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6 May 2021, 9:14 am
Professor Mark Templeton, With the Shriver Center, Writes Letter to HUD Secretary qbaron Thu, 05/06/2021 - 11:14 Read more about Professor Mark Templeton, With the Shriver Center, Writes Letter to HUD Secretary The Shriver Center on Poverty Law Mark Templeton Climate change Biden Administration Should Act Swiftly to Achieve Housing and Environmental Justice [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 7:38 am
Abrams Environmental Law Clinic Co-Authors Report on Toxic Sites Close to Public Housing willcanderson Thu, 07/02/2020 - 09:38 Read more about Abrams Environmental Law Clinic Co-Authors Report on Toxic Sites Close to Public Housing Shriver Center on Poverty Law Most U.S. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm
Authors of the article are Emily Benfer of Columbia Law School, Emily Coffey and Kate Walz of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Allyson Gold of the University of Alabama School of Law, Mona Hanna-Attisha of the Michigan State University-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Bruce Lanphear of Simon Fraser University, Helen Li, formerly of Connecticut Legal Services, Ruth Ann Norton of the Green & Healthy Homes… [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm
Authors of the article are Emily Benfer of Columbia Law School, Emily Coffey and Kate Walz of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Allyson Gold of the University of Alabama School of Law, Mona Hanna-Attisha of the Michigan State University-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Bruce Lanphear of Simon Fraser University, Helen Li, formerly of Connecticut Legal Services, Ruth Ann Norton of the Green & Healthy Homes… [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 12:07 pm
—Read the previous installments in our series The Truth About Tipped Wages:The Racist History Behind America’s Tipping CultureHow Working for Tips Fosters Sexual HarassmentWorking People Shouldn’t Have to Rely on Tips for a Living was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 5:30 am
During the Q&A, an attendee advocated for naming the reality we’re striving to create.Steve Lew (CompassPoint) announced an upcoming series of blog posts on developing a compensation policy with an equity framework to be published on the CompassPoint Blog (which also has some amazing posts on the organization’s journey to center racial justice, equity, and liberation) later this week.John Bouman (Shriver Center on Poverty Law) sparked a… [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 8:30 am
By: Wendy PollackAcross the nation, six million people are directly employed in food and service occupations and earn a wage that is partially made up of tips (approximately 300,000 work in the greater Chicago area, where the Shriver Center on Poverty Law is based). [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 10:38 am
—Follow the Shriver Center’s Medium page for the next installment of our 3-part series The Truth About Tipped Wages.The Racist History Behind America’s Tipping Culture was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 8:29 am
Join the fight for economic and racial justice with the Shriver Center on Poverty Law. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 1:28 pm
Alissa Rivera contributed to this blog post.Illinois Legislative Session Ushers in Bold Progress Toward Equity was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 7:48 am
By: Ambar Mentor-TruppaYou may have noticed that the Shriver Center on Poverty Law looks a little different. [read post]
21 May 2019, 11:53 am
But this is currently not the case for thousands of people leaving the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).In Illinois, where the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is based, people who have served their full prison sentence are being released and immediately placed on electronic monitoring home detention by the Prisoner Review Board (PRB). [read post]
14 May 2019, 9:12 am
“When landlords are able to carry out that kind of discrimination at any end of the economic spectrum, that means people who don’t have the ability to fight back or ask questions are even more vulnerable to the threat of losing their homes even if they have done nothing wrong,” he said.The Shriver Center on Poverty Law and our partners at the Latino Policy Forum and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) have received… [read post]
2 May 2019, 2:32 pm
Adding a hot meals option to the SNAP program for members of these groups would mitigate their challenges in meeting their nutritional needs and prevent them from going hungry.The Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and Heartland Alliance have proposed a bill in the Illinois General Assembly that would add a hot meals option to the SNAP program for members of certain populations. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 2:16 pm
But we can fight back.If you believe that every human being deserves to have access to food, please join the Shriver Center in submitting a comment opposing the rule by April 2, 2019. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 11:00 am
The SargentShriver National Center on Poverty Law, through its Racial Justice Institute (RJI), is arming lawyers with the tools to understand how systemic racism impacts their clients, and how they can better advocate for low-income people of color whose experiences with racism and poverty intersect in America.Over the past six years, RJI has trained and supported over 200 advocates in 28 states and the District of Columbia. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 1:29 pm
The Sargent Shriver Center on National Poverty Law has spent more than 50 years advocating for everyday families and communities from our home base of Illinois. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 8:24 am
A recent report from the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law reflects similarly troubling findings: across Illinois, where the Shriver Center is based, school officials tasked with preparing students for future success largely have no expertise or clear policies to adequately support those children who are struggling with trauma while trying to learn.In fact, despite a 2007 Illinois law requiring training for teachers,… [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 2:35 pm
Join the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in voicing opposition to this cruel and reckless proposal.Alissa Rivera contributed to this blog.Cruel “Public Charge” Proposal Would Drive Immigrant Families Further into the Shadows was originally published in Shriver Center on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 2:07 pm
Yesterday, the strength that diversity brings to America was on display in all the different communities that mobilized to get out the vote, and in the record-breaking number of women who were elected to Congress.In Illinois, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law looks forward to working with the new administration to move forward progressive policies that lift up people living in poverty. [read post]
