Meaghan McDermott is the new chief attorney of
Maryland Legal Aid’s Community Lawyering Initiative (CLI).
As chief, McDermott will provide oversight of CLI staff, work, and outreach activities; foster new, and nurture established relationships with community partners; and play a key role in charting the course for the continued growth of the CLI unit.
Previously, McDermott was the acting chief attorney for CLI since March 2021. Prior to that, she was the supervising attorney/project director for CLI since October 2017.
She began at MLA in February 2017 as a staff attorney for CLI, where she regularly provided civil legal assistance and help for criminal record expungements directly in underserved communities.
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business
Michelle Bennett is trying to keep life inside her Waldorf, Maryland, home as normal as possible during Covid-19. Three of her four daughters are learning remotely, while she makes them three meals a day. But outside, the relentless threat of eviction keeps knocking.
She lost her job as a receptionist at a doctors office in March and hasn t been able to collect unemployment because she is waiting to be approved for disability. It s by the grace of a court-ordered stay that she can remain in her home while she fights the eviction through appeal. I m basically living in fear because I don t want to be homeless, said Michelle Bennett. I don t really have anywhere to go without an income during the pandemic.
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January 19, 2021
On March 30, 2020 Governor Hogan issued a stay-at-home order to protect Marylanders from the emerging coronavirus. The executive order was rolled out with a new slogan and a new messaging campaign.
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The ad s go-to photo was a shot of the Chesapeake Bay. The image was a peak between tall blades of bay grass to a distant view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge standing over a glistening tide, underneath a warm amber sky. The words read Safe at Home. However, for many Marylanders those words unfortunately weren t true.
Toxic air filled with pollutants released by mold spores permeate the homes of Maryland renters who are stuck living in moldy conditions. The toxic brew of harmful indoor air that develops from mold growth can worsen or trigger chronic lung disease and asthma. Sufferers describe not being able to find relief from the effects of the toxic air in their homes its symptoms include burning eyes, coughing, wheezing and skin rashes.