MASSACHUSETTS APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
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Mission Statement
MA Appleseed's mission is to promote equal rights and opportunities for Massachusetts residents by developing and advocating for systemic solutions to social justice issues. Through research, collaboration, and advocacy, we advance justice and opportunity across an array of complex issues, such as self-representation in the civil justice system, language access for immigrant families, the school-to-prison pipeline, and youth homelessness.
About This Cause
Inequitable laws and policies perpetuate systemic racism, deny justice, cause preventable trauma in our communities, and create barriers that can be impossible to overcome. When marginalized and vulnerable people don’t have access to their legal rights and opportunities because of these barriers, they are unable to achieve their full potential and remain trapped in cycles of poverty and upheaval by the very institutions meant to provide a way out – our courts, schools, and government agencies. We research and identify the ways in which these institutions are systematically failing our most vulnerable residents and collaborate with community partners to identify solutions and advocate for their implementation. We seek systems-level change so all Massachusetts families and youth can exercise their legal rights, build pathways out of poverty and crisis, and achieve meaningful access to essential services and opportunities. By tackling complex problems at the policy and systems level, our work impacts as many people affected as possible across the entire state.