The San Francisco Chronicle's Leslie Fulbright covers Lateefah Simon, the new executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, in today's edition. Leslie quotes Eva Paterson on her meeting Lateefah for the first time: She said the two were at a function meant to unite older leaders of theContinue reading "Eva Paterson on Lateefah Simon in the Chronicle"
Civil Rights Groups Ask California Supreme Court to Stop Prop. 8
Civil rights groups on Nov. 14 filed a petition (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to stop the enactment of Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. In the petition, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, MexicanContinue reading "Civil Rights Groups Ask California Supreme Court to Stop Prop. 8"
Civil Rights Groups Ask California Supreme Court to Stop Prop. 8
Civil rights groups on Nov. 14 filed a petition (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to stop the enactment of Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. In the petition, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, MexicanContinue reading "Civil Rights Groups Ask California Supreme Court to Stop Prop. 8"