Greater Boston Legal Services provides free civil legal help to people living in poverty. (We cannot do intake or referrals over social media.)https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mkshykhuok27We're so excited for the inaugural Embrace Honors Harry Hom Dow event. Join us May 21 at Freedom Plaza as we celebrate AANHPI leadership and legacy in Boston. RSVP: https://tr.ee/embracehonorsharryhomdow #CarryItForward #EmbraceHonors01 May 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkshykhuok27https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mkaqgjbdbc2fHappy GBLS Day!24 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaqgjbdbc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mk442xbzsc27Today GBLS, @latinojustice.bsky.social, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social, @masslawreform.bsky.social, Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants, and @nhlp.bsky.social issued a statement marking close of the comment period on HUD's proposed rule putting tens of 1000s of households at risk of losing their homes. https://legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PR-4000-Comments-Oppose-HUD-Rule-Targeting-Mixed-Status-Families.pdf22 Apr 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk442xbzsc27https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mjexxegkdc23Watch now: GBLS ED Jacqui Bowman on WCVB CityLine discussing how federal policy changes are impacting immigrant families and how GBLS is helping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NJ5EpedYo Also, HUGE congrats to Jacqui on her Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mass. Black Lawyers Assoc. - so well deserved!13 Apr 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjexxegkdc23https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3milzurcsks27Victims rights proponents including GBLS are advocating for passing the Massachusetts Survivors Act, that addresses the criminalization of survivors of abuse, trafficking, and trauma by creating pathways for courts to meaningfully consider the role of victimization at every stage of a criminal case.03 Apr 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3milzurcsks27https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mijd4tjx5s2rCongratulations to Laura Gal, Managing Attorney of our Family Law Unit, who was selected for the 2026 Access to Justice Award from the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance! Laura will be honored on April 28 at MOVA's Victim Rights Awards event at the State House.02 Apr 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijd4tjx5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mieoikqxkc2o31 Mar 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieoikqxkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mgak6o5mqc2m" '[All] too often those young people find themselves working as low-wage child care providers for long hours at outrageously low pay and without protection from workplace mistreatment', [said Audrey Richardson, who leads the workers’ rights unit at Greater Boston Legal Services]." https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-03-03/fewer-au-pairs-are-coming-to-the-us-some-blame-immigration-policy04 Mar 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgak6o5mqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mg3wuhusg22dICYMI: Those who have paid their debts deserve a clean slate https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/opinion/letter-clean-slate-abraham-records-reform/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/opinion/letter-clean-slate-abraham-records-reform/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view02 Mar 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3wuhusg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mfrl64hxu22n"'[T]hese fees can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back...and are a significant driver of housing instability,' said Courtney Libon, a housing attorney with the Greater Boston Legal Services and one of the lawyers working for the plaintiffs in both lawsuits." https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/metro/landlords-lawsuit-eviction-legal-fees/26 Feb 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrl64hxu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mfp5qm4osc2rGBLS tax atty: “For a lot of undocumented immigrants, there’s no viable pathway to get that Social Security #, but they want to do things right. They know that filing taxes signals to the community and signals to themselves: ‘I’m trying to do the best I can.’” https://newbedfordlight.org/many-immigrants-have-stopped-filing-taxes-out-of-fear/25 Feb 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfp5qm4osc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mfozhyx2ss2pALERT: HUD has proposed a rule that would ban non-citizens from public & subsidized housing, harming mixed-status families. We strongly oppose. ➡️Learn more & submit a comment by 4/21/26: www.keep-families-together.org Spread the word! https://www.keep-families-together.org/25 Feb 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfozhyx2ss2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mfcldl2jvc2nALERT: HUD has proposed a rule that would ban non-citizens from public & subsidized housing, harming mixed-status families (tinyurl.com/3r4ua3un). We strongly oppose. ➡️Learn more & submit a comment by 4/21/26: www.keep-families-together.org Spread the word! https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5525859/hud-ban-undocumented-immigrants-families-housing-children20 