https://videopress.com/v/YDsx5Nap?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Pick your plagues, your afflictions, Your calamitous conditions And blend them in a lethal combination. Add your viruses, your germs, Your parasitic worms And prepare them for deadly dissemination. Cast their carnage, their rife, Their contempt for all life, Their competence for devastation. And with combined ferocity They won’t measure to me. I am the most malignant contamination. My toxins, my gloom, My decay andContinueContinue reading “‘Know My Name’ by Michael Tyler”
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EJS Welcomes New Board Members Tiseme Zegeye and Nicole Middleton Holloway
Equal Justice Society Board Chair Fernando Gaytan and President Lisa Holder welcome Tiseme Zegeye and Nicole Middleton Holloway to the organization’s board of directors. Tiseme Zegeye is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office, representing consumers, employees, and the injured in individual, complex, and class actions. She specializes in women’s health, civil rights, andContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes New Board Members Tiseme Zegeye and Nicole Middleton Holloway”
EJS Welcomes Dru Spiller as Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow for 2026-2027
The Equal Justice Society welcomes Dru Spiller as our 2026-2027 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellow through a fellowship honoring the first African American woman to serve on the federal bench. Dru started at EJS on July 13. The Motley Fellowship is funded by a generous gift from Elizabeth J. Cabraser. EJS established theContinueContinue reading “EJS Welcomes Dru Spiller as Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow for 2026-2027”