Latisha Nixon-Jones
Host: Southern University Law Center
Sponsor: AmeriCorps
Brooke Weitzman
- Hosted by Public Law Center of Orange County
- Service location Santa Ana, California
- Law school University of California, Irvine School of Law
- Fellowship class year 2014
- Program AmeriCorps Fellows Program
The Project
Brooke provided legal services and advice to low income and homeless veterans. Also, Brooke assisted these veterans with eviction defense to avoid homelessness; expungments to remove barriers to employment; SSI/SSDI applications and appeals to ensure that disabled veterans have access to basic life necessities; and other civil legal problems that pose barriers to a veterans employment or housing.
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Priscilla Villarreal
Host: Catholic Charities Dallas
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Catholic Charities, U.S. Department of Justice
Mai Nguyen
Host: OneJustice
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, OneJustice
Ashley Morse
Host: AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Network for Victims Recovery DC