Congratulations to Mona Tawatao on Her Award from the Western Center on Law & Poverty!
All of us at the Equal Justice Society congratulate our colleague and friend Mona Tawatao, EJS Legal Director, on being recognized by the Western Center on Law & Poverty with its 2024 Mary Burdick Advocates Award! Mona received the award at Western Center’s Garden Party on October 23 in Los Angeles.
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.
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.
On this day we are steadfast and resolute social justice warriors. This day is no different than yesterday in the critical sense that we still have the fundamentals. Our hearts still beat fiercely for equity, we…
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Darkness. The absence of light. The deepness of color. The oblivion of emotion. We marvel at it veiling us, in the expanse of the night. We’re rapt by its opacity, in…
All of us at the Equal Justice Society congratulate our colleague and friend Mona Tawatao, EJS Legal Director, on being recognized by the Western Center on Law & Poverty with its 2024 Mary Burdick Advocates Award! Mona will receive…
Bold. Dedicated. Remarkable. These are just some of the words community members used when nominating the following capital region leaders who have made significant contributions to Sacramento and beyond. The Sacramento Bee’s Top 20 Asian American…
By Michael Tyler What kind of heart does sculpt a soul With the chisel of contempt, And gravely carve, in perpetuity, The course of violent change? What kind of mind can conjure thoughts Of grisly gore and gruesome carnage, And spawn those…
Plan to Address and Remedy Ongoing Disability and Racial Discrimination Against Students After months of negotiations, the Black Parallel School Board (BPSB) and individual families have finalized a five-year plan that improves policies to ensure that…
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Lisa Holder, EJS President
The Equal Justice Society board of directors appointed Lisa Holder as the organization’s new President, succeeding Eva Paterson who co-founded EJS in 2000 and served as its President for 22 years. Eva retired on August 31.
