ACCESS TO JUSTICE
IS A RIGHT THAT MATTERS
YOU CAN HELP
ACCESS TO
JUSTICE MATTERS
YOU CAN HELP
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Giving A Voice to the Voiceless
Many believe the United States provides free legal counsel to those suffering abuses. This is untrue. When the most vulnerable in our society are without legal assistance, meaningful access is denied. This contributes to the fact that single moms are the fastest growing homeless population which is further impacted by low wages, childcare, healthcare, and transportation costs. These financial obstacles lead many to abandon protection of their rights. Failure to provide adequate access to justice has significant health, economic, social and relational consequences that affect us all.
The inability to access legal assistance in cases that involve basic rights such as housing, domestic abuse, custody, and civil rights creates a cycle of re-traumatization and re-victimization. These injustices disproportionately affect women and their children, the poor, the disabled and minorities. Effective supportive services are also needed for those who have suffered systemic abuses. These supportive services are ones that recognize and give voice to those who have experienced various forms of abuse and prevent a cycle of re-traumatization by bringing empowerment and healing. It’s time a voice is raised around issues that are threatening the most vulnerable.
Our Mission
Emmy’s Place is a faith based voice for the most vulnerable in our community. Our mission is to promote tangible ways for churches to incorporate justice as a means to evangelize. Our calling is to provide practical assistance and transformation through “protection, restoration, and empowerment” by giving a voice to those who feel marginalized and ensure the most vulnerable are able to access our courts and community services in a meaningful way when basic rights and needs are at stake. We create change by living Biblical justice and making room for God to actively work through a voice of compassion.
Emmy’s Place promotes a “justice model” for churches that incorporates the concepts of biblical justice with practical steps and experiential opportunities to reach the marginalized. We primarily work with women and children who are walking through our legal system and who are experiencing trauma or having difficulties due to past trauma, and those facing or in the midst of homelessness. Our focus is on the practical needs and the spiritual support of care and compassion. We seek to ensure that the most vulnerable are able to defend their rights and have their wishes genuinely considered when decisions about their lives are made. Emmy’s Place promotes child reunification when possible and that all in our community feel cared for, seen and heard. Most importantly, we do this while exploring choices and options through a Biblical worldview.
The REality of Justice
in the united states
%
Americans Who Cannot Afford Legal Help
Daily Turned Away From Legal Aid
%
Forced to Represent Themselves
The Reality
of Justice in
America
%
Americans Who Cannot Afford Legal Help
Daily Turned Away From Legal Aid
%
Forced to Represent Themselves
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Become an Advocate for Justice
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