“No one in the progressive community is comfortable talking about race. We need to put race back on the table.” EJS 2000 “Explicit bias and overt racism are things of our past. We can focus on implicit bias” EJS 2003 “President Trump” The electorate 2016 The Equal Justice Society was formed in the first partContinueContinue reading “Please Help Us Continue Our Work as Part of The Resistance”
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Farewell Dear Mayor Lee
It’s 1983. The Asian Law Caucus, Equal Rights Advocates, and the Lawyers’ Committee are working on an ordinance that will get more contracting dollars into the hands of women and people of color. This is when I first met the man who would become Mayor Ed Lee. I remember him as a true progressive andContinueContinue reading “Farewell Dear Mayor Lee”
Civil Rights Hero Charles Ogletree
Our dear friend Charles Ogletree, his wife Pam, and his family are going through a very difficult time, as described in this recent Washington Post article. There would be no Equal Justice Society but for the faith Tree had in our mission. He was the founding Chair and is now Chair Emeritus. He vouched forContinueContinue reading “Civil Rights Hero Charles Ogletree”