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Jun 212 min read

Aisha's Reflections on Juneteenth

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

Apr 252 min read

Aisha's April 2024 Remarks

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...

Dec 13, 202318 min read

Reflecting on 50 Years of CGLA

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

May 15, 20232 min read

Aisha's May 2023 Remarks

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

Feb 13, 20235 min read

Cabrini Green Legal Aid Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Kicking Off Year-Long Celebration

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

Feb 2, 20233 min read

Aisha's February 2023 Remarks

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...

Oct 20, 20222 min read

Charles V. Hogren Courage & Character Award – Fres Oquendo, Fres Oquendo Boxing Academy

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

Oct 20, 20222 min read

Bill Leslie Visionary Award – Marlon Chamberlain, Fully Free

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

Oct 20, 20222 min read

Bill Leslie Visionary Award – Iris Y. Martinez, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County

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...

Oct 20, 20222 min read

2022 I AM SOMEBODY Spirit of Generosity Award – Indeed and National Employment Law Project

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

Jul 22, 20222 min read

Aisha's July Remarks

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...

Jun 19, 20221 min read

Happy Juneteenth Day!

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, 20222 min read

Removing Barriers to Equity - SM's Story

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

May 25, 20222 min read

Remembering George Floyd: 2 years later

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

May 16, 20222 min read

Aisha's May Remarks

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

Jan 27, 20222 min read

Aisha's January Remarks

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...

Dec 21, 20213 min read

CGLA’s Policy and Advocacy Year-End Reflections: Looking back while facing forward

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...

Dec 14, 20213 min read

December Steve's Remarks

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

Dec 14, 20212 min read

Mission Moment - Steven's Story

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

Nov 15, 20214 min read

Cabrini Green Legal Aid Appoints Aisha Cornelius Edwards as Executive Director

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