To protect the rights of workers, the Impact Fund has teamed up with leading civil rights law firms, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Cohen Milstein, to file an amicus brief (PDF) on behalf of more than thirty civil rights organizations, including the Equal Justice Society, in a trio of cases … Continue reading Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief As SCOTUS Scrutinizes Workers’ Rights
Author: Keith Kamisugi
EJS Gala on Sept. 27 to Uplift Next Generation and Art in Social Justice
The Equal Justice Society celebrates its 17th anniversary with an “Art + Youth” gala uplifting art as a vehicle for social justice and the youth and young adults as our torchbearers in the civil rights movement. The event is on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. in the Robertson Auditorium of the Mission Bay … Continue reading EJS Gala on Sept. 27 to Uplift Next Generation and Art in Social Justice
EJS Receives Grants from The California Endowment and Maja Kristin Fund
https://www.facebook.com/equaljusticesociety/videos/10154978521704624/ EJS President Eva Paterson describes the links between disproportionate school discipline and implicit bias in her remarks at a July 26, 2017, press conference announcing a landmark settlement with the Kern High School District on behalf of Black and Latino students. The Equal Justice Society recently received a $25,000 grant from The California Endowment and … Continue reading EJS Receives Grants from The California Endowment and Maja Kristin Fund
Kern Latino and African American Students Achieve Victory in Landmark Settlement with Kern High School District
Latino and Black students enrolled in the Kern High School District, together with their parents and community activist organizations Dolores Huerta Foundation, National Brotherhood Association, and Faith in Kern, obtained a historic settlement in their challenge to discriminatory practices. The plaintiffs were represented by a coalition of civil rights lawyers, including California Rural Legal Assistance, … Continue reading Kern Latino and African American Students Achieve Victory in Landmark Settlement with Kern High School District
EJS Receives $50,000 Grant from The San Francisco Foundation
https://youtu.be/kfd6_ZaPchU As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing racial and economic equity in the San Francisco Bay Area, The San Francisco Foundation announced on July 12, 2017, grants totaling $11.5 million to 140 local organizations. This is the largest combined grant announcement in the foundation’s history. A complete list of the 2017 equity grants … Continue reading EJS Receives $50,000 Grant from The San Francisco Foundation
Resilience of Racism Conference
UPDATE: The Resilience of Racism Conference was hosted by the Equal Justice Society and explored mind science concepts such as implicit bias and racial anxiety to help us understand and ameliorate racism in all its manifestations. You can listen to audio from the panels and download a limited set of slides used at the conference … Continue reading Resilience of Racism Conference
The Challenges We Still Face on the 63rd Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Sixty-three years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education – one of the most important decisions ever handed down by the United States Supreme Court – ending (we thought) the tyranny of “separate but equal” policies in America.
Eva Paterson Joins Legal Advisory Board of Impeachment Campaign
Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson has joined the Legal Advisory Board of the Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump Now, a growing national movement for an impeachment investigation of President Trump. The campaign, launched on Inauguration Day and led by two public interest organizations, Free Speech For People and RootsAction.org, is calling on Congress to start … Continue reading Eva Paterson Joins Legal Advisory Board of Impeachment Campaign