Georgia Appleseed Forum Highlights Growing Interest in Parental Involvement September 27, 2007 Nearly 175 educators, policy makers, public officials and concerned parents attended a "Knowledge Forum" last week on Parent Involvement Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) hosted by Georgia Appleseed. Read more...
Texas Appleseed Files Petition to Curtail Pepper Spray Use in Juvenile Detention Facilities September 20, 2007 Texas Appleseed, along with the nonprofit group Advocacy Inc., filed a petition last week in a Travis County district court in Austin seeking to set aside a recent directive expanding the use of pepper spray in Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facilities for juvenile offenders. Read more...
New Louisiana Appleseed Program Will Help Low-income New Orleans Residents Gain Financial Footing September 6, 2007 Louisiana Appleseed's new Financial Access program has a special mandate: To open up financial opportunities for the exploding immigrant Hispanic population in New Orleans, while also helping members of the low- income African American community rebuild their lives two years after Hurricane Katrina. Read more...
Alabama Appleseed Helps Katrina Victims Without Clear Home Title Get Federal Rebuilding Grants August 23, 2007 Alabama Appleseed, along with its pro bono partners, is finalizing a detailed compilation of state's elderly survivors of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, part of a major effort to assist thousands of low- income people seeking federal assistance to rebuild their homes without clear title to their property. Read more...
Appleseed Names New Katrina Project Director August 9, 2007 Appleseed announced last week that it hired Allison Berger Tiller as its first full-time Hurricane Katrina project director. The announcement comes as the second anniversary of the devastating storm approaches, but as many more years of work lie ahead to rectify the problems caused and revealed by Katrina. Read more...
Nebraska Appleseed Fights Hunger in the Nation's Breadbasket July 26, 2007 Nebraska Appleseed is battling the state's growing hunger problem. With several new initiatives aimed at stemming the erosion of the food stamp benefit and increasing participation in school breakfast and summer food programs, the Center is making food more affordable for low-income Nebraskans and providing better nutrition to kids through the public school system. Read more...
Help Pro Bono Lawyers Assist After Disasters: Urge Your State to Adopt New Model Rule July 12, 2007 Appleseed is launching an advocacy campaign to urge state bar associations and the highest courts in every state to adopt a new American Bar Association model rule that clarifies the process by which lawyers from one state can provide free legal assistance to another state after disasters. Read more...
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