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# Community Justice Project

Non-Profit Legal Assistance in PA

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/) - Class action litigation, administrative law, legislative advocacy, and other impact litigation to create positive change for low-income residents across PA.
- [Staff](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/who-we-are/staff/) - Harrisburg Office Marielle Macher, Esq.- Executive Director Marielle Macher (she/her) is executive director of the Community Justice Project and has been an attorney with CJP since 2014. Marielle’s litigation docket focuses primarily on workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and civil rights cases broadly, though Marielle litigates across practice areas. Marielle has broad experience representing plaintiffs in class action
- [Marielle Macher](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/marielle-macher/) - Marielle Macher (she/her) is executive director of the Community Justice Project and has been an attorney with CJP since 2014. Marielle’s litigation docket focuses primarily on workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and civil rights cases broadly, though Marielle litigates across practice areas. Marielle has broad experience representing plaintiffs in class action and other major impact litigation in federal
- [Office Locations](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/contact/office-locations/) - Harrisburg Office 118 Locust StreetHarrisburg, PA 17101Phone: 717-710-3834Fax: 717-233-4088 Hazleton Office 101 W Broad Street, Suite 611Hazleton, PA 18201Mailing Address:P.O. Box 2308Hazleton, PA 18201Phone: 570-501-3356 Pittsburgh Office 100 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900Pittsburgh, PA 15222Phone: 412-434-6002Fax: 412-434-5706 Reading Office 35 North 6th Street, Mez 103Reading, PA 19601​Phone: 610-370-7459Fax: 610-370-7556 Scranton Office 111 South Main AvenueScranton, PA 18504Phone:
- [Terms & Conditions](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/home/tc/) - COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT Text Messaging Terms and ConditionsBy opting in to receive text messages from [Insert Brand Name Here] or our subsidiaries or affiliates (hereinafter, “We,” “Us,” “Our”) (the “Service”), you agree to these Text Messaging Terms and Conditions (the “Agreement”). This Agreement is not intended to modify other Terms andConditions or Privacy Policy that
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/home/privacy-policy/) - Community Justice Project Privacy Policy Your privacy is important to Community Justice Project. This statement discloses the privacy practices for www.chscorp.org and describes the online information practices and the choices you can make regarding the way your information is collected and used on this site. The Privacy Policy is to inform website visitors about our
- [Send Us A Message](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/contact/send-us-a-message/) - News Media: to reach us on deadline, it is best to email operations and publicity manager Jessica Durkin at info@cjplaw.org. It is helpful to put in the subject line: MEDIA QUERY. This e-mail is checked regularly. Or you can call our main number at 412-434-6002. If you are seeking legal aid and believe CJP
- [Immigration](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/immigration/) - HIAS PA KYR Package (English) PA Know Your Rights immigration booklet HIAS PA KYR Package (Spanish) PA Conozca Sus Derechos folleto de inmigración. CJP’s immigration practice is based out of our Reading, PA office. Our immigration team is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and focuses on representing clients in applying for various petitions, including the following:CitizenshipCitizenship
- [Daniel Vitek, Esq.](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/daniel-vitek-esq/) - Daniel G. Vitek (he/him) is a supervising attorney at Community Justice Project’s Pittsburgh office and has been an attorney with CJP since 2018. Dan’s practice area focuses on tenant rights, consumer access to affordable utilities, and civil rights more broadly. His work includes organizing tenant associations for residents of mobile home parks and subsidized housing
- [Our Mission](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/who-we-are/our-mission/) - Our mission is to protect the civil rights of low-income people in Pennsylvania. The Community Justice Project is a non-profit, legal aid law firm that is part of Pennsylvania's Legal Aid Network. With the help of legal services organizations and community groups, CJP challenges policies and practices that cause hardship to low-income people throughout the
- [Donald Marritz](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/donald-marritz/) - Donald Marritz is of counsel at CJP where he consults on cases both within the program and in the state at large, especially on unemployment and housing matters. He writes weekly summaries of relevant items in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, reports of recent appellate cases, and occasional amicus briefs in cases involving the state constitution. His entire career
- [Jessica Durkin](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/jessica-durkin/) - Jessica is the operations manager and legal secretary in CJP’s Pittsburgh office. As a trained communications specialist, she also assists with the firm’s media relations and social media accounts. Jessica is a past newspaper reporter and worked at daily newspapers in New England and Scranton, PA. She left newspapers during the industry’s retraction as it
- [News & Publications](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/who-we-are/news-publications/)
- [New Area](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/new-area/)
- [Public Benefits](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/public-benefits/) - CJP has a long history of work on public benefits policy, dating back to the inception of the program in 1996. Our advocacy over the years has focused on: Improving access to adult and postsecondary education for single parents receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, allowing them
- [Employment](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/employment/) - CJP’s employment practice focuses on protecting the rights of Pennsylvania workers. We file class and collective action lawsuits to ensure that workers are paid the minimum wage and overtime, as well as systemic employment discrimination lawsuits, class actions to protect workers’ rights during background checks, and other types of impact-oriented employment cases. Unpaid Pre- and
- [Housing](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/housing/) - CJP’s housing practice focuses on systemic litigation and advocacy to protect the rights of low-income tenants and homeowners across Pennsylvania. This includes, but is not limited to, fair housing litigation, litigation to protect the rights of subsidized housing tenants, mobile home park litigation, litigation and advocacy to prevent mass displacements, lead paint advocacy and litigation,
- [Civil Rights](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/civil-rights/) - CJP conducts systemic civil rights litigation across practice areas, including protecting the rights of prisoners, students, and other groups. Some cases include the following: School District in Central PA: In March of 2022, CJP filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on behalf of a female African-American
- [Language Access](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/language-access/) - Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”), agencies that receive federal funding must provide language access, including interpretation and translation of vital documents, to individuals with limited English proficiency (“LEP”). Agencies that receive federal funding include most state and local agencies, such as subsidized housing providers, schools, police departments, courts,
- [Support](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/support/) - Community Justice Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides free representation to low-income people. Funding comes from IOLTA, grant funding, attorneys fees, and generous donations. You and/or your firm’s contribution will go a long way in providing effective legal assistance to protect the basic needs and rights of Pennsylvania’s poor families and low-wage workers and to
- [Contact](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/contact/)
- [Who We Are](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/who-we-are/)
- [What We Do](https://www.communityjusticeproject.org/what-we-do/) - CJP provides free legal representation for low income people when particular legal problems occur. EMPLOYMENT if you do not receive minimum wage or overtime or you are treated unfairly in the workplace LEAD CONTAMINATION if you believe that water or paint on the walls in your home may be contaminated with lead and it is