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Feb02

Supreme Court Ruling to Impact Protection Against Housing Discrimination

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Several of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations filed amicus briefs this week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Magner v. Gallagher that the federal Fair Housing Act can be enforced when a seemingly neutral housing policy results in discrimination. The Opportunity Agenda joined AARP, ACLU, The Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under [...]

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Jan12

Eva Paterson: ‘When the Death Penalty Gets Personal’

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Eva authored this guest post on Jan. 11 for the SAFE California Campaign site. My fiancé, Steve Henry, was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 25, 1997. As bizarre as this may sound, one of the thoughts I had as the initial shock wore off, was “Well, am I still against the death penalty?” My answer [...]

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Jan06

S.F. Chronicle Profile of Eva Paterson in ‘Change Makers’ Special Section

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The San Francisco Chronicle on Jan. 1 profiled EJS President Eva Paterson in a special section on local “Change Makers.” James Bell, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Malkia Cyril and Tim Silard were also profiled. Read the intro to the section and Eva’s profile.

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Dec16

Your Donations Through Dec. 31 Will Be Matched

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NOTE: This our last post for 2011. Our office is closed for the rest of the year and will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Texas Death Row exoneree, Mr. Anthony Graves, testified that “the only sound I heard for four years was the sound of my own voice.” Mr. Graves used his voice last [...]

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Dec07

HuffPost: ‘An Innocent Man on Death Row’

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This piece by EJS President Eva Paterson was originally published Dec. 6 on The Huffington Post. Anthony Graves, father of three and an African American man with no violent past, was on death row in Texas for more than a decade despite his innocence before being exonerated. Now, Anthony spends his time speaking out about [...]

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Nov03

Civil Rights Groups Join Equal Justice Society in Brief Urging Court to Strike Down Anti-Equality Law in Michigan

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The Equal Justice Society and more than a dozen other civil rights organizations this week filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, urging the court to strike down Michigan’s anti-equality Proposal 2 as unconstitutional. In its brief, EJS argues that Proposal 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause [...]

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Oct14

Goodbye and Thank You, Miguel!

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The Equal Justice Society regrets to announce the departure of our Director of Development Miguel Gavaldón. Miguel will launch an independent practice providing fundraising and leadership training. In the coming months, he will also serve as the interim executive director at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training and as the interim development director at the [...]

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Sep22

We’re Ready to End the Death Penalty and We Need Your Help

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Last night’s execution of an innocent man, Troy Anthony Davis, by the State of Georgia demands that we renew efforts to end the death penalty. “Troy’s execution, the exceptional unfairness of it, will only hasten the end of the death penalty in the United States,” wrote Ben Jealous of the NAACP last night. “The world [...]

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