Today, March 21, is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year’s theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was chosen to highlight the problem of racism in sports, which remains a disturbing occurrence in many parts of the world, as well as to raise awareness of theContinueContinue reading “Remembering Human Rights Salute by Tommie Smith, John Carlos, at 1968 Olympics”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
EJS Welcomes New Board Members Priscilla Ocen, Jayashri Srikantiah
EJS President Eva Paterson, EJS Board Chair Kate Kendell, and our board of directors welcome two new board members: Priscilla Ocen, Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, and Jayashri Srikantiah, Professor of Law and Director of Stanford Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic. Professor Priscilla Ocen’s work examines the relationship between race and gender identities andContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes New Board Members Priscilla Ocen, Jayashri Srikantiah”
EJS Signs on to Amicus Briefs in Marriage Equality Cases
The Equal Justice Society signed on to amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in two marriage equality cases. In Hollingsworth v. Perry, EJS signed on to an amicus brief filed by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in support of the Ninth Circuit’s decision holding that California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sexContinueContinue reading “EJS Signs on to Amicus Briefs in Marriage Equality Cases”