Austin has a new non-profit in town. Vecina was founded in November 2019 by Lindsay Gray, who now serves as CEO. Its mission is to “empower immigrant justice advocates through mentoring attorneys, educating communities, and mobilizing volunteers.” Vecina was founded...
The story is there – or rather the lived experience is – but it has yet to take narrative form. My task as a volunteer “legal assistant” is to talk it through. To listen and to help the client shape her story so that it will be the right sort of story – to find the...