There is no justice without planet justice. On this Earth Day, April 22, let’s pause and reflect on how the planet that sustains us is threatened by our unsustainable practices. People of color around the world are shouldering the burden of the misuse of the planet every day, with signs of a worsening situation. InContinueContinue reading “Earth Day: There is no justice without planet justice”
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Black History Month: Equity is the Cornerstone of Democracy
One hundred years ago, Carter G. Woodson and the group now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History would spearhead a week to promote the achievements of Black Americans. The first of those commemorative weeks took place in February 1926. Woodson selected February because it was the birth monthContinueContinue reading “Black History Month: Equity is the Cornerstone of Democracy”
We have been here before. Stay the course with us.
Twenty-five years ago, great civil rights leaders formed EJS to combat a baseless false equivalency narrative that America is colorblind and post-racial, no longer dependent on equity policies to level the playing field for equality. EJS countered the false narrative with social science establishing that explicit and implicit bias perpetuated white supremacy and institutional racismContinueContinue reading “We have been here before. Stay the course with us.”