Her Justice
Devon Ercolano Provan is an experienced nonprofit professional currently serving as the Head of Development and Communications at Their Justice since November 2019. In addition to this role, Devon operates as a self-employed nonprofit consultant since August 2012. Prior experience includes serving as Chief Development Officer (Consultant) at the Social Science Research Council, Campaign Consultant at NJ Sharing Network, and various development roles at Columbia University in the City of New York, including Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Relations. Devon also held the position of Director of Development for the College of Social Sciences at Florida State University and Development Coordinator at the National MS Society. Educational credentials include a Master of Arts in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Studies in Women and Gender, History from the University of Virginia.
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Her Justice
Her Justice stands with women living in poverty in New York City by recruiting and mentoring volunteer lawyers to provide free legal help to address individual and systemic legal barriers. Every day, thousands of women throughout New York City fear going to work because they don’t have an order of protection to prevent their abusive partners from stalking them. They worry about how to feed and clothe their children without the child support they deserve. Undocumented mothers are terrified that they will be deported and never see their children again because their batterers prevent them from gaining legal residency. With barely enough money for life’s basic necessities, hiring an attorney is not an option. Women facing violence at home or threats to their children’s lives have immediate, urgent legal needs, and they deserve competent representation regardless of their ability to pay. Her Justice is one of the few places in New York City where women can turn to find free matrimonial, family and immigration legal services. We recruit our volunteer attorneys from major law firms and small borough-based practices. With the support of Her Justice's expert legal staff, they go into court and fight for things that matter: protection from abuse, financial support, and orders granting child custody and divorce that replace fear with hope.