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Thank You for Supporting Our Equal Justice Society 25th Anniversary Gala!

Thank you to our sponsors and patrons for making our gala possible!

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Henry L. Hecht
Donald K. Tamaki and Suzanne Ah-Tye
Susan Pritzker
Arlene Mayerson

TIME ‘The Closers’ List of Black Leaders Recognizes EJS President Lisa Holder

TIME has selected EJS President Lisa Holder for its 2nd annual ‘The Closers’ list recognizing 25 Black leaders working to end inequality. In addition to Lisa, the list also includes actor Colman Domingo, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, and CNN anchor Sara Sidner.

Law, Social Science, the Arts

The Equal Justice Society is transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. Our legal strategy broadens conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias.

Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth

The Equal Justice Society (EJS), California Black Power Network (CBPN), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Senator Steven Bradford, and Donald Tamaki – formed a new collaboration called the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth.

Supreme Court Creates Higher Standard for Racial Discrimination Claims

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Words for the New Year

By Michael Tyler, Equal Justice Society Poet-in-Residence Three days into 2026, I took myself to a small café in my neighborhood. Amongst the many such establishments nearby, I frequent this one the most because it serves…

WaPo letter to the editor by EJS board member Don Tamaki

EJS board member Donald K. Tamaki, a former member of the California Reparations Task Force, responded to The Washington Post’s editorial on reparations in Maryland. The Post published Don’s response (below) on December 30, 2025. What California’s task…

‘1/6: The Graphic Novel’ by Alan Jenkins, Gan Golan

Five years ago today, an armed mob of Insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, egged on by Donald Trump, attempting to overturn a free and fair election. They attacked police officers (some of whom later died), hunted…

‘In This Moment’ by Michael Tyler

Michael Tyler is Equal Justice Society’s Poet-in-Residence. Image is Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera. The moral rot of colonization has been permeating the cobblestoned creases of this nation’s foundation and invading the roughhewn lumber of its…

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