{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5cd2d68043b416d4617f91c9/68239efe14bdee6141854edf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"In Legal Terms: Volunteering with MVLP","description":"<p>Finally, In Legal Terms gets a chance to talk about Volunteering. The week of April 21st the MPB Think Radio shows talked about different volunteering opportunities and the benefits you receive by giving to your community. Today, we’ve got <a href=\"https://mvlp.org/leadership\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gayla Carpenter-Sanders</a>, the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project.</p><p><br></p><p>Would you like to Volunteer with the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project? If you’re an attorney, law student, college student, or paralegal you can register with MVLP or you could sign up to help with a specific legal clinic. This is done on their website: <a href=\"https://mvlp.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mvlp.org</a> and click on “Get Involved”.</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;If you’re in need of the services of the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project, you might want to attend one of their <a href=\"https://mvlp.org/clinics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Self Representation Clinics</a>. There are clinics that discuss: Irreconcilable Differences Divorces, Uncontested Guardianships, Advance Healthcare Directives, Power of Attorneys, Simple Wills, Misdemeanor Expungements, Felony Expungements, and Foreclosure Prevention. We’ll have the link to the dates for these clinics on this shows information page on our website and podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>The week of April 21st the MPB Think Radio shows and podcasts talked about different volunteering opportunities and the benefits you receive by giving to your community. Find each podcast or go to <a href=\"https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mpbonline.org/radio</a> and listen to each show. <a href=\"http://deepsouthdining.mpbonline.org/episodes/deep-south-dining-volunteer-week-with-stewpot\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Deep South Dining</a> had <a href=\"https://www.stewpot.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stewpot</a>. <a href=\"http://nowyouretalking.mpbonline.org/episodes/suzanne-rutherford-volunteer-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Now You’re Talking</a> had <a href=\"https://www.volunteermississippi.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MS Commission for Volunteer Service</a>. <a href=\"http://fixit101.mpbonline.org/episodes/fix-it-101-volunteer-week-w-merrill-mckewen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fix It 101</a>’s guest was <a href=\"https://habitatmca.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Habitat for Humanity</a>. <a href=\"https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/thesitdown/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Sit Down</a> talked with <a href=\"https://showerpower.ms/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shower Power</a>. <a href=\"http://nextstopms.mpbonline.org/episodes/next-stop-ms-miss-mississippi-volunteer-starkville-derby-usa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Next Stop Mississippi </a>hosted <a href=\"https://www.missmississippivolunteer.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Mississippi Volunteer</a>. Our <a href=\"https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">other shows</a> integrated volunteering into their show topics.</p><p><br></p><p>Video: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qtrFcQRgJs0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Terms on In Legal Terms - pro bono</a></p>","author_name":"MPB Think Radio"}