Bo Johnson

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End Date: Jun 18, 2012 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Law Brigades volunteers will spend 8 days in Panama providing pro-bono legal services to the rural community of Eastern Panama. Based on research, it was determined that the leading legal need in this community was property rights and land titling. Therefore, our goal is to provide legal support and guidance to every community member throughout the land titling process. Land titles will provide economic security for many farming and small business owning families, as the majority of our target beneficiaries have been working on their land for decades without having gone through the necessary legal process to secure ownership of their land. We provide the community with legal assistance in two folds: Free legal aid clinics and legal education workshops. During the free legal aid clinic portion of the brigade, we conduct surveys to gather profile of each household and see which step of the land titling process they are in. With the joint effort of Panamanian lawyers, we are able to provide community members with any legal guidance needed. The legal education workshops portion is solely led by our student volunteers. We seek to empower our community members by providing them with legal capacity building workshops in various topics such as: the various phases in the land titling process, government land titling institutions, property rights, business rights, conflict resolution, etc. Student are able to put their legal research to practice and shadow lawyers in developing solutions to various legal problems. The brigade experience is a life changing experience for both the community members and our student volunteers!

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Organization Admin donated $15

Saying "Check 1442, Phyllis D Rosen and Caterina By Phyllis, 3204 15th ave W, Seattle, WA 95119-1705"

May 29, 2012 06:04 PM

Organization Admin donated $81

Saying "Check 4511, Mary Ann McConaughy, 1303 37th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125-4650"

May 29, 2012 06:03 PM

Organization Admin donated $10

Saying "Check 1119, Richard L Moore and Suzanne P Fry, 806 22nd Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112"

May 29, 2012 06:02 PM

Organization Admin donated $25

Saying "Check 2246, Thomas A Prather, 15832 34th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98155"

May 29, 2012 05:58 PM

Organization Admin donated $4

Saying "Check 5112, Brian M and Theresa H Vanderburg, 16848, 34th Ave NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155"

May 29, 2012 05:57 PM

Anonymous donated $290

Saying "Partially From Auction"

May 29, 2012 12:38 AM

Ray Stangeland donated $250

Saying "I'm proud of your service in the name of social justice."

May 23, 2012 06:24 PM

Anthony R Johnson donated $570

Apr 01, 2012 10:30 PM

Bo Johnson donated $250

Feb 23, 2012 06:47 PM

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