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,ContinueContinue reading “Kern Latino and African American Students Achieve Victory in Landmark Settlement with Kern High School District”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
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 grantsContinueContinue 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 conferenceContinueContinue reading “Resilience of Racism Conference”