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“I’ve known attorneys to be blunt. They want to get things done quickly because their time is so valuable. But the attorneys with Legal Aid were not like that. When I arrived, they started light. They made jokes and they were so positive.”
Read how Mary Kaczorek and Julia Zwak, attorneys with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Housing unit helps one determined tenant fight for his living rights.
As an attorney, he won landmark legal advances for people with disabilities.
In this episode we talk with Anna Phearman, Public Health Advocate with the Minnesota Disability Law Center. We discuss her fierce advocacy for the disability community and how she has dedicated her career to addressing the inequities faced by members of the disability community, herself included.
About “$400 million a year from taxpayers (are) being invested, … a part of Gov. Tim Walz’s ‘mission to make Minnesota the best state in the country for kids to grow up’.”
Nichole Nalewaja’s case also asks whether third-party utility billers can legally disconnect a tenant’s power – Star Tribune
Mid-Minnesota releases its 2023-24 Strategic Racial Equity Action Plan.
Featuring Chad Wilson of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, the ADA, or Americans With Disabilities Act, laid the groundwork for removing barriers to full participation in American life for many left on the sidelines.
Evictions, settlements with steep payment plans and many tenant no-shows fill a day of non-stop cases.
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