April 29, 2022 by Natalie Cochran
Crime Victims’ Rights Week – Survivor Projects and Resources at Lone Star Legal Aid
Crime Victims’ Rights Week is an annual week-long campaign in April that celebrates the accomplishments of the victim’ rights movement. According to the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week has challenged the nation to confront and remove barriers to achieving justice for all victims of crime.”
This year’s theme is rights, access, equity, for all victims, which helps crime survivors find justice by enforcing their rights, expanding access to services, and ensuring equity and inclusion for all.
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) has two units that work with crime survivors; the Crime Victims Unit and the Individual Safety Unit which specifically works with survivors of sexual assault. Not only does LSLA represent crime survivors in court, but also works on campaigns and virtual outreach that provide education and resources for our client community.
Here are some of the advocacy projects LSLA has worked on in 2022 to better understand crime survivors and provide them with legal aid and non-legal resources.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Content Campaign
In April during SAAM, our team created sexual assault awareness centered content. To learn more, watch the videos below.
The Safe Space – A Virtual Series
Lone Star Legal Aid’s Individual Safety Unit has created The Safe Space, a virtual outreach series that will premier monthly to provide information and resources about sexual assault to survivors.
The Texas Crime Victim Network
The Texas Crime Victim Legal Assistance Network brings together a diverse range of service providers who offer a broad spectrum of legal and non-legal support services that are essential to helping survivors recover.
Visit the Texas Crime Victim Legal Assistance Network online at www.texasvictimnetwork.org.
Educational Blogs
Survivor Stories – Told by LSLA Clients
- Identity Theft – Financial Eligibility & Identity Restored
- Sex Trafficking – She was Already in too Deep
- Finally Free, A Domestic Violence Story of Justice
- Teen Dating Violence – Walking on Eggshells
- Foreclosure and Exploitation: Older Man Coerced into Agreeing to Enter an Unfair Payment Agreement
- Invasion of Privacy and Racial Discrimination: Violation of Constitutional Rights in Housing
- Domestic Abuse and Stalking – The Advice
- Survivor Advocate, Cheranda Robertson, Meets Domestic Violence Survivor LSLA Helped Thirty Years Ago – Here’s Her Story
- Domestic Violence and Arson – A Man with a Fiery Temper
- Child Neglect – A Chance at Life
- Healthcare – Coverage by Medical Necessity
More survivor stories here.
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If you or a loved one require an attorney, applications for free legal help can be made at www.LoneStarLegal.org. If you would like to explore other resources for crime victim survivors, you can visit the Texas Crime Victim Legal Assistance Network. If you would like to explore self-help resources, please visit www.texaslawhelp.org.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines that reside in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties of Southwest Arkansas. Lone Star Legal Aid focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well-being; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. Lone Star Legal Aid does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at https://www.lonestarlegal.org.
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