Chicago Appleseed In The News
Criminal Courts Need Revamp, Group Says
December 13, 2007
A wide-ranging study released Thursday called for numerous criminal justice reforms, including in how Cook County deals with drug-addicted and mentally ill defendants.
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Appleseed Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee
May 17, 2007
Annette LoVoi, Appleseed's field director, testifies in Congress before the House Financial Services Committee about the need for financial fairness for immigrants, specifically through Appleseed's Fair Exchange program.
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What is "Restorative Justice"? (and why don't Illinois offenders get it?)
May 01, 2007
"Tell it so someone may take heed!" she proclaimed at the end of an "Overcomers' Support Group" meeting at the Westside Health Authority (WHA) in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. Offering youth, employment, health and economic programs to Chicago's Far West Side, the WHA serves an area that suffers widespread crime, economic blight and social disintegration.
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A Teacher's Day
May 01, 2007
A day in the life of Michael H. Brownstein, a teacher at a large inner city school district. High-stakes testing has ended, but there are still three more months left before summer vacation. With testing over, Brownstein shifts his focus to parental involvement, and Chicago Appleseed steps in to help.
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No Child Left Behind: Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice Outlines Real Solutions for Parental Involvement in Illinois
February 12, 2007
Report details school-initiated, parent-cultivated, and community group-facilitated model to improve student achievement throughout Illinois.
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Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago Publish Unprecedented Study on Videoconferencing in Immigration Hearings. Groups Find Substantial Problems with the Use of Videoconferencing in Hearings
August 02, 2005
On August 2, 2005, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF) released at a press conference their joint study, "Videoconferencing in Removal Proceedings: A Case Study of the Chicago Immigration Court." Citing numerous problems caused by videoconferencing, the groups called for the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), the agency in charge of immigration judges nationwide and under the Department of Justice, to issue a moratorium on the use of videoconferencing in immigration removal hearings.
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Audiencias a distancia 'injustas'
August 02, 2005
Chicago -- Los detenidos que se presentan ante un juez de Inmigraci�n en Chicago a trav�s de videoconferencias, no reciben una audiencia justa por los problemas de comunicaci�n y fallas en la tecnolog�a, seg�n el estudio "Videoconferencias en el proceso de deportaciones: un estudio de las Cortes de Inmigraci�n de Chicago", publicado hoy.
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Report Criticizes Video Links For Deportation Hearings
August 02, 2005
Conducting deportation hearings via closed-circuit television has deprived some immigrants of the right to counsel, put them at the mercy of fluttering technology and has disadvantaged those who don't speak English, a new report claims.
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Audiencias a distancia 'injustas'
August 02, 2005
Chicago -- Los detenidos que se presentan ante un juez de Inmigración en Chicago a través de videoconferencias, no reciben una audiencia justa por los problemas de comunicación y fallas en la tecnología, según el estudio "Videoconferencias en el proceso de deportaciones: un estudio de las Cortes de Inmigración de Chicago", publicado hoy.
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Legislation Incorporating Chicago Appleseed/Chicago Council Model Child Support System Becomes Law
January 06, 2003
On January 6, 2003, Senate Bill 1966, the Unified Child Support Services Act, became law in Illinois as Public Act 92-0876. The Act incorporates the model system of child support collection and enforcement developed by Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers.
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