Donald Trump just announced his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. We demand that the U.S. Senate, starting with the Judiciary Committee, fulfill its constitutional responsibility to thoroughly and closely examine this nominee, including the nominee's past record, as well as his candid answers to revealing and insightful questions. We must reject efforts … Continue reading What you can do: SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Elizabeth J. Cabraser’s generous gift is helping the Equal Justice Society reactivate its Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship. Ms. Cabraser, who funded the 2001 conference that led to the founding of EJS, pledged to fund the fellowship for five years. “Our deep and profound gratitude to Elizabeth Cabraser for her funding of the Motley Fellowship,” … Continue reading Elizabeth Cabraser Provides Grant to the Equal Justice Society for Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellowship

Fighting Racism and Other Forms of Bias: What’s Working!? An Equal Justice Society Mind Science Conference June 22-23, 2018 Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway, Oakland If you are attending the conference, click here for complete details. Questions? Please contact Melissa Male: mmale@equaljusticesociety.org This conference is made possible through generous grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, … Continue reading Equal Justice Society Mind Science Conference 2018

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, Muslim Advocates, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and 149 other grassroots, advocacy, labor, legal services, and other organizations today submitted a “friend of the court” brief in the litigation brought by the State … Continue reading EJS Joins 150+ Groups Urging Federal Court to Strike Census Citizenship Question

This text is from an email sent today by Vanita Gupta, President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: All of us are outraged by the Trump Administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border. There have been many lows in recent days and months, but these actions are … Continue reading Update on activities to end family separation policy

This was originally posted on AILA.org The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the American Immigration Council, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, collectively known as CARA, have joined forces in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) significant expansion of its family detention at the South … Continue reading Attorneys and Paralegals Needed to Help Immigrants Oppressed by ICE

George Hofstetter, teenage tech genius/entrepreneur, will be one of the panelists in a session on "How do we reduce bias in tech and employment?" facilitated by Darlene Flynn from the City of Oakland and including Jocelyn Garibay of Code2040, Lisa Gelobter of tEQuitable, attorney Beth Hodess, and Maurice Wilkins of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Fighting … Continue reading George Hofstetter on ‘Reducing Bias in Tech & Employment’ at the EJS Mind Science Conference, June 22-23

Celinda Lake will be one of our panelists in a session about "Mind Science in the 2016 Elections and Beyond." Facilitated by EJS President Eva Paterson, the panel will also include the Hon. Bernice Donald, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Roberto Gonzalez of San Jose State University. Fighting Racism and Other … Continue reading Celinda Lake on ‘Mind Science in the 2016 Elections and Beyond’ at the EJS Mind Science Conference, June 22-23