The Equal Justice Society announced that Heather Snedeker has joined the organization as Director of Development as of June 3, 2024. Heather brings to EJS more than 14 years of experience in development and fundraising, having served as Senior Development Manager for the American Cancer Society in Nevada, as Development Manager for the ACLU ofContinue reading "Heather Snedeker Joins EJS as Director of Development"
Eva Paterson to Receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award
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 MeetingContinue reading "Eva Paterson to Receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award"
George Floyd was murdered four years ago
A white police officer murdered unarmed George Floyd in Minneapolis four years ago tomorrow, May 25, 2020. The murder of Mr. Floyd broadened the Movement for Black Lives to a global reckoning, another cycle of history repeating itself over more than 400 years. In February 1965, 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson was part of a protestContinue reading "George Floyd was murdered four years ago"