Media ContactLisa Ramirez, Communications Director, lramirez@mylegalaid.org
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid will close intake lines and the front lobby doors, 1-3 p.m., Thursday, May 22 in remembrance of George Floyd. We are taking this time as a staff to commemorate his life and legacy as we approach the fifth anniversary of his murder, May 25. With so many others in our community, in the City of Minneapolis and throughout the state — we stand together, recognizing harmful disparities that exist in communities of color and reaffirming our commitment to racial justice values.
Upon completion of the first phase of union negotiations, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and the MMLA Workers Union are pleased to release this joint statement.
As we reflect on the holiday weekend, enjoying family, the Great Minnesota Get-Together and getting the kids back to school, Legal Aid recognizes many of our neighbors are reeling from a legal decision that has the potential to tear their families apart.
More than 200 emails were sent to the Duluth City Council as they considered penalties for various activities. Among those emails was a letter from Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
Legal Aid is disappointed the Supreme Court has decided the Constitution allows governments to make it a criminal violation to be homeless.
Read Legal Aid’s statement, in support of the county attorney’s updated U/T visa policy. It encourages noncitizen victims of crime to step forward and outlines a pathway to legal status.
Following a 70-25 vote by eligible staff in favor of unionizing, MMLA issued a statement which reads in part, “We look forward to working together, all of us, leadership, union members and staff.”
Read Legal Aid’s statement, supporting the 2023 legislative ban on prone restraints in schools. “The risk in using them on children is too great to ignore.”
Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center with Think Self issued guidance on the constitutional rights for those needing court interpretation services.
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