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We partner with clients and communities across Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. Together, we are dismantling the systems that create and perpetuate poverty. www.justice4all.org
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialWe're proud LAJC received the Social Courage Award for our Worker Justice Program's work organizing alongside workers against workplace abuses and aggressive ICE enforcement in Virginia's Northern Neck!
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@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialYesterday, the US District Court upheld the Virginia DREAM Act, supporting immigrant students' access to in-state tuition.
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialLAJC has filed a Fourth Circuit amicus brief, defending Virginia’s new state law that limits local participation in federal immigration enforcement. Swipe to learn more and read the full brief here: https://www.justice4all.org/news/fourth-circuit-amicus-brief-filed-in-virginias-287g-lawsuit/
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialHow many tomatoes can you pick? How fast can you shuck an oyster? At Farm Aid 2026, LAJC's Workers' Justice Program showed the skill behind farmwork. Support farmworkers—sign up for action alerts: https://ow.ly/SIT050ZSpCM
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialIn a community meeting with Stony Point Development this week, the 10th & Page Neighborhood Association made clear that they are not anti-development - they are pro-respectful and affordable development. LAJC is proud to stand in support of these community leaders.
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialJoin LAJC and THP for two Know Your Rights sessions for returning citizens coming up: Sun 10/18, 7pm - Expungement and Record Sealing 101 + Sun 10/25, 7pm - Fines & Fees Updates. Both sessions will be held on THP's Facebook Live: facebook.com/thehumanizationproject. See you there!
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialRegister for a community conversation about criminal records and access to housing: tinyurl.com/hujktd / Regístrese para una conversación comunitaria sobre los antecedentes penales y el acceso a la vivienda: tinyurl.com/3zhuj4vh
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialHOY vamos a compartir actualizaciones importantes sobre la fianza migratoria en Virginia - ¡no se pierden! (Ofrecido solamente en español) / TODAY we're sharing important updates about immigration bond in Virgina - don't miss it! (Offered in Spanish only)
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialJoin us Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. for JUVIES + panel discussion at Vinegar Hill Theatre. Tickets: https://isffjuvies.eventive.org/welcome
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialWe are proud to share that the Virginia State Bar’s Standing Committee on Access to Legal Services has selected our very own Jason Yarashes as the recipient of the 2026 Virginia Legal Aid Attorney Award! It will be formally presented on October 15 at the Statewide Legal Aid Conference in Norfolk.
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialJOIN US at an upcoming town hall to learn about L.E.A.D., which gives law enforcement officers the option to connect people to services such as housing, treatment, health care, and case management instead of arresting them. Session 1 is Tues 9/8 at 6pm & Session 2 is Wed 9/9 at 9am - see you there!
@legalaidjustice.bsky.socialLate yesterday, sadly, the court halted the new law limiting how local law enforcement can cooperate with ICE. Read our full statement on the decision enjoining the General Assembly’s regulation of existing 287(g) agreements in Virginia here: https://www.justice4all.org/news/287ggdc83126/