The American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice today announced it will honor racial justice and civil rights activist Eva Jefferson Paterson, co-founder and former president of the Equal Justice Society, with its Thurgood Marshall Award at a dinner celebration honoring her longtime career advancing civil rights during the ABA Annual MeetingContinueContinue reading “Eva Paterson to Receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award”
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Remembering Norman Lear
Norman Lear. What a loss to all of us. Norman flew bombing raids in World War II and was escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen, who never lost a flight. We first met at a People for the American Way event. When he learned that my father had been in the Air Force, we became friends.
Western Center on Law and Poverty Honors Eva Paterson
The Western Center on Law and Poverty will honor EJS Co-Founder and past President Eva Paterson tomorrow, October 19, at its Garden Party 2023, a fully immersive indoor/outdoor and live-streamed event in Los Angeles benefitting WCLP’s fight in courts, cities, counties, and the Capitol to secure housing, health care, and a strong safety net forContinueContinue reading “Western Center on Law and Poverty Honors Eva Paterson”