Project Oz
Two Twin City nonprofit agencies will expand services in areas of high need after being awarded state grants funded by marijuana tax money.
Project Oz and Prairie State Legal Services will both get about $200,000 to focus on areas of Bloomington affected by chronic and historical disinvestment, though amounts of the grants might not be final.
Prairie State Director Adrian Barr said his organization will use the money to do outreach to African Americans who traditionally distrust the criminal legal system. They generalize those experience to encompass all issues regarding the law. And as a result, they see no difference between civil and criminal law. So, they are less likely to seek help from formal institutions like Prairie State Legal Services, said Barr.
As a black lawyer, minister, and educational leader in Los Angeles, I am appalled at the deception and psychological manipulation aimed at black families and children under the guise of
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