Opinion: How Lack of Data Privacy Enables Oppression
City Limits
“In DVP’s case, we are fortunate that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) allows organizations like ours to anonymize a large portion of the information to protect survivor safety."Attention-Seeking Bigot Claims Immigrants Are ‘Raping Our Women’ to Justify Bill That Could Harm Survivors
Jezebel
“Joy Ziegeweid, director of immigration legal services at the Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project, told the outlet that nothing in the bill actually “[prevents] domestic violence or violence against women.”Republicans Say This Anti-Immigrant Bill Will Protect Victims of Abuse. It Will Do the Opposite.
The Intercept
"Other advocates worry that the legislation would embolden abusers and have a chilling effect on victims who might otherwise report the abuse...'Like, ‘Oh, you think you’re going to call the police to report my abuse?’” said Joy Ziegeweid, director of immigration legal services at the Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project. “4th Annual NYC Imagine Awards Finalists Announced
WABC
“Maria Martinez, Director of Client Services at the Domestic Violence Project at the Urban Justice Center, as been nominated for the Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Leadership Excellence Award category.”Neighborhood Notes: DVP Offers Legal Clinic
Norwood News
The Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project provides free legal help with domestic violence-related matters on the last Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with District 12 City Councilman Kevin Riley.New Bill Would Create a Civil Cause of Action to Prove a Debt was Coerced and Cease All Collections Activity Related to It
Urban Resources Institute
"98% of all survivors of domestic or gender-based violence report that they have experienced some level of economic abuse…The majority of survivors cite that economic abuse is the primary reason that they stay in or return to an abusive situation...The bill is signed/supported by UJC’s Domestic Violence Project."Neighborhood Notes: Small Business Week, Color of Justice Law Day Celebration, Bronx Week 2023 & More!
Norwood News
"The Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project provides free legal help with domestic violence-related matters on the last Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with District 12 City Councilman Kevin Riley."Neighborhood Notes: DVP Provides Free Legal Help in Conjunction with City Councilman Riley
Norwood News
The Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project provides free legal help with domestic violence-related matters on the last Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with District 12 City Councilman Kevin Riley.Neighborhood Notes: Monkeypox Vax Updates, Free Yankees Tickets, August Primaries & More!
Norwood News
“The Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project provides free legal help with domestic violence-related matters on the last Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with District 12 City Councilman Kevin Riley."Americans Welcome Ukrainians, But America Doesn’t
Bloomberg
The solution: The U.S. must urgently reform its immigration system, so that quickly and efficiently providing refuge and work authorization to the most vulnerable migrants becomes the norm, not something special. [op-ed by DVP Supervising Immigration Attorney, Joy Ziegeweid]