Updates Archive

  • If you’ll notice, we have the three geographical regions of North Carolina in our logo. The blue wavy lines represent the east, the trees are there for the Piedmont and...

    Behind the Roads to Justice Logo

    If you’ll notice, we have the three geographical regions of North Carolina in our logo. The blue wavy lines represent the east, the trees are there for the Piedmont and...

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  • As we all know, when times are tough people will do things that they never would normally consider just to get by. The economic climate which we all now face...

    Food Stamp Fraud

    As we all know, when times are tough people will do things that they never would normally consider just to get by. The economic climate which we all now face...

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  • Sesame Street is debuting a new muppet, a seven-year old girl named Lily, who is dealing with what is euphemistically called “food security issues”. Currently she is scheduled to appear in only...

    Talking about Poverty with Children

    Sesame Street is debuting a new muppet, a seven-year old girl named Lily, who is dealing with what is euphemistically called “food security issues”. Currently she is scheduled to appear in only...

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  •   Few people in North Carolina or the rest of the country have not been touched by the recent economic downturn, but this slump has hit rural areas, including rural...

    Poverty and Debt in Rural America

      Few people in North Carolina or the rest of the country have not been touched by the recent economic downturn, but this slump has hit rural areas, including rural...

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  • Legal Aid of North Carolina is closing 3 offices, including Henderson, which was the closest office to Warren County where we have been working. They are eliminating 30 positions in...

    Legal Aid North Carolina Cuts

    Legal Aid of North Carolina is closing 3 offices, including Henderson, which was the closest office to Warren County where we have been working. They are eliminating 30 positions in...

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  • Today I had a fantastic meeting with the Director of Career and Legal Programs, Beth Vasquez at the Women’s Center in Chapel Hill. We talked about potential areas for collaboration, as...

    The Women’s Center

    Today I had a fantastic meeting with the Director of Career and Legal Programs, Beth Vasquez at the Women’s Center in Chapel Hill. We talked about potential areas for collaboration, as...

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  •   R2JNC is excited to announce our first legal clinic for women in Warren County on September 1, 2011. Jennifer Wyatt, a licensed attorney in North Carolina and our executive...

    September 1 Legal Clinic at Citizens Against Domestic Violence

      R2JNC is excited to announce our first legal clinic for women in Warren County on September 1, 2011. Jennifer Wyatt, a licensed attorney in North Carolina and our executive...

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  • Poverty, especially inter-generational poverty, has an unmistakable but often unspoken impact on the dignity of an individual. People who learned from birth that there was no room at the table...

    Poverty ain’t just being broke…

    Poverty, especially inter-generational poverty, has an unmistakable but often unspoken impact on the dignity of an individual. People who learned from birth that there was no room at the table...

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  • The other day I was talking to a pastor from Winston-Salem about the foreclosure crisis. He told me that he counselled people to talk to the court, even if they had...

    Poverty & Anxiety

    The other day I was talking to a pastor from Winston-Salem about the foreclosure crisis. He told me that he counselled people to talk to the court, even if they had...

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  • Why did we decide to limit our outreach to women? I’ve been asked this many times so I wanted to address this question directly. There is no doubt that men...

    Legal Education for Women

    Why did we decide to limit our outreach to women? I’ve been asked this many times so I wanted to address this question directly. There is no doubt that men...

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