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Fern Michaels is the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, who was born in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1933. [1] Michaels married, moved to New Jersey, and had five children. When the youngest entered school in 1973, her husband told her to get a job. Since she was unsure of how to get a job, Michaels decided to try writing a book.
The Montana Justice Foundation (MJF), founded in 1979, is a charitable, non-profit organization that purports to make justice accessible to all Montanans. [1]
The U.S. Department of Justice also said any immunity deals offered to Blackwater employees were invalid, as the department that issued them had no authority to do so. [179] It is unclear what legal status Blackwater Worldwide operates under in the U.S. and other countries, or what protection the U.S. extends to Blackwater Worldwide's ...
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a center affiliated with the Heartland Alliance in the United States that "is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers." [1] Its executive director is Mary Meg McCarthy [2] [3] and it is headquartered in Chicago. [1]
Earthjustice's work is divided into three key goal areas: [8] The Wild – focus on cases in The Arctic to preserve the ecosystem from climate change and fossil fuel drilling; in the ocean ecosystem to protect from overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss; in the wild to preserve wild places and support biodiversity; and cases related to saving wildlife from extinction due to clear cutting ...
The MacArthur Foundation awarded the Vera Institute $15,601,707 between 1989 and 2021, including 20 grants in Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice. [ 9 ] In March 2022, the Vera Institute of Justice received a $171.7 million government contract (that could reach as high as $983 million if the contract is extended to March 2027) to provide ...
Measures for Justice is a United States, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization designed to gather data from every county in the US on the criminal justice system and to run that data through a series of standardized performance metrics. Their aim is to foster more data-driven decision-making based on the performance and differences among counties.
Until 2019, MediaJustice was known as the Center for Media Justice. [1] It was founded by Malkia Cyril and its current [ when? ] executive director is Steven Renderos. [ 2 ] The organization's mission is "to build a powerful movement for a more just and participatory media and digital world—with racial equity and human rights for all".