In the News 2010

2010: 
Feminist Daily Wire, 12/7/10
Possibility of DREAM Act Taken up by Congress
"Leslye Orloff, Legal Momentum's Vice President and Director of the Immigrant Women Program, stated, "The DREAM Act will greatly improve the lives of immigrant women and their children and particularly immigrant girls, enhancing their safety, well-being and economic capacity." More >>
Moms Rising, 11/16/10
Standing Up for Families with Nowhere to Turn
"Take a moment  to check out the links below to read these wonderful posts from parents, policy experts, and other opinion leaders." More >>

Statesman Journal (Oregon), 10/29/10
Secure Communities Program Doesn't Make Domestic Violence Victims Secure
"The controversial Secure Communities program, which seeks to require all local police departments to share fingerprints with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, makes the lives of some domestic violence victims, in particular, anything but secure." More >>

Reprinted in the Buffalo News, 11/1/10
Program Makes Life Worse for Victms
Change.org, 10/12/10
Unfair and Unwise: The TANF Financial Sanctions Epidemic
"A new report from Legal Momentum, the Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, tells us that the country is gripped by an TANF sanctions 'epidemic.'" More >>
The New York Times: Economix Blog, 9/20/10
For Needy Families, a Needy Program
"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, our nation’s primary cash-welfare program for families with children, would more accurately be named Inadequate Assistance for Needy Families." More >>
Igniting Change: The Ms. Foundation for Women's Blog, 9/13/10
TANF Sanctions Threaten America's Neediest
"But according to a recent report from Ms. Foundation grantee Legal Momentum, financial sanctions -- commonly and erroneously imposed for minor violations -- have resulted in hundreds of thousands of families being denied full access to the benefits they've been awarded." More >>
Igniting Change: The Ms. Foundation for Women's Blog, 9/7/10
Illinois Governor Rejects Abstinence-Only Funds, Opts for Comprehensive Sex Ed
"Moreover, according to a 2008 report published by Legal Momentum, Sex, Lies and Stereotypes, abstinence-only programs and policies are known to reinforce harmful gender stereotypes, stigmatize LGBTQ youth and families, increase public health risks, and restrict access to youth who may not have alternative sources of information." More >>
The Women's Media Center, 6/24/10
Women Need Immigration Reform: What You Can Do About It
"Rather than committing crimes, the 4.1 million undocumented women immigrants in the United States are disproportionately victims of them.  They suffer disproportionately higher rates  of domestic violence, on the job violence, job discrimination, sexual exploitation and human trafficking." More >>
ABC News, Tuscon KGUN, 6/18/10
Legal Momentum to Protect Abuse Victims in Lawsuit Against SB1070
"Legal Momentum, the women's legal defense and education fund, claims Arizona's immigration law will force victims of domestic violence to confront what they call an impossible choice: risk deportation to report a crime." More >>
Ms. Magazine, 5/1/10
Save Your Life, Save Your Livelihood
"Says Maya Raghu, senior staff attorney at Legal Momentum, 'In light of the economic recession, it is even more critical that victims of domestic violence have workplace protection so that they can continue to support themselves and their families when they seek to get out of an abusive relationship.'" More >>
Centre Daily Times, 4/1/10
Women Continue to Experience Higher Poverty Rates
"In a time when the troubling economy has been felt by people across our nation, women are continuing to experience higher poverty rates than men." More >>
Change.org Women's Rights, 3/22/10
TANF Failing Domestic Violence Survivors
"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) fails [violence survivors] with bureaucratic stumbling blocks and misguided policies." More >>
Ms. Magazine Blog, 3/22/10
U.S. Should Up Its Game on Domestic Violence
"[A] joint report by Legal Momentum and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), shows the difficulty that victims of domestic violence face in accessing government assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)." More >>
Women's eNews, 3/21/10
At Welfare Hearings, Calls to Help Single Mothers
"Advocates such as [Legal Momentum Staff Attorney Tim] Casey say the TANF program is broken and requires immediate repair to help needy families who've been hit hard by the recession."
More >>
Inter Press Service, 3/3/10
Justice Not Always Blind, Especially to Gender
"Thanks to the task forces and reforms that Legal Momentum helped initiate in the 1980s, overt sexism is far less common in the U.S. legal system - but...it is no less insidious." More >>
GritTV with Laura Flanders, 2/23/10
Why Would You Sell Your Food Stamps?
Legal Momentum joins this segment to discuss why the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash benefit must be increased. More >>
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