The Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC) will honor EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao with its José Rizal Social Justice Award at its 44th Installation Gala at the San Francisco Design Center Galleria on Friday, June 14, 2024, at 6:00 pm. FBANC was formed in 1980 to provide Filipino and Filipino American lawyers and law students inContinueContinue reading “Filipino Bar Honors EJS Legal Director Mona Tawatao”
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Heather Snedeker Joins EJS as Director of Development
The Equal Justice Society announced that Heather Snedeker has joined the organization as Director of Development as of June 3, 2024. Heather brings to EJS more than 14 years of experience in development and fundraising, having served as Senior Development Manager for the American Cancer Society in Nevada, as Development Manager for the ACLU ofContinueContinue reading “Heather Snedeker Joins EJS as Director of Development”
George Floyd was murdered four years ago
A white police officer murdered unarmed George Floyd in Minneapolis four years ago tomorrow, May 25, 2020. The murder of Mr. Floyd broadened the Movement for Black Lives to a global reckoning, another cycle of history repeating itself over more than 400 years. In February 1965, 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson was part of a protestContinueContinue reading “George Floyd was murdered four years ago”