{"id":2,"date":"2024-02-20T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:56:43","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/","title":{"rendered":"CESJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643eec7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"643eec7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76c7edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76c7edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/civice_socialj\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CESJ_center.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-267\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CESJ_center.png 1199w, https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CESJ_center-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CESJ_center-1024x401.png 1024w, https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CESJ_center-768x301.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-978ca4a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"978ca4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba2a26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ba2a26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IT ALL BEGAN IN 2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9d9d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b9d9d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50475bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50475bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Civic Engagement and Social Justice Program was created in September 2020 as the world was emerging from a summer defined by youth activism following the murder of George Floyd. Just a few months prior, Legal Outreach held a virtual student forum to provide a safe space for students to process their emotions and share their thoughts regarding the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police. The students exhibited a high degree of anger, frustration and disenchantment with the behavior of the police and the operations of the criminal justice system. Yet, they passionately expressed hope because of the protests and a desire to channel their emotions into concrete steps to work towards social justice and racial equality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was through this forum that a group of thirty students came together as the inaugural members of the Civic Engagement and Social Justice Council. These thirty sophomores, juniors, and seniors, all people of color and all deeply moved by the Black Lives Matter protests, took a stand to enact change in their communities with the help of education. Since September 2020, the Council has tackled issues of policing, student MetroCards, voter pre-registration, food insecurity, and more. The program has also expanded to include a Leadership Institute for freshman students to gain advocacy and leadership skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af5417 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5af5417\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e896a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e896a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ddcec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0ddcec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bcb65e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5bcb65e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c948285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c948285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/?page_id=24\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><b>Food Insecurity<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">Project<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb132f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edb132f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/?page_id=42\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); color: #000000;\"><b>MTA Policing<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Project<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b411dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b411dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2b251 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e2b251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-logo-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-logo-1.png 378w, https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-logo-1-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d7298 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85d7298\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9eb84 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9eb84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/?page_id=40\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); color: #000000;\"><b>Police Use of Force<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Project<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b876b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b876b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/cesj.legaloutreach.org\/?page_id=44\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\"><b>Pre-Voter Registration<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\">Project<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5496243 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5496243\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf8e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf8e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cOur mission is to encourage young future leaders to initiate change throughout NYC by rallying our peers to spread awareness and advocate for social justice and increased civic engagement, and by using our activism to educate those in our communities.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d1cc1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3d1cc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a81219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a81219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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