A coalition of Latino and Black students, their parents, community groups and the Kern County Office of Education (KCOE) have reached a settlement of a lawsuit involving a dispute over the enrollment of students in KCOE-operated schools. The lawsuit was filed in 2014 against the Kern High School District, the KCOE and the Kern County … Continue reading Students, Community Groups, Kern County Office of Education Reach Settlement

Racism!! Implicit Bias!! White Supremacy!! 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived!!! Last week I was preparing to do a training on implicit bias for the attorneys who work for the California Courts of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. EJS has been doing this since 2003 when Michelle Alexander talked about this phenomenon … Continue reading Pentimento: Implicit Bias, White Supremacy, and 1619

Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson will be one of the speakers at a special event on May 1 discussing the landmark lawsuit in the 1980s that led to the desegregation of the San Francisco Fire Department. The San Francisco Fire Department hired no black firefighters before 1955, allowed no women to apply before 1976, … Continue reading May 1: The Quest for Diversity in the San Francisco Fire Department

UPDATE https://www.facebook.com/equaljusticesociety/posts/10156455995709624 For the last few months, we have been working with Assemblymember Kamlager-Dove’s office to develop three bills that at least begin to address the pervasive impact of implicit bias in policing, healthcare and the courts. The bills will be heard in their respective policy committees on Tuesday (April 23) and we are reaching … Continue reading Please Support: Implicit Bias Bills Introduced by Calif. Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager-Dove

EJS President Eva Paterson delivered a presentation today on "Implicit Bias in the Time of the Resurgence of White Supremacy​" at the Appellate Judicial Attorney Institute​​ organized by the Judicial Council of California's Center for Judicial Education and Research. The institute provides updates on substantive law and procedure, as well as a forum for refining skills and sharing innovative … Continue reading Eva Paterson at the Appellate Judicial Attorney Institute​​​

Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson in February announced that Mona Tawatao would be joining us as EJS’s new Legal Director. This is her first week and we hope you'll join us in welcoming her! “Mona has been part of our EJS family for almost a decade as a board member and played a critical … Continue reading Welcome to Mona Tawatao, Our New Legal Director!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szsuFe5It5s The April 12, 2019, PBS NewHour featured a segment by Yamiche Alcindor with EJS President Eva Paterson on reparations and the 2020 presidential election. Share your thoughts on the segment on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!