Advocacy for Low-Income LGBTQ and HIV+ New Yorkers
| dc.contributor.author | Lamb, Schuyler | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-22T13:27:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-22T13:27:54Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017-10-20 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-04-22 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The LGBTQ and HIV unit at Brooklyn Legal Services provides free legal services to LGBTQ and HIV+ residents of Brooklyn on problems related to housing, public benefits, immigration, and employment law. Paralegal interns meet with clients, attend community meetings, accompany attorneys to court, and do advocacy research and writing on behalf of clients. I was responsible for doing research related to conditions for LGBTQ and HIV+ people in Venezuela and in Turkmenistan for asylum applications. I also worked on reaching out to current clients to see if they were eligible for a rent freeze program and helped them apply if they were. Working side by side with the committed advocates at BLS showed me the power of understanding how the legal system works and how that knowledge can be used to help those who our society seeks to disenfranchise. | |
| dc.description.panabstract | Navigating nonprofits from different organizational perspectives, our summer experiences involved engagement with both local and global missions. While one panel member aided families in the transition from unsafe living conditions to sustainable housing in North Carolina, another panelist in New York provided legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-positive individuals. From Washington DC, our third panelist used digital media to raise awareness about human rights violations in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Our fourth panel member helped create policies that advocate for quality education inclusive to all students in Ghana. Our final panelist in Boston contributed to research to further resettlement efforts for refugees overseas. The non-profit organizations where we worked spanned the globe; the projects we pursued were as diverse as the communities with which we engaged. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10166/5639 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.rights.restricted | public | |
| dc.title | Advocacy for Low-Income LGBTQ and HIV+ New Yorkers | |
| dc.title.alternative | 4 Continents, 33 Countries, 5 Non-Profit Organizations, 1 Lynk |
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