By David Salniker EJS is delighted to announce that, as of May 1, Sara Jackson, our 2007-8 Motley Fellow and National Network Coordinator, has been promoted to the position of Staff Attorney. Sara has been doing extraordinary work as our liaison to the Impact209 Coalition in California and as our contact to the national and … Continue reading Staff Updates: Sara Jackson, Claudia Peña and Danfeng Soto-Vigil Koon
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EJS Continues its Work to Expand Equal Opportunity
By Sara Jackson The Equal Justice Society continues its efforts to challenge Proposition 209, and advocate for the continued importance of equal opportunity policies and programs. Over the past several months, EJS and the Impact 209 Coalition collaborated with Drew Westen of Westen Strategies and Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners to conduct messaging and … Continue reading EJS Continues its Work to Expand Equal Opportunity
EJS Files Amicus Briefs in Several Supreme Court Cases
By Kimberly Thomas Rapp and Claudia Peña The U.S. Supreme Court this term is hearing a number of cases that may have important implications for maintaining and advancing civil rights in the years ahead. EJS has partnered with colleagues around the country to file amicus curiae or friend of the court briefs in several matters. … Continue reading EJS Files Amicus Briefs in Several Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Spotlight: Litigation Strategies in the Roberts Court Era
By Kimberly Thomas Rapp Since its founding, EJS has been working with allies to counter the conservative right-wing imbalance in the courts that has limited the reach of antidiscrimination law and undermined civil rights policy. As a part of this effort, we continue to collaborate with Supreme Court litigators, general counsels and attorneys of legal … Continue reading Supreme Court Spotlight: Litigation Strategies in the Roberts Court Era
Kellogg Foundation Awards Equal Justice Society Three-Year Grant
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Equal Justice Society (EJS) a $1 million, three-year grant to support the organization's ongoing efforts to address structural racial inequities, restore equal protection jurisprudence and help build a public platform - a "Grand Alliance" - for the racial justice advocacy movement. EJS is a national strategy group heightening … Continue reading Kellogg Foundation Awards Equal Justice Society Three-Year Grant
Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle's Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the Supreme … Continue reading Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle's Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the Supreme … Continue reading Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
New Project to Study and Combat Unconscious Racism, Identify What Triggers Racial Bias and Political Consequences
The election of President Obama shows how far America has progressed in overcoming the racial divides that for so long scarred this country. But while overt racism is less and less acceptable in America, unconscious racial bias still plays a large role in our politics and society, as a new project launched this week by … Continue reading New Project to Study and Combat Unconscious Racism, Identify What Triggers Racial Bias and Political Consequences