The Equal Justice Society joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and a group of 115 national organizations in opposition to the confirmation of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Leadership Conference sent the opposition letter today on behalf of the organizations … Continue reading EJS and 100+ Organizations Oppose Gorsuch for SCOTUS

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 155 civil and human rights groups, including the Equal Justice Society, today called upon the Executive Branch to respond more quickly and forcefully to hate-based incidents, which have been occurring at an alarming rate in recent months. The statement reads: Our diversity is part of what … Continue reading EJS and 150+ Civil and Human Rights Groups Call for Stronger Response to Hate Incidents

UPDATE: We now have the position announcement listed. The Rosenberg Foundation (rosenbergfound.org) has awarded the Equal Justice Society with a discretionary grant of $15,000 to support EJS’s “Grand Alliance” efforts, specifically the coalition management of the Good Ally Collaborative. The Good Ally Collaborative (goodally.us) is a network of attorneys and activists that grew out of … Continue reading Rosenberg Foundation Provides EJS with Grant for Grand Alliance Efforts

On March 1, 2017, East Bay Community Law Center filed an amicus brief in People v. Duenas on behalf of over twenty nonprofit and grassroots organizations in California.  The brief opposes the imposition of court fines and fees when a defendant is unable to pay. EJS was one of twenty-plus groups that signed on to … Continue reading EJS Joins 20+ Groups Signing on to Brief Opposing Criminalization of Poverty

The Equal Justice Society is among 50 groups representing Americans of all backgrounds in launching the One America Coalition.  The One America Coalition encourages all Americans to sign and join its One America Registry as a way of recalling the unique and incomparable nature of the modern American identity whose very foundations are diversity and immigration. … Continue reading EJS Joins ‘One America Coalition’

As Donald Trump officially begins his presidency, EJS remains committed to transforming the nation’s consciousness on race and will double down on our efforts to fight the rightward drift of the courts and beat back concerted efforts to weaken civil rights law. We will continue to collaborate with allies to strengthen an effective progressive movement … Continue reading It begins. EJS is ready.