Christina Alvernaz is joining the Equal Justice Society as our 2020-2022 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellow – a fellowship honoring the first African American woman to serve on the federal bench. She starts the Fellowship in July 2020.
This Week in White Supremacy #124: ‘The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract’
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others. Adam Serwer, The Atlantic - The coronavirus epidemic has rendered the racial contract visible in multiple ways. Once the disproportionate impact of theContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy #124: ‘The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract’"
Justice Department Must Investigate Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder
The Equal Justice Society joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, Muslim Advocates, NAACP, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and 110 additional organizations committed to racial justice and civil rights, in a letter calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a fullContinue reading "Justice Department Must Investigate Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder"