Lisa Holder, Don Tamaki in New ABC7 Documentary on California Reparations

Equal Justice Society President Lisa Holder and Board Member Donald K. Tamaki are among the reparations movement leaders interviewed in a new documentary that debuted today on abc7news.com and the station’s various streaming apps. The documentary is presented by Julian Glover, the Emmy® and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning ABC7 News anchor. The special aims toContinueContinue reading “Lisa Holder, Don Tamaki in New ABC7 Documentary on California Reparations”

‘A Royal Secret’ by Michael Tyler

Michael Tyler is the Equal Justice Society Poet-in-Residence. Many of us recall moments indelibly etched in our minds that upon reflection, transport us back to a location and circumstance with a cinematic clarity undiminished by fading memory or cluttered lives. I had such a moment: March 29,1968. It was a Friday, the consequential day IContinueContinue reading “‘A Royal Secret’ by Michael Tyler”

New ACLU Video Highlights “Free” State’s Hidden Slavery History

https://youtu.be/EVaZy6egw1k This is cross-posted from ACLUNC.org. The Equal Justice Society is a proud partner of “Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California,” a project by ACLU Northern California. EJS President Lisa Holder was a member of the California Reparations Task Force. With the eyes of the world watching, California has released a historicContinueContinue reading “New ACLU Video Highlights “Free” State’s Hidden Slavery History”