Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Inc

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FROM ITS FIRST DAYS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE LFAA RECOGNIZED THE NECESSITY OF ESTABLISHING STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS IN EACH REGION OF THE NATION. THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE FIELD OF POVERTY LAW AND CIVIL RIGHTS, WITH VARYING DEGREES OF EXPLICIT FOCUS ON THE RACIAL JUSTICE ASPECT OF THEIR WORK. OVER A 6-MONTH PERIOD, WE CONVENED NUMEROUS REGIONAL MEETINGS WITH LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO INTRODUCE THE LFAA, EXPLAIN OUR MISSION, AND TO SEEK INPUT FROM THE NGOS ABOUT THEIR OWN ANTIRACIAL EFFORTS AND THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT WORK TO BE DONE.AS AN ONGOING PROGRAM, LFAA OFFERS PERIODIC SUMMITS TO BRING TOGETHER OUR ALLIANCE FIRMS FOR STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS MODERATED BY EXPERTS ABOUT ANTIRACISM PRINCIPLES AND CRITICAL ISSUES RELATED TO SYSTEMIC RACISM AND RACIAL EQUITY. SUMMITS PROVIDE ALLIANCE FIRMS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS, POLICY MAKERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.LFAA'S INAUGURAL SUMMIT WAS HOSTED ON JULY 29 AND 30, 2020. RACIAL JUSTICE EXPERTS PROVIDED A FOUNDATION AROUND ANTIRACISM PRINCIPLES AND HELPED DEEPEN PARTICIPANTS' UNDERSTANDING OF INTERSECTING COMPONENTS OF SYSTEMS THAT CREATE AND PERPETUATE DISADVANTAGES FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHILE ADVANTAGING WHITE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. OVER 500 LAW FIRM PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED.FOLLOWING THE INAUGURAL SUMMIT, LFAA CONVENED OVER 600 LAW FIRM PARTICIPANTS IN OCTOBER 2020 FOR OUR SECOND SUMMIT. AT THIS TWO-DAY SUMMIT, MORE THAN 70 EXPERTS LED SESSIONS ON VARIOUS SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE AREAS THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR OUR SYSTEMIC RACISM LEGAL INVENTORY, WHICH CATALOGUES RESEARCH ON THE LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES THAT HELP SUSTAIN SYSTEMIC RACISM.LFAA CONTINUED ITS MISSION IN 2021 AND 2022, HOSTING SUMMITS IN DECEMBER OF BOTH YEARS. THE 2021 SUMMIT FEATURED NIKOLE HANNAH JONES OF THE 1619 PROJECT, AND JEFFREY ROBINSON OF THE WHO WE ARE PROJECT WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE 2022 SUMMIT. OUR 19 SUBJECT-MATTER WORKING GROUPS, WHOSE FOCUS COVERS AREAS SUCH AS POLICING, EDUCATION, AND HOUSING, HAVE MET REGULARLY AND GENERATED DOZENS OF DISCRETE LEGAL PROJECTS WHICH ARE POSTED ON OUT LFAA BULLETIN BOARD AND TAKEN ON, PRO BONO, BY OUR 300+ ALLIANCE FIRMS.