Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Racial Justice Toolkit for Civil Legal Aid Organizations
Transform Belonging founder Lauren Lofton is the primary author of what was at the time of publication a one of a kind diversity, equity, inclusion & racial justice toolkit for civil legal aid organizations. Lauren authored the document while serving as the Program Attorney for Legal Aid Association of California. The document was designed intentionally to be a living, breathing document and to be updated regularly. Lauren provided additional support to finalize production of the toolkit in 2020 as well as volunteering to serve as a speaker at the toolkit launch events as legal aid programs sought to address the civil rights movement of 2020. The toolkit has been shared with more than 100 California legal aid programs & community non-profit organizations as well as organizations nationally. As of the fall of 2025, the document was being actively updated and revised with the support of Transform Belonging.
Lauren would like to also highlight:
LAAC’s now Senior Program and Technology Coordinator Theo Ser-Ramin’s work and collaboration throughout the creation of the document including substantive work on written content in 2019 as well as ongoing production, outreach, event planning and the toolkit launch in 2020, and with revisions including the active 2025 revision
LAAC’s now Senior Attorney Zack Newman for drafting and research during the final stages of producing the toolkit in 2020 and 2025 revisions
Derrius Jones, former Racial Justice Coordinator for his work on outreach, event planning and shaping the work in 2020 in advance of the toolkit launch in 2020
Please contact LAAC directly at info@laaconline.org for access to the Toolkit. You may also reach out to info@transformbelonging.org with inquires about the toolkit.
