<div>DOROTHY GAINES' MOTHER'S DAY 2026 UPDATE - Dorothy wishes all the mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day and thanks all of you for supporting her. Please listen to her heartfelt message, where she shares her story about being falsely convicted (and had her sentence commuted by President Clinton), then wrongly evicted after being a model tenant for 16 years. Her rent and bills are much higher now, and she is struggling, being disabled from a stroke. Please help in whatever way you can. 
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<div>Please spread the word and keep her in your prayers.
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<div>ALSO, if you know an Alabama attorney who would be willing to represent Dorothy for her wrongful eviction, please email her at obstaclebreaker AT yahoo.com.
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<div>*August 2, 2025 UPDATE*
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<div>Thanks to all of you who have donated to help Dorothy Gaines over the years. Dorothy continues to need your help-her landlord has refused to renew her lease, despite Dorothy paying her rent on time and living at this same apartment for over a decade. She has to be out of her apartment by the end of August. She cannot walk because of her stroke. You can hear Dorothy thank her supporters and give her latest update <a href="https://youtu.be/jkHxK9ync5g" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.
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<div>*UPDATE* Last year, we created this fundraiser to support Dorothy’s family as they faced the threat of unjust eviction. Now, she needs our help more than ever. 
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<div>After going public with her and her family’s story, Dorothy has found herself on the edge of homelessness. Come the end of Summer 2025, Dorothy will be forced to leave her home of the past 16 years with nowhere to go. You may have learned about Dorothy recently in an NPR piece (<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5413282/true-cost-of-prisons-and-jails-higher-than-many-realize" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5413282/true-cost-of-prisons-and-jails-higher-than-many-realize" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5413282/true-cost-of-prisons-and-jails-higher-than-many-realize</a></a>) detailing how the costs of incarceration follow families for life. We are hoping to help provide Dorothy the financial resources she needs to find a new safe place to live and support herself through this scary transition. 
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<div>We ask that you give what you can in this dire time of need.
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<div>The past few months have been extremely difficult for Dorothy Gaines’ granddaughter, Taylor, her granddaughter’s mom, Mary, and Dorothy.
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<div>It all started with Taylor being in and out of the hospital — 8 times as of now. Mary, a single mom, tried her best to work and care for her daughter. But the hospitalizations were too much - she lost her job seeing to her daughter. Then rent got two months behind. Mary had a nervous breakdown.
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<div>In November, Mary’s car was repo’d in the morning; her eviction letter came in the evening. They had to be gone by January 1. Never mind that they had lived in the apartment for 13 years without a write-up and offered to make up for the back rent. Taylor's doctor wrote a letter to say that evicting Taylor and her mom would likely result in Taylor's condition worsening - the landlord didn't care and the management company said they were getting evicted anyway.
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<div>The entire holiday season was filled with anguish and sorrow instead of joy. Taylor was separated from her mom, who is looking for work and a place to live. Dorothy has tried to care for Taylor as much as she can, but her ability to help is limited because of her stroke last year. The chaos caused by the eviction has resulted in Taylor being re-hospitalized, where she is today.
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<div>Taylor is a senior in high school and has already been accepted to the University of South Alabama -- but she still needs to graduate this year. Her bright future is threatened because of the eviction and the instability in her life it has caused.
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<div>Please donate anything you can to help Taylor, her mom, and Dorothy to get them through their difficult time. Thank you and God bless.
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