https://videopress.com/v/LbjktmCj?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fequaljusticesociety.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F07%2Fcaption-video-project-july-16-2026-at-17.25.10-1_mp4_avc_240p.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence “He who increases knowledge, increases pain.” I was fifteen when I first heard that maxim, a surprising fact to me at the time considering that I had been attending Catholic schools my entire educational life. The quote comes from Ecclesiastes, a book in the Old Testament, and is attributedContinueContinue reading “‘Crazy, Right?’ by Michael Tyler”
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With Tremendous Gratitude, EJS Bids Farewell to Board Member and Key Benefactor Kelly Dermody
Today the Equal Justice Society announced the departure of long-tenured director, Kelly Dermody, from the organization’s Board of Directors. Kelly has served on the EJS Board since November 2018. She is the Managing Partner of the San Francisco Office of the law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP. The departure comes as Kelly beginsContinueContinue reading “With Tremendous Gratitude, EJS Bids Farewell to Board Member and Key Benefactor Kelly Dermody”
‘This Land’ by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence I spent the week leading up to the semiquincentennial of our country’s independence, reading several essays, editorials, and social media posts about what our nation has become and who we are as a people. Most articles struck me as political postmortems and social autopsies, reflecting the current mood of theContinueContinue reading “‘This Land’ by Michael Tyler”