Urge Governor Newsom to sign The Truth and Disclosure Act (AB 2599) into Law Requiring Corporations to Disclose Slavery Profits
California has spoken. Now it’s time for Governor Newsom to act.
AB 2599 has successfully passed the California Legislature, marking a major victory in the ongoing effort to advance truth, accountability, and repair for Black Californians. The bill is on Governor Newsom’s desk, where his signature can turn this important legislation into law.
AB 2599 recognizes a fundamental principle: the public has a right to know the truth about how institutions benefited from slavery and its enduring legacy. Disclosure alone cannot repair generations of harm, but truth is a necessary foundation for meaningful repair.
California has positioned itself as a national leader on reparations, including through the historic work of the California Reparations Task Force. Signing AB 2599 is an opportunity for Governor Newsom to continue that leadership and demonstrate that California’s commitments to reparations will be followed by action
Send a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to sign AB 2599 into law!
Updates
Op-Ed by EJS President Lisa Holder in Nonprofit Quarterly: ‘From the Birthing Chamber to the Ballot Box: A Choice Between Erasure and Equality’
Nonprofit Quarterly published a new op-ed by EJS President Lisa Holder, “From the Birthing Chamber to the Ballot Box: A Choice Between Erasure and Equality,” as part of the #WeTheCivic: America 250 series, a national narrative movement to put the multiracial nonprofit and civil society workers, organizations, and communities at the center of how the United States tells the stories and histories of 250 years of fighting for a true, vibrant democracy for all.
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.
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.