Just from agencies working with the the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness alone we estimate that around 1,700 people sleeping rough have been provided with temporary accommodation to end April under #COVID19Aus responses. Lets use this as a platform to end #homelessness
We are well overdue for a nationally-consistent scheme of how we support people with disability to make their own decisions about their own lives #disabilityrights https://t.co/Be3tjPlhQF
Next up: Towards a more tech-aware pro bono community. Discussion by Sebastian Ko, Epiq, Verlebie Chan, Microsoft, Cherilyn Tan, Asia Law Network, San Ng, The Asia Foundation and Mark Blick, Diginex
Great to have legal empowerment at the forefront of the Asia Pro Bono Conference. It is important to highlight essential link of pro bono work to legal empowerment. More than legal service, pro bono must entail legal empowerment strategies. #APBC2018
Very interesting analysis for @NSWLawFound on the role of disadvantage in finalising #legal problems. The more disadvantaged the person, the less likely the problem will be finalised regardless of problem type or severity: https://t.co/O6FgtvEka8
Marathoners! Test yourself on the hills and natural features of CM’s Huey Tueng Tao Park - 90% of the run is in the park instead of roads.
เชิญชวนนักวิ่งมาราธอนมาพิสูจน์ตัวเองด้วยการวิ่งบนเนินเขา ท่ามกลางธรรมชาติของห้วยตึงเฒ่า จ.เชียงใหม่ ที่ https://t.co/E69TOTsSV6
Our CEO @CathyHumphrey13 talks to the vision of J2SI - to make it available nationally to other homelessness agencies, in order to end chronic homelessness across Australia.
Thanks for all the wonderful messages about Nanette. I am a little overwhelmed, so here is a picture of Douglas expressing my gratitude through the metaphor of a nap.
The #probono movement in Asia is growing! @UNSWLaw alumnus Davyd Wong tells us about pro bono in Hong Kong and the 8th @asiaprobono Conference in this Q&A: https://t.co/XBHTCJoOPm
We are delighted to introduce our next APBC speaker Minh Thi Thanh Nguyen! Minh is a qualified attorney in Vietnam and an awardee of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. For full bio follow us on Linked in: Asia Pro Bono Conference 2018 in HK. #APBC#ProBono
Proudly introducing ABPC presenter Professor Yuval Elbashan who says "law is not just a service, but rather a calling. Social responsibility is part and parcel of legal professionalism. Therefore pro bono is not only the right of the weakened and oppressed. It is also our duty."
Many women over 55 are stuck on Newstart, forced to apply for jobs they are never going to get & leaving them terrifyingly vulnerable to homelessness #QandA
Here's the April edition of the Australian Pro Bono News! Don't miss our feature on the role #probono can play in tackling Indigenous incarceration. Also: Walks for Justice, Q&A with Davyd Wong from @asiaprobono, news from @good360aus & your news digest: https://t.co/xp9bdvxclE