06 Feb Legal aid fine-tuning role in BP oil spill claims

Posted at February 06, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

89.9 WNNO, NPR affiliate By EILEEN FLEMING As government and corporate representatives negotiate damages stemming from the BP oil spill, legal aid advocates are noting hundreds of low-income residents are stuck in filing damage claims of their own. Lawyers are setting up a system to ensure a...

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03 Feb Bergmark discusses access to justice amid funding crisis

Posted at February 03, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

As part of the American Bar Association's annual midwinter meeting, Martha Bergmark, Mississippi Center for Justice president and CEO, participated in a discussion about the current state of funding for legal services and strategies for ensuring access to justice amid economic crisis....

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13 Jan Steps coalition asks HUD to halt port expansion

Posted at January 13, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald By ANITA LEE - calee@sunherald.com GULFPORT -- A coalition of community groups large and small is asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to demand repayment of federal funds already spent on state port expansion. Attorney Reilly Morse told a group of about 100...

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27 Dec The Recessions Ongoing Impact on Americas Children

Posted at December 27, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Joint report from First Focus and the Brookings Institution underscores ability to use child poverty as an indicator for recession recovery in the United States. The report utilizes statistics from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

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01 Dec Global AIDS fund facing a financial nightmare

Posted at December 01, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

The Clarion-Ledger Written by Gary Pettus Back when Joyce Kamwana was diagnosed with HIV, it was considered "equal to death," she said. More than 20 years later, Kamwana, an HIV survivor with two children, is on a mission to ensure the virus that leads to AIDS does not...

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30 Nov HUD demands port track jobs

Posted at November 30, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

By ANITA LEE - calee@sunherald.com GULFPORT -- Residents have asked state port officials for more than a year to track the number and kinds of jobs a massive port expansion will create. The federal government is now demanding it. The port is expected to receive a total...

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30 Nov Federal agency wants record of benefit from federal grants at Port of Gulfport

Posted at November 30, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GULFPORT, Miss. — The federal government is now demanding that Gulfport state port officials start to track the number and type of jobs a $621 million port expansion will create. The port is expected to receive a total of $621 million in Community Development...

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27 Nov The worst state in America to have HIV

Posted at November 27, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Backward laws and ignorant legislators make Mississippi an especially deadly place to be sick By Irin Carmon, salon.com Recently, an elderly woman in Mississippi was left alone on the curb outside a hospital emergency room. The woman didn’t have a medical emergency. She’d been dumped by...

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12 Nov Last state recovery program to begin

Posted at November 12, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald By ANITA LEE - calee@sunherald.com GULFPORT -- The last Katrina recovery program for homeowners, the Neighborhood Home Program, is behind schedule but repairs should begin next month on the first of thousands of homes. Irene Walker, 83, has been living with family members since the hurricane...

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13 Oct Veteran civil rights attorneys honored

Posted at October 13, 2011 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

The Clarion Ledger Written by Jimmie E. Gates Two veteran attorneys who have championed justice and civil rights for citizens will be honored today at the Jackson Convention Complex. Constance Slaughter-Harvey and Rob McDuff will be celebrated for their work by the nonprofit Mississippi Center for Justice. "These two...

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