Instructions: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Input: In conjunction with the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA), LSC launched a series of conversations on diversity in 2001. Over the year, eight separate conversations on broad issues of diversity including disability, age, gender, race, sexual orientation and ethnicity took place.
Output:
In conjunction with the National Legal Aid and Defender Association launched a series of conversations on diversity in 2001.Over the year, eight separate conversations on broad issues of diversity.