The Board of Directors of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless invites you to attend an hors d'oeuvre reception to discuss the issue of family homelessness in the District of Columbia and to introduce you to the extraordinary work of The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

Featuring

Patty Mullahy Fugere
Executive Director, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Marta Beresin
Staff Attorney, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

La Juan Brooks
Administrative Assistant and Former Client, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

This hypothermia season, our goal is to strengthen the Legal Clinic's Homeless Families Link-Up Program, and we need your help! On any given night in DC, there are about 7,000 people experiencing homelessness, nearly 40 percent of whom are families with children.  Safety net programs are being stretched well beyond their current limits, leaving families quite literally out in the cold.  Imagine parents being told "there's no room at the shelter," and facing the choice of either splitting up their family or tucking in their children yet one more night in the back seat of a car.  Your support will help us to assure that no mom or dad is forced to face such heart-wrenching alternatives.

Since 1986, the Legal Clinic has led the effort to achieve justice for our neighbors who are homeless.  We think that, as you learn more about this special organization, you will be inspired to do the same.  We look forward to sharing this journey with you!

Thursday, December 16, 2010
7 until 8:30 pm
(Presentation begins promptly at 7:30 pm)

Abram/Constantine Residence
The historic Rosedale Farmhouse within the Rosedale Conservancy
http://www.rosedaleconservancy.org/rosedale-history.htm
3501 Newark St. NW
Washington, DC 20016

Kindly reply by December 9, 2010
Laura Russello: laura@legalclinic.org or 202-328-5510