Dear Champion for Justice, Last year Cabrini Green Legal Aid celebrated our 50th anniversary as an organization. One of the highlights...

April 26, 2024 As we are closing out our 50th Anniversary year, I reflect on the amazing opportunity to reconnect with our roots and gain...

December 13, 2023 Aisha's Remarks Aisha Edwards, CGLA Executive Director This year, CGLA turned 50! Once I realized this amazing...

May 15, 2023 Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) is continuing our year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration. We are unveiling our 50th...

Programming includes ambitious fundraising goal, refreshed mission and purpose, new policy initiatives and more CHICAGO, IL (February 13,...

February 2, 2023 My first year as Executive Director wraps up right as Cabrini Green Legal Aid is turning 50! It is quite humbling indeed...

Fres Oquendo, CEO/Founder, also known as Fres “Fast Fres” Oquendo (born April 1, 1973) is a former Golden Gloves Champion and a current...

The Fully Free Campaign at Heartland Alliance is an effort led by Marlon Chamberlain, working to unravel the hundreds of permanent...

When former Illinois State Senator Iris Y. Martinez was sworn in as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County on December 1, 2020, the...

In 1957 Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" Today, that...

As July nears a close, my thoughts are with all the families affected by the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4th, which took the...

Today I’m filled with hope and resolve as we celebrate Juneteenth, officially recognized as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden last...

May 26, 2022 The CGLA criminal defense team is uniquely positioned to represent clients experiencing poverty who face new criminal...

May 25, 2022 With heavy hearts and minds we reflect on the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and the more general...

On April 7, 2022, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made history by being the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. This...

January 27, 2022 I want to wish you a wonderful and healthy 2022. I am incredibly honored and humbled to join Cabrini Green Legal Aid...

December 21, 2021 As the year draws to a close, we are looking back at how Cabrini Green Legal Aid changed legislation in 2021 and how we...

December 14, 2021 As we quickly approach the end of 2021 and graciously welcome 2022, thank you for Giving Justice a Voice! With that...

December 14, 2021 Steven P. came to CGLA seeking help to seal and expunge his criminal record. In his early 50s, a 2016 conviction...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Media@cgla.net Cabrini Green Legal Aid Appoints Aisha Cornelius Edwards as Executive Director Chicago, IL...