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This Black History Month

Dear Friends and Supporters of LAFLA,

This Black History Month we honor, celebrate, and reflect for many reasons. Still in the throes of the worst pandemic in decades, we mourn the loss of our Black brothers and sisters who have disproportionately suffered from deaths, job losses, and health disparities because of COVID-19 and systemic racism. But there is also reason for hope, as our nation reckons with systemic racism in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. We also celebrate historic change: the nation’s first Black and South Asian woman is now our vice president and the state of Georgia has its first Black U.S. senator. My great hope is that Black history is not reserved for one month of recognition — and that our society commemorates and celebrates Black history throughout the year, as we should.

LAFLA has always been committed to racial justice. Our clients primarily come from underserved communities of color who historically have never had a place at the table: a reality that persists today. Far too many Black community members experience lack of access to justice; one-third of LAFLA’s clients are Black. We can also see the far-reaching impacts of institutional racism in the statistics below:


Across the breadth of LAFLA services, we work with the real people behind these figures: those whose lived experiences both inform and motivate our staff to do more, to do better. How can we bring about real, lasting, positive change? Black History Month 2021 is not a time to pause – but a time to collaborate, re-examine our history, and push for the future we want to see.

 

With deepest gratitude,





Silvia R. Argueta
Executive Director

Notice

All LAFLA offices will be closed on Thursday, June 19, 2025 in observance of Juneteenth.

Todas las oficinas de LAFLA estarán cerradas el jueves 19 de junio de 2025 en observancia del Día de la Emancipación (Juneteenth).

저희 사무실목요일, 6 19일에 휴무입니다. 

该办公室星期四, 619 

該辦公室將於星期四, 619日關閉。 

Các văn phòng của chúng tôi đóng cửa vào Thứ năm, Ngày 19, Tháng 6. 

สำนักงานเราปิดทำการวันพฤหัสบดีสบด19 มิถุนายน 

この事務所は木曜日619日休業とさせていただきます。 

ការិយាល័យរបស់យើងបិទនថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍, 6/19/2025. 

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