In May, Tahirih held our second annual Protecting Lives Giving Challenge. Pro bono attorneys, law firms, and staff responded to heart-wrenching stories of Tahirih’s clients, sobering accounts of the costs associated with each case, and inspiring tales of the changing landscape of gender-based asylum. This group of dedicated advocates generously gave more than their time [...]
Read more...The Tahirih Justice Center held our Thirteenth Annual Fundraising Benefit on September 22, 2010, at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC. The evening was a wonderful and moving celebration of thirteen years of service dedicated to courageous women and girls seeking justice from gender-based violence.
We are happy to report that the annual benefit was a [...]
Dear Friends,
A couple weeks ago, I wrote to let you know of a terrible loss of funds we suffered and asked for you to consider investing in Tahirih by making a gift of $42 per month for a year. Many of you responded with kind and generous donations. I want to thank those of you [...]
For 8 years, Tahirih received a Legal Assistance for Victims grant from the Office of Violence Against Women (VAWO) at the US Department of Justice. This grant has provided critical funds ($500,000 over a two year period) to fund our direct legal services for women and girls fleeing domestic violence and sexual assault. We’ve recently received news that the grant will not be renewed this year. This was not anticipated and will have a devastating impact on our ability to serve women and girls fleeing human rights abuses.
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Recently, members of the Exxon Mobil Spouses Club came to Tahirih’s new office space laden with bags of toys and books. The team of ladies and their children spent all morning painting, sorting stuffed animals, and decorating the brand new children’s room at Tahirih. And it didn’t stop there. Over the next six weeks, members [...]
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The Tahirih Justice Center has some exciting news. We are becoming a national organization and will open our first pilot field office in Houston, Texas, in 2009! After we establish the Houston office, we will refine our expansion model and open additional field offices in locations around the country. We hope that through a national [...]
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On June 20, 2007, The Center for Nonprofit Advancement recognized Tahirih as the winner of the prestigious Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. Tahirih received a $10,000 cash grant and a scholarship to the Georgetown University Center for Public Nonprofit Leadership’s Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program. The award selection committee noted several outstanding [...]
Read more...The Tahirih Justice Center is truly a work of the community as evident not just by our large group of generous supporters and pro bono legal and public policy professionals, but also by the multitude of others who contribute their time and services. Today, we would like to highlight and thank our pro bono medical [...]
Read more...Many of you are aware that our Pro Bono Attorney Network—with over 600 attorneys—provides a vital boost to Tahirih’s direct legal services capacity, enabling us to represent many more clients than we could with in-house resources alone.
What you may not realize is that a growing number of “lesser sung” heroes donate their time to support [...]
Tahirih staff and Board spent 2006 intensively developing a three-year Strategic Plan. The recently completed Plan envisions, by the third year, a pilot project for national expansion. The 2010 vision is to substantially increase the number of immigrant women and girls in the United States protected from gender-based violence by nationally expanding Tahirih’s programs to [...]
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