Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson today announced Mona Tawatao as EJS’s new Legal Director effective April 15, 2019. “We’re thrilled that Mona is joining the staff as Legal Director,” said Paterson. “She has been part of our EJS family for almost a decade as a board member and played a critical role in ourContinueContinue reading “Mona Tawatao Hired as EJS Legal Director”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
EJS’s Lisa Holder on NPR’s ‘On Point’ Discussing DNA and Civil Rights
EJS Interim Legal Director Lisa Holder was a guest on today’s NPR On Point radio show to discuss the civil rights implications of new DNA technology. EJS, the Center for Genetics and Society, and Pete Shanks, in December 2018 filed suit against the State of California for its collection and retention of genetic profiles fromContinueContinue reading “EJS’s Lisa Holder on NPR’s ‘On Point’ Discussing DNA and Civil Rights”
‘Won Over’ by Judge William Alsup
In the newest addition to its catalog of works on the civil rights era, NewSouth Books is pleased to announce Won Over, the story of a boy born in Mississippi to parents who believed in segregation and that boy’s journey, during the epic events of the civil rights movement, over to the right side ofContinueContinue reading “‘Won Over’ by Judge William Alsup”