The EJS board and staff express our deepest appreciation to the attendees, sponsors, donors, vendors, and event committee and volunteers for making our September 9, 2015, gala a big success! Read this note from us to the individuals, companies, and organizations that were part of the event. Here’s photos from the gala taken by BobContinueContinue reading “Thank You for Supporting Our #CivilRights50 Gala!”
Author Archives: Eva Paterson
Julian Bond’s California Roots
The Ku Klux Klan was active in Northern California circa 1980. Civil rights groups were determined not to let these white supremacists intimidate us so we organized an event in San Francisco and invited Julian Bond to come speak to us. I remember picking up Julian and his wife in my old green MG andContinueContinue reading “Julian Bond’s California Roots”
Black Rage 2.0
The news of yet another Black man dead after an encounter with the police was heartbreaking and exhausting. I vowed to stop listening to and watching coverage about Mr. Freddie Gray and watch reruns of Columbo, but that was not to be. Driving home on Thursday night, I listened to MSNBC and then watched FoxNewsContinueContinue reading “Black Rage 2.0”