{"id":13254,"date":"2025-11-11T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:36:14","slug":"sojourner-house-legal-services-presentation-tomorrow-11-12-at-600pm-in-guz-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/sojourner-house-legal-services-presentation-tomorrow-11-12-at-600pm-in-guz-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Sojourner House Legal Services Presentation, Tomorrow, 11\/12 at 6:00pm in Guz 250"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is with great honor that we invite the Pre-Law Society and the broader university community to a special presentation featuring the Sojourner House Legal Services Program (ELSI).<br><br>Since 1976, Sojourner House has supported and protected women surviving abusive relationships. The organization recently received a prestigious U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women grant to launch a new Legal Services Program for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking\u2014one of only eight programs nationwide recognized through the Expanding Legal Services Initiative (ELSI).<br>We are proud to welcome Yulyana Torres, staff attorney at Sojourner House and alumna of Roger Williams University School of Law, and Alyssa Miranda, paralegal and Brown University graduate. Torres is a lifelong advocate for social justice and survivor empowerment, while Miranda brings extensive experience in immigration services and client advocacy.<br>Join us for this powerful discussion on Family Law, exploring how compassion and advocacy intersect to protect survivors inside and outside the courtroom.<br>Date: [12 November 2025]<br>Time: [6:00 PM]<br>Location: [GUZMAN 250]<br>We look forward to seeing you there and engaging in this inspiring conversation about the role of law in creating lasting change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting Flyer\" class=\"wp-image-13255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482-1161x1536.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/IMG_8482.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Pre-Law Society for a special presentation featuring the Sojourner House Legal Services Program (ELSI), recently honored by the U.S. Department of Justice for its work supporting survivors of abuse and trafficking. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-weeks-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13256,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13254\/revisions\/13256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}