Joseph Cohen
Host: Florida Rural Legal Services Inc.
Sponsor: Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, The Florida Bar Foundation
George Thomas
- Hosted by Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. / Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc.
- Sponsored by Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
- Service location Toledo, Ohio
- Law school The University of Toledo College of Law
- Issue area Community/Economic Development, Housing - Affordable Housing/Microfinance, Housing/Homelessness
- Fellowship class year 2011
- Program AmeriCorps Fellows Program, Design Your Own Fellowship
The Project
George aimed to solve problems associated with poverty and a lack of economic opportunities in an impoverished post-industrial neighborhoods in the Midwest. George targeted problems prevalent in Toledo, Ohio’s Old South End. The Old South End suffers from declining housing stock, increased crime and other problems associated with escalating poverty. George gave a plan for long-term solutions and hopes to pass on the lessons learned to other neighborhoods like it.
Meet Other Fellows Like George
Michael Haber
Host: Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Brian Howe
Host: Legal Aid of Southwest Ohio
Sponsor: Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
Angie Robertson
Host: Center for Conflict Resolution
Sponsor: The Chicago Bar Foundation