Editing Appleseed Foundation

{{Short description|American nonprofit organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Appleseed Foundation
| formation = 1993
| image = Appleseed Foundation logo.png
| type = Nonprofit
| headquarters = Washington, D.C.
| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Benet Magnuson
| website = appleseednetwork.org
| founded_date = 1993
| location = 1111 19th St NW Suite #200 [[Washington, D.C.]] 20036, [[United States]]
| homepage = {{URL|http://appleseednetwork.org}}
}}
'''The Appleseed Foundation''' is a [[non-profit organization|nonprofit]] organization that serves as the administrative hub for the Appleseed Network, a social justice network of centers in the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]]. Appleseed has received support from organizations including [[DLA Piper]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legal Nonprofit Pushes Law Firms to Engage in Pro Bono Work in Mexico |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/08/15/legal-nonprofit-pushes-law-firms-to-engage-in-pro-bono-work-in-mexico/ |date=2022-08-15 |website=Law.com International |language=en-us |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=2023-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701173111/https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/08/15/legal-nonprofit-pushes-law-firms-to-engage-in-pro-bono-work-in-mexico/?slreturn=20230601133107 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[NFL]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL Inspire Change contributions reach $300M as league strengthens efforts to advance social justice |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-inspire-change-contributions-reach-300m-as-league-strengthens-efforts-to-adv |date=2023-05-18 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=2023-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615045031/https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-inspire-change-contributions-reach-300m-as-league-strengthens-efforts-to-adv |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inspire Change |url=https://www.nfl.com/causes/inspire-change/resources/grant-partners/alabama-appleseed |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401014909/https://www.nfl.com/causes/inspire-change/resources/grant-partners/alabama-appleseed |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
Appleseed was founded in 1993 by members of [[Harvard Law School]]'s class of 1958 at their 35th reunion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cavendish |first=Betsy |date=2015-11-17 |title=What Every Harvard Law School Student Should Know About Appleseed |url=http://hlrecord.org/what-every-harvard-law-school-student-should-know-about-appleseed/ |access-date=2020-01-22 |website=[[The Harvard Law Record]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201135907/http://hlrecord.org/what-every-harvard-law-school-student-should-know-about-appleseed/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From the outset Appleseed was framed around what was then a singular approach to [[pro bono]] law. Its strategy was to address issues that lent themselves to system-wide reform rather than the traditional model of providing legal services to individuals with legal problems. While litigation is one tool used by some of the Appleseed Centers, the organization tends to focus on achieving structural changes through market-based reforms, policy analysis and research, legislation, and rule making.

== Structure ==
Appleseed's 17 Centers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.appleseednetwork.org/view-all-centers.html|title=Appleseed Centers|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524120918/https://www.appleseednetwork.org/view-all-centers.html |archive-date=2020-05-24 |access-date=}}</ref> function as independent organizations linked to each other and with the national organization. Appleseed's network office is based in [[Washington, D.C.]] Appleseed helps promote Center work, serves as a clearinghouse of projects, and provides training and technical assistance, particularly in communications, development, project management and board development, as well as in the areas of education, immigration, financial access, health care and disaster recovery.

== Work ==
Appleseed has achieved enduring accomplishment in areas ranging from children's welfare, education reform, [[criminal justice reform]], [[juvenile justice]], [[electoral reform]], judicial independence, access to health care, immigrant justice, housing development, [[government accountability]], and the integration of [[environmentalism]] and [[community development]]. Appleseed currently has Centers in [[Alabama]], Chicago Appleseed, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Georgia, [[Hawaii|Hawai`i]], [[Kansas]], [[Louisiana]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]], New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Mexico.{{cn|date=July 2023}} 

Some of Appleseed's work has included research on [[child protection]] at the [[Mexico-United States border]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=4 reasons why Border Patrol agents shouldn't get to decide whether child migrants can stay in the US |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/unaccompanied-child-migrants-border-patrol-screening/ |first=Ian |last=Gordon |date=2014-07-01 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=2023-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617093305/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/unaccompanied-child-migrants-border-patrol-screening/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|HIV epidemic]],<ref>{{Cite web |first=Matt |last=Cohen |title=New HIV/AIDS Report Card Shows Improvement, But Things Can Be Better |url=https://dcist.com/story/13/11/13/new-dc-appleseed-report-card-shows/ |date=2013-11-13 |website=[[DCist]] |language=en |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=2022-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002084051/https://dcist.com/story/13/11/13/new-dc-appleseed-report-card-shows/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[youth homelessness]] in [[Texas]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arriaga |first=Alex |date=2017-11-15 |title=Texas' homeless youth slip through cracks of disjointed support system, new report says |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/15/homeless-youth-slip-through-cracks-disjointed-support-system/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[The Texas Tribune]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207185501/https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/15/homeless-youth-slip-through-cracks-disjointed-support-system/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[broadband]] [[internet access]] in [[Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taborda |first=Noah |date=2022-02-12 |title=Kansas broadband leaders tout ongoing programs, future initiatives to bridge digital divide |url=https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/12/kansas-broadband-leaders-tout-ongoing-programs-future-initiatives-to-bridge-digital-divide/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Kansas Reflector]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005212645/https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/12/kansas-broadband-leaders-tout-ongoing-programs-future-initiatives-to-bridge-digital-divide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2017 and 2020, Appleseed published reports on discrimination against black students in [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref>{{Cite web |first=Christina |last=Veiga |date=2017-01-11 |title=NYU's David Kirkland explains the 'transformation' needed to integrate the city's schools |url=https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2017/1/11/21099504/nyu-s-david-kirkland-explains-the-transformation-needed-to-integrate-the-city-s-schools |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Chalkbeat]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330193911/https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2017/1/11/21099504/nyu-s-david-kirkland-explains-the-transformation-needed-to-integrate-the-city-s-schools |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Massachusetts]] respectively. The research by Appleseed received congressional attention from Representatives [[Ayanna Pressley]] and [[Katherine Clark]], who called on government agencies to rectify the situation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dwyer |first=Dialynn |title=Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark urge Charlie Baker in letter to address racial disparities in school discipline |url=https://www.boston.com/news/schools/2020/09/17/ayanna-pressley-katherine-clark-letters-school-discipline/ |access-date=2020-09-17 |website=[[Boston.com]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907150716/https://www.boston.com/news/schools/2020/09/17/ayanna-pressley-katherine-clark-letters-school-discipline/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Steph |last=Solis |date=2020-09-07 |title=Black girls in Massachusetts 3.9 times more likely to face school discipline, report shows |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/09/in-massachusetts-black-girls-are-39-times-more-likely-to-face-school-discipline-than-white-counterparts-report-shows.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[MassLive]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207075158/https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/09/in-massachusetts-black-girls-are-39-times-more-likely-to-face-school-discipline-than-white-counterparts-report-shows.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Appleseed did additional research on [[child protective services]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Saraya |last=Wintersmith |date=2021-07-14 |title=Inadequate Interpretation Services At Mass. DCF Lead To Risk Of Wrongful Family Separation, Complaint Alleges |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2021/07/14/inadequate-interpretation-services-at-mass-dcf-lead-to-risk-of-wrongful-family-separation-complaint-alleges |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[WGBH Educational Foundation|WGBH]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808005445/https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2021/07/14/inadequate-interpretation-services-at-mass-dcf-lead-to-risk-of-wrongful-family-separation-complaint-alleges |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.appleseednetwork.org/ Appleseed Foundation's official website]

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