From FOI Tracy Frisch, Senior Counsel for AAA:

I wanted to take a moment to bring this important development to your attention (and your inboxes!)

Yesterday, the AAA-ICDR Foundation and the JAMS Foundation announced that they have partnered to create a joint grant of $750,000 to support the Ray Corollary Initiative (RCI, Inc.), and all of its activities to address the lack of diversity in the selection of ADR professionals.

Here is the Press Release:  https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240318230903/en/The-AAA-ICDR-Foundation-and-the-JAMS-Foundation-Grant-750000-to-Support-the-Ray-Corollary-Initiative

The RCI, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to remove barriers to appointing “diverse” neutrals (mediators, arbitrators, and other ADR neutrals) and to promoting the use of all the available talent for ADR.