Thanks to everyone who attended our annual luncheon. We had a wonderful time and were thrilled to have seen so many of you there. At the luncheon, we announced the exciting news that an anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations made to Chicago Appleseed in its Collaboration for Justice with the Chicago Council of Lawyers, up to $40,000, between now and December 31st! You can make a donation at our webpage: chicagoappleseed.org/get-involved/donate/ Or you can use this form to mail a check to our office: chicagoappleseed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Donor-Reply-Card-Final-web.pdf We are thrilled by this donors generosity and hope you will help us meet our match and collect the full $40,000 donation. Your gift will go twice as far if you donate between now and the end of the year! In 2015, we will be working in the domestic relations courts with Presiding Judge Grace Dickler and Supervising Judge Pamela Loza to design a pilot courtroom for a new case management process. The new process will focus on best practices—providing integrated family services and facilitated settlement of child support and parenting issues. Your donation will support that work. In 2015, we will continue working with the Community Renewal Society to pass legislation that will establish a pilot project for the field testing of drug evidence—an effort that promises to reduce costs and the time between arrest and preliminary hearing. Also, staff and pro bono counsel from DLA Piper and Loevy & Loevy are drafting proposals for earlier assessment of criminal defendants to put them in diversion programs earlier and for street level diversion programs that move people into community treatment without having to go through the court system first. Your donation will support that work. We hope you can contribute during this matching period!
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:46:42 +0000
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