The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Equal Justice Society (EJS) a $1 million, three-year grant to support the organization’s ongoing efforts to address structural racial inequities, restore equal protection jurisprudence and help build a public platform – a “Grand Alliance” – for the racial justice advocacy movement. EJS is a national strategy group heighteningContinueContinue reading “Kellogg Foundation Awards Equal Justice Society Three-Year Grant”
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NCLR Expresses Profound Disappointment with Saenz Decision
Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, today expressed profound disappointment today that distinguished civil rights attorney Thomas Saenz is no longer a candidate to head the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.ContinueContinue reading “NCLR Expresses Profound Disappointment with Saenz Decision”
ACS Sneak Preview of Documentary Film ‘A Class Apart’
ACS will tomorrow give a sneak preview of “A Class Apart,” a documentary film chronicling the landmark 14th Amendment case, Hernandez v. Texas. The Thursday, February 12, event is at Landmark Theatres Embarcadero Center Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level, San Francisco, starting at 7 p.m. with doors open at 6:30 p.m. A discussion takesContinueContinue reading “ACS Sneak Preview of Documentary Film ‘A Class Apart’”