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Louisiana Appleseed recruits professionals to donate pro bono time to solve problems at their root cause.

Our goal is to advance social justice by effecting change at the policy, or systemic, level.  Louisiana Appleseed’s projects seek to increase access to education, opportunity and justice.
 

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Congratulations to our Good Apples, recently honored at our 2012 Good Apple Gala!  

  • Celeste Coco-Ewing and Christy Harowski of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC and Kelsey Duncan of Flanagan Partners for their pro bono dedication to our project to ensure that homeless children are not inadvertently excluded from our education system.    
  • Harry S. Hardin, III of Jones Walker for his leadership capacity as a founding director and President of the Louisiana Appleseed Advisory Council (2007-09) and Board of Directors (2009-10), and also as a dedicated lead attorney volunteer on our hunger and nutrition project.

  • Jackie McCreary of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C., for her pro bono work with many organizations, including on our project to increase Latino access to community colleges in 2009-10 and our newly-developed access to nutrition project.    
  • Louisiana State Senator Edwin Murray, for his sponsorship and legislative support of our successful work to preserve home ownership through simplifying the process by which to clear title and small successions.  

 

 

Congratulations to Louisiana Appleseed’s Executive Director, Christy Kane. She has been chosen as the recipient of the Camille F. Gravel, Jr. Pro Bono Award. The Award is given by the Federal Bar Association of New Orleans to honor an attorney who has done substantial pro bono legal work in keeping with the spirit and values exemplified by the late Camille Gravel.

 

  • Louisiana Appleseed volunteer, Malcolm Meyer, has been selected for the Daily Point of Light Award from the Points of Light Institute, a national volunteer and community service award established by 41st President George H.W. Bush, to honor individuals and groups creating meaningful change in communities across America. He is one of only 90 individuals from Louisiana to receive this honor since 1989. Congratulations to Mr. Meyer!
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, produced in conjunction with the Louisiana Bar Foundation's 2010 Calogero Justice Award.  Appleseed thanks the Louisiana Bar Foundation for this honor and for producing this video! 

 

From the Capitol  ~ Louisiana Senate Bill 22 passed both houses and awaits the governor's signature.  This heir property-related bill is intended to expand the small successions law, making it even easier and less costly for people to legally own their families' homes -- part of our heir property/preserving home ownership project.     

Hot off the press ~ Our handbook to assist attorneys who have clients with mental health issues is now available in hard copy or click here.  Thanks to our pro bono volunteers at Adams and Reese LLP -- Charlie Cerise, Lisa Merz Hedrick and Ray Ward, as well as project partners the Louisiana Justice Coalition and the Louisiana Public Defender Board. 

     
 

Representing Clients with Mental Illness: A Resource for Louisiana Defenders

Co-produced with the Louisiana Justice Coalition and the Louisiana Public Defender Board, this handbook is a guide for Louisiana public defenders, private practitioners, and mental health professionals when representing and working with clients with mental health issues. 
     

Find Your Financial Future: Louisiana Banks and Credit Unions

In partnership with the Southeast Louisiana Alliance for Economic Inclusion (AEI), Louisiana Appleseed published, “Find Your Financial Future: Louisiana Banks and Credit Unions.” Part of our Financial Access initiative, this statewide directory is a guide for consumers to learn more about Louisiana banks’ and credit unions’ offerings, especially free and low-cost services geared towards the unbanked and under-banked.
     
 

Protect Your Property: Heir Property in Louisiana

This booklet is part of Louisiana Appleseed’s community education initiative to enable owners of heir property to clear title and preserve wealth. It explains what “heir property” is – property passed down from one generation to the next outside of the legal system – and it describes the importance of having clear title. Hard copies of the booklet – as well as Spanish and Vietnamese versions of the text – are available at no cost by contacting Jessie Haynes or Christy Kane.

Spanish Version Vietnamese Version

 
     

 

Immigrant Banking: Reaching the Latino Population in Louisiana

 

As part of our Immigrant Access to Financial Institutions Project, this study focuses on immigrant banking experiences in the New Orleans area. Specifically, the report encourages local banks and credit unions to adopt policies and practices that will better meet the needs of Latino immigrants. To read the report, please click on the photo to the left. You can also use the links below to review financial access projects at other Appleseed Centers.

 

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