EJS Launches Special Juneteenth Zine Confronting the Black Maternal Health Crisis and Demanding Healthcare Harm Repair
The Equal Justice Society (EJS) released a special expanded Juneteenth edition of its monthly Health Equity Newsletter. The edition, Health Equity: The Origins of Modern Gynecology & the Movement Forward, turns its full attention to the enduring legacy of reproductive injustice experienced by Black women and families. Through a powerful combination of scholarship, personal storytelling, artistic expression, and expert legal insight, the zine bears witness to historical medical exploitation while critically mapping out modern pathways toward birth equity and systemic repair.
EJS Launches Special Juneteenth Zine Confronting the Black Maternal Health Crisis and Demanding Healthcare Harm Repair
The Equal Justice Society (EJS) released a special expanded Juneteenth edition of its monthly Health Equity Newsletter. The edition, Health Equity: The Origins of Modern Gynecology & the Movement Forward, turns its full attention to the enduring legacy of reproductive injustice experienced by Black women and families. Through a powerful combination of scholarship, personal storytelling, artistic expression, and expert legal insight, the zine bears witness to historical medical exploitation while critically mapping out modern pathways toward birth equity and systemic repair.
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TIME ‘The Closers’ List of Black Leaders Recognizes EJS President Lisa Holder
TIME has selected EJS President Lisa Holder for its 2nd annual ‘The Closers’ list recognizing 25 Black leaders working to end inequality. In addition to Lisa, the list also includes actor Colman Domingo, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, and CNN anchor Sara Sidner.
Law, Social Science, the Arts
The Equal Justice Society is transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. Our legal strategy broadens conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias.
Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth
The Equal Justice Society (EJS), California Black Power Network (CBPN), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Senator Steven Bradford, and Donald Tamaki – formed a new collaboration called the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth.