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Mother's Day: Hope for All
Sun, 05/08/2011 - 1:03pm — Anonymous
By: James Porter
For Mother’s Day this year, I sent my mother flowers because I could not be with her to celebrate. All over the country, moms received cards and gifts, sat down for Sunday brunch, and felt the love and joy that comes with being a mother. However, there are many other mothers who like mine, could not be with their children, but for very different reasons.
Celebrating National Pro Bono Week
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:36am — AnonymousBy: Ann Atalla*
National Pro Bono Week has arrived, and there is no better time to focus on lending a helping hand to immigrants who cannot afford legal representation. With all of the news coverage this October about the ailing economy, it goes without saying that our immigrant population suffers with the rest of the country. In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Justice calculated that up to 61% of immigrants in deportation proceedings could not afford legal representation before the nation’s immigration courts, and 23% were left to their own devices before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Thankfully, CLINIC has ample opportunities to assist this population and work on reducing these bleak statistics.
Our Missing Children
Thu, 05/27/2010 - 1:00am — AnonymousIn 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared May 25 National Missing Children Day. The day is meant to highlight the importance of parents securing high-quality images of their children and to remind the broader public of the importance of amber alerts. Here at CLINIC, we see this day as an opportunity to highlight another group of children that gets lost in our society.
