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EJS 23rd Anniversary Video Celebration
The Equal Justice Society celebrates our 23rd anniversary through a newsmagazine video launching on #GivingTuesday, November 28, 2023. The video is hosted by former EJS board member Kelly McCreary (nine-season star of the ABC hit show “Grey’s Anatomy”) and includes interviews with EJS President Lisa Holder, Dr. Cheryl Grills, new EJS board member Donald Tamaki, and EJS co-founder and former President Eva Paterson. Our thanks to producer/director Kevin D. Johnson, Jr. and producer Cheo Tyehimba Taylor. #EJS23
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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.
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.
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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.