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IN THIS ISSUE

Front Page

Letter from the President

Notes on the Right: The Real “Unmentionable Secret”

Poll Shows Californians Think Race Discrimination Still a Problem

Unique Collaboration with Teachers’ Union Addresses Unconscious Bias in the Classroom

Dismantling the Intent Doctrine: an International View

Inequality in the Gene Age

Two New Books Focus on Rights Won and Lost

EJS Welcomes New Members; Motley Fellowship Launch

Staff/Board News & Notes

Newsletter Editors:
Elaine Elinson
Miguel Gavaldon

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Welcome New Members!

Over 200 of you have thus far joined as members of the Equal Justice Society! If you still have not joined, just click here.

We are proud of the people who have become EJS members -- diverse stalwarts of the progressive movement including students, professors, attorneys, artists, policy-advocates, and media experts to name a few - all of whom share with us a deep commitment to racial and social justice.

While all levels of contribution are appreciated, we wish to acknowledge those individuals who have joined at the two highest financial levels of membership to date:

Visionary Members
James J. Brosnahan, Esq.
Elizabeth Cabraser, Esq.
Barry Goldstein, Esq.
Anne Tamiko Omura, Esq.
Eva Paterson, Esq.

Advocate Members
Ms. Barbara Maco
Dale Minami, Esq.
Professor David Oppenheimer
Ms. LaDene Otsuki
David Salniker, Esq. & Terri Waller
William Wick, Esq.
Professor Tobias Wolff

Thank you for launching our Constance Baker Motley Fellowship!

On June 1, more than 160 EJS supporters celebrated the launch of the Constance Baker Motley Fellowship where we raised over $60,000 to support the hiring of our first Fellow.

Over a multi-course Chinese meal at the Far East Café in San Francisco's Chinatown, guests were treated to a candid dialogue by three EJS Board members: Professor Charles J. Ogletree from the Harvard University School of Law, James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster, and Professor Margaret Russell from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

They were also regaled by the politically-poignant comedy of death row attorney Aundré Herron of the California Appellate Project (also known at Aundré the Wonderwoman).

Civil rights leader and former national NOW President Aileen Hernandez and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP partner Kevin Fong spoke of their long personal and professional relationships with Judge Motley, the only woman on the legal team that won Brown v. Board of Education, and who went on to win ten civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Proceeds from the luncheon will help support the 2006-07 fellowship of a recent law school graduate committed to advancing racial justice through innovative legal strategies and progressive public policy. This year's fellow will be announced in the fall; applications for the 2007-8 fellowship are now open.

If you missed out on the Luncheon, we hope you can join us for our Holiday Gala on December 8th - more details to come!