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Governor Youngkin’s Veto Denies Minimum Wage Protections for Virginia’s Farmworkers
HB157 would have corrected a vestige of the Jim Crow Era and protected some of our most vulnerable workers RICHMOND, VA – Today, during National… Read More
LAJC Immigration Work Spotlight
Today, we want to highlight the recent efforts of our Immigrant Justice Program. The Immigrant Justice Program advocates alongside immigrant communities to end mass detention… Read More
LAJC’s priorities at the end of the 2024 General Assembly Session
That’s a wrap! The 2024 Regular General Assembly Session officially ended on Friday, March 9. There were 3,594 bills introduced this session; 2,280 of those bills… Read More
LAJC Priority Bills Update
We have reached the halfway point for the 2024 General Assembly Session. For the past month, LAJC and our community partners have been actively doing… Read More
Big Win at the Fourth Circuit
For nearly eight years, we have been fighting on behalf of four families who were eventually forced to leave their homes in a Fairfax County… Read More
Welcome Rohmah Javed as the new Legal Director of our Immigrant Justice Program!
We are very excited to announce Rohmah Javed as the new Legal Director of our Immigrant Justice Program! Our immigration team works hard… Read More
Amanda Shelton
Amanda Shelton is a Richmond, VA native and a US Navy Veteran. While in the Navy, Amanda served as a Career Counselor and Training Officer. While serving in this… Read More
Rohmah Javed
Rohmah Javed is an immigration attorney and advocate whose passion for immigrant and social justice is rooted in her life experiences as the daughter and… Read More
Hank Bostwick
Hank has been advocating for kids and youth facing juvenile justice and education access issues since he started practicing law in 2003. In 2008, after… Read More
Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez
Elizabeth (Ely) Hernandez Lopez is originally from Tepic, Nayarit Mexico and as of October 2023 is a member of LAJC as an ACA Navigator- Health… Read More
