the legal impact network is a dynamic collaborative of...
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A NETWORK OF STATE
ADVOCACY LEADERS ROOTED
IN THE COMMUNITY
The Legal Impact Network brings together strong
legal and policy advocates from throughout the
country who are using innovative, coordinated
strategies to address poverty and advance racial
justice. Our advocacy helps people meet their basic
human needs, supports working families, promotes
the well-being of children, and advances opportunity
and justice for all.
STATE-LEVEL ACTION,
NATIONAL IMPACT
Our members are driving coordinated multi-state
strategies to win broad policy and legal victories
for and with poor communities and communities of
color. Through working groups and convenings, our
advocates share victories and expertise, and develop
resources, strategies, model policies, and legal tools
to maximize impact across the country.
ACHIEVING CHANGE, STATE BY STATE,
FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
At the state and local levels where critical policy
decisions are made, members of the Legal Impact
Network deliver powerful victories for low-income
communities and communities of color.
The Legal Impact Network is a dynamic collaborative of advocacy organizations from across the country working with communities to end poverty and achieve racial justice at the federal, state and local levels.
NETWORK MEMBERS
Alabama Alabama Appleseed
Arizona William E. Morris Institute for Justice
CaliforniaWestern Center on Law and Poverty
Colorado Colorado Center on Law and Policy
ConnecticutConnecticut Legal Services
Washington DCLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
FloridaFlorida Legal Services
HawaiiHawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice
IllinoisSargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
KentuckyKentucky Equal Justice Center
Maine Maine Equal Justice Partners
MarylandPublic Justice Center
MassachusettsMassachusetts Law Reform Institute
MichiganCenter for Civil Justice
MinnesotaMid-Minnesota Legal Aid
MississippiMississippi Center for Justice
NebraskaNebraska Appleseed
New HampshireNew Hampshire Legal Assistance
New JerseyLegal Services of New Jersey
New Mexico New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
New YorkEmpire Justice Center
North CarolinaNorth Carolina Justice Center
OhioOhio Poverty Law Center
OregonOregon Center for Public Policy
PennsylvaniaCommunity Legal Services of Philadelphia
Rhode IslandRhode Island Center for Justice
South CarolinaSouth Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Texas Texas Legal Services Center
TennesseTennessee Justice Center
VermontVermont Legal Aid
VirginiaLegal Aid Justice Center
WashingtonColumbia Legal Services
- Important policy decisions on issues like criminal
justice, jobs and workplaces, domestic and
community violence, and public education are
driven by state and local decision-makers, often
with limited federal input.
- States and localities make key decisions in
the implementation of critical federal programs,
decisions that determine access to, or denial
of, housing, health care, and vital public benefits.
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Gavin Kearney
Legal Impact Director
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
312.448.8266
We believe in the power of state and local advocacy to drive meaningful, systemic change for people living in poverty.