Feb 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcldl2jvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3merprg55oc2jCongrats to our Executive Director Jacquelynne Bowman, who on April 10 will be very deservedly honored by the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award! For more details on the MBLA Gala and awards ceremony, please click on the link below. mablacklawyers.org/2026gala/ https://mablacklawyers.org/2026gala/14 Feb 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3merprg55oc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3meowkdcpik27"Caouette is one of the beneficiaries of a settlement prompted by a federal lawsuit filed in 2022 [by co-counsel team GBLS, the Center for Public Representation, Justice In Aging, and Foley Hoag LLP] against the state of Massachusetts..." https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-02-12/a-long-journey-home-hundreds-of-disabled-people-have-new-homes-thanks-to-court-settlement12 Feb 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meowkdcpik27https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mem3tcljfk26" 'We fear it’s going to harm the most vulnerable clients who have the most difficulty getting hold of these types of verifications and result in them losing benefits that they urgently, urgently need,' said Naomi Meyer, lead attorney at [GBLS]." https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/state-government/it-just-requires-people-to-be-destitute-healey-draws-criticism-over-push-to-tighten-eligibility-for-safety-net-program/11 Feb 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mem3tcljfk26https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3melsalgctk2bGBLS senior attorney: “Immigrants are doing the right thing by filing their taxes. Punishing them by using their compliance against them is not only cruel and unjust but inevitably hurts everyone.” https://mainebeacon.com/federal-judge-stops-ice-from.../11 Feb 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3melsalgctk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mehnboo2dc24Congrats to Kristen Bor-Zale, GBLS Consumer Rights Unit Senior Attorney, and to Jade Brown, Associate Clinical Professor in the BU Law School Civil Litigation & Justice Program (a GBLS partner), selected as Up & Coming Lawyers by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly! 🎉 https://masslawyersweekly.com/event/massachusetts-excellence-in-the-law/09 Feb 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehnboo2dc24https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdvvfqkqz22p"Massachusetts has the third-largest Haitian population in the U.S., and about 45,000 [Temporary Protected Status] holders, more than 10 percent of the roughly 350,000 Haitian TPS holders. If protected status is revoked, all of them will lose legal status as well as work and travel authorization.” https://www.cambridgeday.com/2026/02/02/haitian-community-despair-tps/02 Feb 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvvfqkqz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdqhntw3is2qLuz from GBLS' Low Income Tax Clinic spoke at the Boston Tax Help Coalition Tax Launch event kicking off the 2026 tax filing season for VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) volunteers and host organizations. For information about refundable tax credits and tax prep sites go to FindYourFunds.org.31 Jan 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqhntw3is2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdlhrn4thk2u" 'Massachusetts is now one step closer to ending a profoundly unfair practice: taking driver’s licenses from people simply because they cannot afford to pay fines and fees that have nothing to do with road safety,' said the Road to Opportunity Act Coalition..." https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/metro/healey-rmv-license-nonrenewal/?event=event1229 Jan 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlhrn4thk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdl7wxiwtk24GBLS is one of more than 1,000 national, state, and local signatories to a "letter to Congress to demand accountability and to halt funding for ICE and Border Patrol in light of the violence in Minneapolis and cities across the United States and the deaths at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol." https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/letter-from-1025-organizations-asks-congress-to-halt-funds-for-ice-and-border-patrol/29 Jan 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl7wxiwtk24https://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdj23pnjh22tLuz and Angela from GBLS' Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic with their client Erika, at their State House Briefing today, titled 'Affordability and Tax Credits.'28 Jan 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdj23pnjh22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bostonlegalaid.bsky.social/post/3mdijefu7722v"'Losing a driver’s license due to debt is devastating for low-wage workers, and it is common. We are thrilled that Governor Healey is taking steps to end this practice and provide relief for MA families,' said Greater Boston Legal Services attorney Kristen Bor-Zale." https://www.wcvb.com/article/mass-governor-moves-to-end-debt-based-drivers-license-suspensions/7016376428 Jan 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:m2k3fqoko7wgwp7kpnc4hgnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdijefu7722v