Sommer Mackay

Columbia, Missouri

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May 13	Volunteer Activity: University of Missouri Legal Empowerment Brigade May 2018 Honduras
Jul 15	Volunteer Activity: University of Missouri Human Rights Brigade July 2017 Panama
Jul 08	Volunteer Activity: Global Leadership Institute Session 1 July 2017 Panama
Jul 03	Volunteer Activity: Cambridge University Human Rights Brigade July 2017 Panama
May 28	Volunteer Activity: University of Missouri Human Rights Brigades May 2016 Panama

University of Missouri Human Rights Brigades May 2016 Panama

End Date: Jun 03, 2016 12:00 AM

Volunteer Activity Message

Global Brigades offers 7-day Human Rights Brigades throughout the year in Panama. Human Rights Brigades primarily work with rural communities that are under-resourced and largely unaware of their own legal rights. Throughout the week, Human Rights Brigades volunteers shadow Panamanian lawyers to provide pro-bono legal consulting to rural communities. A free legal clinic provides opportunities for volunteers to not only receive experience with Panamanian legal professionals but also experience first-hand the obstacles to justice and the culture of legal misinformation in rural communities. Volunteers also work to provide capacity building and education-based workshops on various legal concepts to empower communities through education. Additionally, volunteers continue shadowing Panamanian lawyers while they gather important information to initiate the process of resolving family legal cases, many of which have been stalled in Panama's legal system through institutional inefficiencies and the prohibitive high costs of legal services. Between brigades, Global Brigades’ in-country staff works to secure legal outcomes and provide follow-up to the community.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $1,090.00 / Airfare Goal: $700.00

Sommer Mackay donated $100

May 26, 2016 02:28 PM

Sommer Mackay donated $690

May 14, 2016 11:18 AM

Sommer Mackay donated $107

May 13, 2016 04:46 PM

Gina Monaldi donated $8

Saying "canning 4/21"

May 03, 2016 01:52 PM

Sommer Mackay donated $60

Apr 29, 2016 02:07 PM

Mandy Kannapel donated $20

Apr 25, 2016 07:25 PM

Anonymous donated $400

Apr 18, 2016 05:46 PM

Anonymous donated $25

Apr 04, 2016 09:05 PM

Anonymous donated $30

Mar 29, 2016 05:39 PM

Anonymous donated $50

Mar 29, 2016 05:36 PM

Anonymous donated $250

Feb 25, 2016 03:54 PM

Tamara Jean Wyble donated $50

Saying "We love you and are so proud of you, Sommer!"

Feb 15, 2016 03:42 PM

$1,790.00

of $1,790.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal

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Thank you for your support!

of 8

volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal