Cleveland Section Advocacy Projects

NCJW CS Brief Advice & Referral Clinic Project

NCJW CS is embarking on a new project that will assist individuals who cannot afford an attorney. Working with Legal Aid Society, NCJW CS will support and find volunteers for Legal Aid’s Brief Advice and Referral Clinics. Brief Advice & Referral Clinics (Clinic) are neighborhood clinics staffed by members of area law firms, government agencies or other private attorneys. The attorney commitment is limited to advice or direction. No criminal cases are taken. All clinics are overseen by an attorney from Legal Aid. 

NCJW CS  will become part of the Legal Aid’s Elderlaw Project, whereby Legal Aid goes to a senior center lunch program, educates participants about issues such as Power of Attorney, Living Wills, etc. About a week after the education program, participants who had signed up were invited back to a Clinic where they met with a Pro Bono attorney. 

Orientation and training are provided right before the Clinic starts. Legal Aid will provide the detailed intake sheets they have developed. The Clinics last 2 hours.  

NCJW CS  will provide volunteers for 3 clinics, the first of which will be on October 27 during Pro Bono week. In February and May we will provide volunteers the last Wednesday of the month. Attorneys and non attorneys can volunteer. To get involved, please contact Co-chairs Susan Bamberger or Susan Schwarzwald.

Committee To Stop Illegal Guns

The Committee to Stop Illegal Guns is an initiative to build grassroots support to strengthen existing gun laws aimed at reducing illegal firearms and secondly to educate the public about issues relating to illegal guns.  The committee is doing this in three ways:

  • Forming a coalition with other like-minded groups that share this common goal.
  • Working closely with Mayors Against Illegal Guns by encouraging mayors throughout Northeast Ohio to join MAIG. Through the guidance of MAIG, the committee will actively strive to advocate for closing the “gun show” loopholes
  • Working against the passage of HB129 – the Bill that would allow guns on our state university campuses.  The committee is working with The Gun Free Kids Campaign.


NCJW Addresses the Issues

Sit Down, Write and Be Counted!

Haven’t you ever wanted to make your voice heard, but were unsure of how to do it?  As we advocate for women, children and families in need, we meet in public places and make phone calls and write letters.  We help one another with feeling comfortable with selected issues:  preventing unwanted pregnancies, comprehensive sex education in schools, stopping the flow of illegal guns, paycheck fairness, and many more.  Our committee is “Addressing the Issues”, also known as the Writing Campaign. Rita Rome chairs this committee.

 

Please join us on these future dates:

Monday, November 1, 2010 – 2:00 PM – Bruegger’s Chagrin Blvd.
Monday, November 22, 2010 – 2:00 PM – Panera Bread – Richmond Road
Thursday, December 16, 2010 – 10:00 AM – Beachwood Library