Author Archives: Margaretta Kroeger

CLASI Receives $425K HUD Award to Combat Housing Discrimination in Delaware

  FOR RELEASE: October 17, 2024 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director, mkroeger@declasi.org DOVER, DE — On Wednesday, October 16, 2024, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Regional Administrator Matthew Heckles presented a $425,000 grant award to Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) to fight housing discrimination and promote more inclusive communities in Delaware.…

CLASI Issues New Report Finding Delaware Prisons Must Increase Transparency and Improve Conditions for People with Mental Illness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 12, 2024 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:  Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director, mkroeger@declasi.org New Report Finds Delaware Prisons Must Increase Transparency and Improve Conditions for Incarcerated People with Mental Illness CLASI Disabilities Law Program Finds Troubling Practices Persist After Solitary Confinement Litigation WILMINGTON, DE—The Disabilities Law Program (“DLP”) of Community Legal Aid Society,…

U.S. Dept. of Justice Files Statement of Interest in CLASI Lawsuit on Behalf of Incarcerated Students with Disabilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:              August 20, 2024 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:        Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director, mkroeger@declasi.org U.S. Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Federal Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Incarcerated Students with Disabilities by CLASI and TPM DOJ Provides Position of United States in Litigation Against Delaware Dept. of Education WILMINGTON, DE—The…

CLASI Disabilities Law Program Requests Comment on Proposed FY25 Priorities

CLASI’s Disabilities Law Program (“DLP”), which is Delaware’s designated Protection & Advocacy agency for individuals with physical and mental disabilities, requests pubic comment on its proposed priorities for Fiscal Year 2025. The priorities can be found at this link: https://www.declasi.org/disabilities-law-program/ The DLP hopes that you will take a moment to review the draft priorities and…

CLASI Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging Delaware Violates Rights of Incarcerated Special Education Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:           May 24, 2024 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:     Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director / mkroeger@declasi.org Federal Lawsuit Alleges Delaware Illegally Denies Education to Incarcerated Students with Disabilities CLASI and TPM Seek Injunction Requiring State to Address Systemic Failures WILMINGTON, DE—Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) and public interest law firm Terris, Pravlik…

CLASI Statement on 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Today marks 70 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools and declared that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” We at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) celebrate the progress made after the Brown decision, which served as a catalyst for…

CLASI and The Arc of Delaware File Amicus Brief Supporting Early Voting and Absentee Voting Laws

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2024 CONTACT: Margaretta Kroeger, CLASI Communications Director, mkroeger@declasi.org CLASI and The Arc of Delaware File Amicus Brief Supporting Early Voting and Absentee Voting Laws Disability Rights Organizations Urge Delaware Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Ruling That Disproportionately Burdens Voters with Disabilities WILMINGTON, DE — Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.…

Remembering David Brown, Champion of Equal Justice in Delaware

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) is honoring the legacy of David Bulluck Brown, an exceptional advocate for equal access to justice and supporter of civil legal aid in Delaware. David passed away on January 22, 2024, at the age of 77. David was a partner at the Delaware law firm Potter Anderson, where he…