Open Office Hours with Anew's Spring 2026 Cohort: Legal Empowerment 101

​Our newest cohort of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence hold open office hours every Wednesday between 2-4pm at Anew Café.

​This week, come meet Jhody Polk from the Legal Empowerment & Advocacy Hub (LEAH), this week focused on Legal Empowerment.

​Legal Empowerment 101 introduces the history, framework, and practice of legal empowerment—an approach rooted in human rights and the belief that law belongs to the people. This session is for anyone ready to demystify legal systems and reimagine how power, knowledge, and justice can be reclaimed beyond traditional institutions.

​Bring a friend, grab a coffee and sit with us!

​Jhody Polk is the founder of the Legal Empowerment & Advocacy Hub (LEAH). LEAH was founded in 2019 with the mission to ensure isolated communities have access to legal empowerment, education and peacebuilding. LEAH’s first program was the Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative (JLI), housed at the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law. Jhody is a 2025 David Prize Winner and a 2024 Global Freedom Fellow. She is recognized as a formerly Incarcerated Jailhouse Lawyer, a Community Paralegal and Community Peacebuilder.

​Anew is a gathering space and discovery center for the social impact community.

​​Anew’s Entrepreneur in Residence program hosts nonprofit entrepreneurs who are architecting creative social impact solutions to real world problems. Every six months, we support a new group of change makers with a customized curriculum to take their organizations to the next level.