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Judge Steps Down to Head Pro Bono Group
11/12/2006
Judge Sharon Nelson Hill has ended her 8-year tenure at the Fulton County Juvenile Court to become the first executive director of the Georgia Appleseed Center.The office Hill will run is the 18th branch of the Appleseed Foundation, which coordinates pro bono work and develops programs to target specific needs in communities
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2 Advocates for Poor Picked for Top Legal Posts
11/10/2006
D.C. Mayor-elect Adrian M. Fenty (D) yesterday named a pair of lawyers with broad backgrounds in social justice to become the District's top legal representatives.
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Opinion: Pocketfuls of Fear
5/14/2006
If a famous baseball player who will earn $4 million this season is relying on Money Mart rather than his corner bank, we cannot fairly expect the nation's other 20 million immigrants to do it any differently.
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Nonprofit Says Reaching Latinos Takes Creativity
3/10/2006
Immigrants from Latin America are the nation's the fastest-growing group, but many banks are just now seeing demographic changes in their markets. It is those banks that Appleseed, a nonprofit policy organization in Washington, wants to educate. Last month it published a 39-page guide on how to market financial services to Hispanics.
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New Partnerships Created To Assist Hurricane Victims;
2/13/2006
A lend-a-lawyer program unveiled by Texas Appleseed and the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation (TEAJF) in January will help legal aid programs provide those services to hurricane victims. A new fellow at Texas Appleseed will be responsible for coordinating the lend-a-lawyer program.
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Medicaid reforms taking shape amid criticism
2/3/2006
Governor Mark Sanford says change is on the way for those on Medicaid. But there are more questions about efforts to reform the program and cut state spending. Sue Berkowitz of the Appleseed Legal Center says, "By just making changes to the Medicaid program, that's not going to solve the other problems we have with 850,000 people who can't access affordable health care."
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Coalition backs immigration reform
1/30/2006
About 75 people, from immigrant moms to established businessmen, were urged Wednesday to form a unified front in the battle to change U.S. immigration laws.
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Wire transfers' hidden fees prompt a warning
12/20/2005
Some wire transfer businesses may take advantage of immigrants sending money to Mexico during the holiday season, according to the Texas attorney general's office.
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Payment Systems' Lack of Transparency Harms Consumers Who Use International Remittance Services
12/19/2005
A privately funded analysis of remittance service providers released Dec. 15 has identified a lack of transparency in pricing as a significant concern and has offered a series of recommendations for approaches to providing protections for consumers who transfer funds abroad.
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ONE NATION, TWO WORLDS; Lenders use looser credit rules to tap into illegal immigrants
12/5/2005
Whether they need credit for a new couch or a mortgage for a home, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly easy to go into debt here.
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