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On Saturday @LSEM_EST1956 will host a free storm relief legal clinic at Deaconess Center. For each session an attorney and social worker will be available to assist with various issues. Find up-to-date tornado relief resources here: https://ow.ly/97qV50WghlC
Join us for learning sessions to refine and strengthen our collective capacity to advance community well-being!
For the August 19 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/jmcfpiplay/index
For the August 21 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/kc9yusjdad/index
Advocates call on Ameren to do more for customers who were affected by the May 16 tornado, sending a letter on Wednesday asking the company to pause disconnections through the end of the year and forgive utility debt along the path of the tornado :
On Saturday @LSEM_EST1956 will host a free storm relief legal clinic at Deaconess Center. For each session an attorney and social worker will be available to assist with various issues. Find up-to-date tornado relief resources here: https://ow.ly/97qV50WghlC
Join us for learning sessions to refine and strengthen our collective capacity to advance community well-being!
For the August 19 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/jmcfpiplay/index
For the August 21 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/kc9yusjdad/index
Advocates call on Ameren to do more for customers who were affected by the May 16 tornado, sending a letter on Wednesday asking the company to pause disconnections through the end of the year and forgive utility debt along the path of the tornado :
On Saturday @LSEM_EST1956 will host a free storm relief legal clinic at Deaconess Center. For each session an attorney and social worker will be available to assist with various issues. Find up-to-date tornado relief resources here: https://ow.ly/97qV50WghlC
Join us for learning sessions to refine and strengthen our collective capacity to advance community well-being!
For the August 19 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/jmcfpiplay/index
For the August 21 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/kc9yusjdad/index
Advocates call on Ameren to do more for customers who were affected by the May 16 tornado, sending a letter on Wednesday asking the company to pause disconnections through the end of the year and forgive utility debt along the path of the tornado :
On Saturday @LSEM_EST1956 will host a free storm relief legal clinic at Deaconess Center. For each session an attorney and social worker will be available to assist with various issues. Find up-to-date tornado relief resources here: https://ow.ly/97qV50WghlC
Join us for learning sessions to refine and strengthen our collective capacity to advance community well-being!
For the August 19 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/jmcfpiplay/index
For the August 21 session, learn more and register here: https://fs29.formsite.com/dKn5NW/kc9yusjdad/index
Advocates call on Ameren to do more for customers who were affected by the May 16 tornado, sending a letter on Wednesday asking the company to pause disconnections through the end of the year and forgive utility debt along the path of the tornado :