Covid-19 Volunteer Opportunities

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  Hi, I'm Kathleen Lasagne on the managing attorney for volunteer

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  engagement at the Pro Bono Project, a nonprofit located in

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  New Orleans, to assist individuals in our community with civil

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  legal needs.

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  Today, I'm here to talk to you about volunteering virtually.

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  We're using a variety of unique technical platforms to outreach

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  to those in need.

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  Um, we're finding some emerging issues through our intake that

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  we received via phone and email, so we'd love to

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  work with you virtually in order to help address these

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  individuals. Questions.

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  At this time, we've been developing frequently asked questions, drafting

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  short paragraphs.

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  Two. Um, address those quick needs for individuals.

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  We'd love to have your feedback if you're able to

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  draft any of those resource is, but also translating those

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  materials to the many diverse populations and our community, specifically

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  Spanish. We've also recently learned that translation of materials into

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  Vietnamese could also be useful.

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  But any skills that you have in language needs would

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  definitely be a resource for us at this time.

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  In addition to developing written language of materials, there's also

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  the request for aural language quite frequently asked questions, creating

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  videos such a bit as this quick five minute videos,

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  Um, and would also love to discuss the development of

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  Webinars. Are continuing legal education opportunities later to kind of

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  address these emerging knees because we do anticipate a high

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  volume once we're able to return to our works and

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  schools. Additionally, we have, as I mentioned, a lot of

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  calls on unique legal issues, and we'd love to be

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  able to pair you with those callers.

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  We haven't a coordinator who would be able to direct

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  those calls.

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  We also request you let us know I prefer time

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  when you're available to speak, so we could help coordinate

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  those calls.

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  This would just be general information and redirecting individuals to

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  the resource is we currently have and possibly discuss saying,

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  submitting an application for the pro bono project volunteer attorneys.

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  We also are working with the Orleans Civil District Court

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  and the 24th Judicial District Court.

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  Our number and email address are is available on their

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  Web sites to direct any enquiries to representing yourself in

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  those courts to the self help resource center materials.

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  Again, what we would do and request is volunteers let

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  us know their availability, and when people call, we would

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  direct them.

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  They're called directly to those volunteers during that time frame.

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  We'd be happy to provide on training on that to

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  our clinics are closed.

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  But we want to highlight well, service's.

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  We normally do provide so that if this is something

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  that you're interested in, we certainly will be back in

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  the community very soon.

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  This is going to be our child in need of

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  care, working with foster Children.

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  Um, and they're they're four cases.

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  Family law.

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  We operated great deal of divorces.

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  We have a divorce paralegal who drafts the pleadings and

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  volunteers who assists with the notary service's and walking on

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  the clients through the paperwork consumer debt.

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  Again, we anticipate that being in flux and this issue

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  eso we do have outreach community clinics in that regard

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  as well.

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  A successions that's filing small successions at a CZ Well,

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  as working with Southeast Louisiana Legal Service is on that

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  intake. There's a variety of ways that we can volunteer

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  virtually were more than happy to work with you.

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  I want to encourage you to call me directly.

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  I'm happy to provide any of these.

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  Resource is my number is here 5048811167 You're welcome to

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  email me.

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  That's Kayla John at pro bono Dash in oh dot

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  org's We do invite you to visit our website at

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  w w dot pro bone a hyphen in a dot

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  org's. Thank you so much for joining me today again.

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  I really look forward to hearing from you soon.

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  Stay safe, say say well and have a great day.