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The Strategies

1Beginning the Conversation: Reframing Language for the Purpose of Preserving and Amplifying the Client’s Voice, Dignity and Humanity
2Use of Data
3Motions & Briefs
4Use of Cultural Experts
5Use of Apology Statements in assessments, testimony, written, and oral arguments
6The Appellate Process
7The Importance of Narratives: Hear and Learn directly from Parents and Children who have been Impacted by the Child Welfare System
8Land Acknowledgements

Anti-racist Lawyering In Practice
  • Framing the Discussion
  • Where to Start, or Moving Forward on Race-equity/ Anti-racist Legal Advocacy
  • The Strategies
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The Family Justice Initiative is working to ensure every child and every parent has high-quality legal representation when child welfare courts make life-changing decisions about their families.

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