UPDATE 08/31/2022: All of us at the Equal Justice Society wish Eva Paterson, our founding President, a happy retirement after more than four decades as a civil rights champion, community leader, and litigator, including 22 years leading EJS and 13 years as Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San FranciscoContinue reading “EJS President Eva Paterson to Retire in 2022”
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What’s Going On: Black Grief
Marvin Gaye was one of the greatest singers and songwriters our nation has ever known. Fifty years ago, he wrote and performed his masterpiece when he released his album (ask you parents) What’s Going On. On Sunday, Don Lemon of CNN hosted a retrospective with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Sheila E., Maxwell, and Smokey Robinson. I criedContinue reading “What’s Going On: Black Grief”
Attacks on Asian Americans
Earlier this week I was watching one of my favorite police procedural shows. I like them less now that we as a society have done a deep dive into the need to fundamentally change the way policing is done in America. During a commercial, one of the local newscasters reported on attacks on two AsianContinue reading “Attacks on Asian Americans”