action for Intentional Retaliation!

POINTS OF INTEREST

Scholarships for Undocumented Students
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) has collected a list of scholarships available to students regardless of immigration status. The list features scholarships that do not require a social security number, legal residency or citizenship. To access the list visit the education section of MALDEF's website at: www.maldef.org.

HAVA, Voting Rights Restoration and Felony Disenfranchisement
Demos has produced a guide on new opportunities for voting rights restoration presented by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). The guide discusses topics such as how voter ID and statewide computerized voter lists relate to felony disenfranchisement. To view this document visit: www.demos-usa.org/HAVA.

National Housing Institute and Shelterforce Online Feature Articles on Community-based Movements
Visit Shelterforce Online to access a list of articles touching upon actual as well as needed, community-based movements. On this list you'll find titles such as: Building Wealth, Affordable Forever, Beyond the Fringe, Faith and Justice, It Takes A CDC, Landlords Blacklist Activist Tenants and many more!

Mapping The Literature
Visit our updated bibliography (partially annotated) of recent publications and articles that relate to the community justice model. Check out topics such as the Hmong campaign on welfare reform; higher education and community lawyering; and problem-solving courts.

Plan to Improve Police Services for Latinos in Memphis
A grassroots, Latino-based organization is ready to bring solidarity, safety, and solutions to Memphis, Tennessee! View their newly released, report A Plan of Action for a Safer Memphis Community: Latinos, the Community and Police Relations at www.advancementproject.org. The report, available in English and Spanish, provides comprehensive recommendations on ways to improve communications and relationships between the Memphis Police Department and Memphis' minority communities.

CJRC Calendar
Check out our updated calendar is now available. Please email us at cjrc@advancementproject.org with information on events of interest.

This newsletter is supported in part by grants from the Program on Law & Society of the Open Society Institute, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.