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ATJ board emphasizes compensating lived‑experience participants and expands community outreach ahead of 2025 conference
Summary
ATJ members praised compensating community members for lived‑experience participation, described recruitment efforts to increase geographic and disability representation, and previewed the Sept. 18–19, 2025 conference in Yakima.
Speakers at the ATJ annual meeting highlighted efforts to recruit people with lived experience, to compensate their participation, and to make board work more accessible to non‑attorney community members.
Vanna Singh, who identified herself as from Southeast Asian communities and raised barriers her community faces, said compensation for community participants "shows that you guys value my presence, my time, and that my story is valid."…
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