Our Letter Urging Closure of ICA-Farmville
Today, 109 organizations, coalitions, and law firms from Virginia and around the country, including LAJC, joined together to demand that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas close the privatized ICE detention center in Farmville, Virginia and release every detained immigrant. You can read the letter here. For over a decade, Farmville has been a site of well-documented abuse, mistreatment, and medical neglect of immigrants in custody. After ICE […]
Read moreWelcome our new Dep. Director of Operations
We are incredibly excited to announce Danielle Taylor as our new Deputy Director of Operations! This brand new role will design, build, and oversee systems and infrastructure to promote a healthy working environment and to support our advocates in achieving LAJC’s mission. Danielle Taylor is a global development strategist and human rights activist who helps organizations improve operations […]
Read moreComplaint Filed Over RRHA Redevelopment Issues
Today the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) filed a Housing Discrimination and Rental Assistance Demonstration Program complaint against The Michaels Organization, the current owners of the Fulton and Randolph/Idlewood affordable housing complexes, on behalf of two families. The complaint details how, when residents notified the property managers about serious health and safety issues in their […]
Read moreLAJC Plans Expansion Thanks to Historic Gift
Legal Aid Justice Center Plans Expansion of Services and Other Community-led Efforts Thanks to an Historic Unrestricted Gift. Charlottesville/Richmond/Falls Church VA – The Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) today announced that a long-time donor to the organization, Philanthropist Sonjia Smith, has given LAJC a one-time gift of $10,000,000. This historic show of support for LAJC’s efforts towards social, racial, and economic justice […]
Read moreWelcome to our new staff!
As we grow our work, we have also been growing our team! Welcome to our new staff members who have started work with us in the past three months – you can read more about them here: Kendra Hudson (she/her) – Attorney – Petersburg Kendra joined Legal Aid Justice Center in July 2021 from a Pooled […]
Read moreAnnouncing Anna Kurien, CRRJ’s new Legal Director
Anna worked for over a decade as a Public Defender at the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Office of the Public Defender. There, she represented low-income people charged with felonies in jury trials and appeals. She used the participatory defense model to partner with her clients and their communities to shift the balance of power in the […]
Read moreStatement – Charlottesville Eviction Defense Funds
The Legal Aid Justice Center greatly appreciates Charlottesville City Council’s commitment to housing justice in Charlottesville, and we applaud their recent vote to approve funding for an eviction prevention program. We also want to express our gratitude to the very courageous and incredibly effective advocacy by our partners and allies in the community who continue […]
Read moreWelcome to LAJC’s New Staff!
As we grow our work, we have also been growing our team! Welcome to our new staff members who have started work with us so far in 2021 – you can read more about them here: Chris Florez (he/him) – Technology Manager – Charlottesville Chris joined Legal Aid Justice Center in February 2021. Prior to […]
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