When we discuss housing and rent affordability in Philadelphia, when we discuss the need to secure and extend public benefits, when we discuss wage theft — we must include the AAPI community in our campaigns, says guest columnist Kee Tobar.

Community Legal Services has closed its physical doors, but the staff is still helping Philadelphians deal with pressing legal issues, says Dawn Williams, one of the nonprofit's managing attorneys.

Community Legal Services believes that in the first month alone of Clean Slate, more charges will be cleared in Pennsylvania than have ever been cleared before nationwide.

"We have to do a better job of making legal assistance accessible to those who need it," says Jessica Hilburn-Holmes of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation.