We The Action 2021 Case Study: Helping Local Nonprofits Flourish
The needs of our nonprofit partners are always evolving, and we pride ourselves on supporting projects both large and small. Whether our partner needs hundreds of lawyers to staff an election hotline or just one lawyer to review a contract, write a policy, or help them incorporate and obtain 501(c)(3) status, we are here to […]
We The Action 2021 Case Study: Supporting Communities Impacted by COVID
We The Action lawyers partnered with organizations serving the communities most impacted by the pandemic. For instance, a We The Action lawyer donated more than 800 hours to Project N95, an organization that has distributed more than 12 million units of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health care workers, essential workers, and other vulnerable communities. […]
We The Action 2021 Case Study: Advocating for Racial Justice
As the nation reckoned with its history of racial inequality and violence, We The Action found opportunities to work alongside organizations fighting for racial justice. Across the nation, volunteer lawyers represented survivors of police abuse, supported the re-enfranchisement of returning citizens (more below), and advised Black police officers facing retaliation for reporting racist and abusive […]
We The Action 2021 Case Study: Protecting Voting Rights
2021 may not have been an election year in many parts of the country, but We The Action lawyers still answered the call when asked to help protect the right to vote. In January, more than 250 lawyers volunteered to observe vote tallies in the Georgia Senate recount. And throughout the year, 1,300 lawyers staffed […]
We The Action 2021 Case Study: Defending Immigrant Communities
Perhaps nowhere was free legal support more urgently needed than during this year’s multiple immigration crises. In 2021, We The Action recruited more than 800 lawyers to work on projects to support immigrant communities. We The Action lawyers reunited families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, supported Afghan refugees applying for visas or humanitarian parole, and […]