Collective for
Racial & Disability Justice
at UCLA School of Law
Collective.
From Center to
CRDJ's name is changing! Our commitment to rigorous research, legal and policy analysis, and racial and disability justice is not.
CRDJ is becoming the Collective for Racial & Disability Justice. Our new name better reflects how we work: bringing research, community knowledge, lived experience, and people together to build resources, relationships, and pathways for change.
Promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race and disability.
The Collective for Racial and Disability Justice (CRDJ) is a first-of-its kind center founded in Fall 2022 by Professor Jamelia Morgan. As a Disabled Person's Organization (DPO), the Collective is dedicated to advancing a more equitable society by promoting the rights and voices of marginalized people, with a particular focus on the intersections of race and disability.
CRDJ's work is rooted in scholarly research, critical theory, and interdisciplinary collaboration. We are committed to advancing racial and disability justice through academic inquiry and public advocacy, engaging in discourse and actions aligned with our mission to explore and challenge systemic injustices.
Newest Release
Guardianship Data, On the Record
A Policy Framework for Transparency & Accountability
Kate Caldwell, PhD, Heather Swadley, PhD, JD, and Hope Sparks, PhD examine critical gaps in guardianship data across federal, state, and local systems, while introducing the RECORD Framework to advance transparency, accountability, and the protection of individual rights and autonomy.
The Latest from CRDJ
Brief, Report
Guardianship Data, On the Record: A Policy Framework for Transparency & Accountability
Kate Caldwell, Heather Swadley, Hope Sparks
This report by examines critical gaps in guardianship data across federal, state, and local systems while introducing the RECORD Framework to advance transparency, accountability, and the protection of individual rights and autonomy.
Report
From Conversion to Compliance: ABA, Conversion Therapy, and the Harm of Normalization
Kate Caldwell
This report traces the historical connections between ABA and LGBTQ+ conversion therapy while advancing a disability justice framework for affirming care, autonomy, and policies that reject coercive normalization.
Dispatches
For the {Public} Record
CRDJ submits public comments to agencies, institutions, and decision-makers to bring racial and disability justice perspectives into policy, law, and public decision-making.
Medicaid and Reproductive Justice Collaborative Response to Senate Finance Request for Information on Health Coverage That Works for Everyone
October 2, 2026
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