By Ariadna Godreau Aubert | Founder and Executive Director
It is incredible to see initiatives grow and evolve. As the Community Paralegal Curriculum approaches its anniversary, we want to acknowledge how this program has helped build power among community leaders. After being co-designers and participants of a legal education curriculum tailored to their climate justice and housing issues, Community Paralegals (CP) learned basic legal skills to request legal information, demand public participation regarding disaster recovery funds, advance public policy research, and address media. At this stage, almost three years after the initiative launched, we witnessed how information and skills were the foundation for policy proposals and advocacy efforts that promise transformation.
Since 2023, CP could call important public officials to community meetings (celebrated in the community ) and propose mitigation plans to the municipality and agencies. Their efforts could lead to concrete actions to prevent floods and ensure housing and climate justice while ensuring access to clean riverbanks. Skills are being tested due to bureaucracy, increased housing insecurity, and the apathy that electoral years encompass.
Now its the time to talk about the sustainability of a project that aims to ensure legal empowerment and power building. Your support is essential.
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