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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Staff Attorney Jessica Webster speaks with Kare11. She highlights that 50 school districts in Minnesota have 195 seclusion rooms, comparing it to outdated practices like spanking or hitting children.
Jessica Webster Staff Attorney at the Capitol for Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid stresses to FOX9 the vulnerability of young children, stating,
In this MPR news piece, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster describes the stark reality of seclusion rooms in Minnesota schools at a Capitol news conference. “They are not sensory rooms. There are no toys, no crayons, no fidgets. There is no soft lighting. They are not calming rooms.”
Legal Director, Sarah McGuire, of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid in St. Cloud and Wilmar, tells Project Optimist about the Stearns County Domestic Violence Partnership. Read how the program has successfully reduced homicides and provided crucial support to victims and offenders.
Legal Aid Deputy Director Yasin Alsaidi talks to Fox 9, shedding light on how recent terminations are a departure from usual policies and practices.
Legal Aid Lawyers Hannah Straka and Deputy Director Yasin Alsaidi of our St. Cloud office tell St. Cloud Live there is, yet, no clear recourse for these terminations.
Looking for an affordable place to call home? Know that even in a tight housing market, you have rights. Legal Aid Housing Attorney Julia Zwak weighs in on what to look for before you sign that lease.
Litigation Director Luke Grundman sat down with Finance & Commerce on to talk about status of the long-standing grant that powered Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s fair housing work, as well as his career at Legal Aid.
In this story, Litigation Director Luke Grundman tells the Post, “We’re not going to stop the work or pause it or do something different. We’ve had clients who’ve been waiting decades to do this.”
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