NLADA Racial Equity Initiative is a three-year campaign designed to build the resources and capacity within the client community and civil legal aid and public defender organizations to advance anti-racist practices aimed at dismantling racial inequities in America. Through this Initiative, NLADA will leverage our collective power within the client, civil, and defender community to eradicate systemic racial oppression.

There is no true access to Justice without Racial Justice.

NLADA is uniquely positioned to lead this effort. NLADA has been at the forefront of new and creative solutions addressing race equity for over a century.  NLADA members dedicate their lives to promoting equity and justice and are positioned to be change agents

There is no true access to Justice without Racial Justice.

NLADA is uniquely positioned to lead this effort. NLADA has been at the forefront of new and creative solutions addressing race equity for over a century.  NLADA members dedicate their lives to promoting equity and justice and are positioned to be change agents

NLADA Racial Equity Initiative is a three-year campaign designed to build the resources and capacity within the client community and civil legal aid and public defender organizations to advance anti-racist practices aimed at dismantling racial inequities in America. Through this Initiative, NLADA will leverage our collective power within the client, civil, and defender community to eradicate systemic racial oppression.

As a country, we are living through a once-in-a-generation moment that presents us with a unique opportunity to reckon with our history and answer the resounding call for racial equity in America. There is no other national legal organization that touches on all the access points of racism and poverty and has the ability to tackle the root causes of deeply entrenched racial disparities. The Racial Equity Initiative will help our members in this fight.

- April Frazier Camara, NLADA President & CEO