Archive for the ‘Coalitions’ Category

May25

EJS Endorses Leadership Conference Principles for Fair Federal Budget

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The Equal Justice Society is part of a coalition of more than 110 civil rights, labor, economic, and other advocacy groups have signed on to a Leadership Conference letter outlining essential principles for the FY2012 federal budget. Current budget discussions in Washington are going in the wrong direction and pose a threat to the economy [...]

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Mar09

EJS Joins Alliance for Justice, 50 Plus Organizations, in Objecting to the Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) Hearings

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Equal Justice Society has joined Alliance for Justice and more than 50 other organizations to send an open letter to Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, strongly objecting to the committee’s hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims. “Under the guise of homeland security, a member of the United States [...]

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Mar08

Commentary by EJS’ Eva Paterson and Reggie Shuford in New America Media

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The following op-ed by EJS President, Eva Paterson, and Director of Law and Policy, Reggie Shuford, appeared yesterday in New America Media. A recent decision handed down by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals raises this important question: Can victims of contemporary forms of discrimination and disparity find justice in our courts? The court [...]

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Mar04

Give Women in Wal-Mart v. Dukes Their Day in Court

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Equal Justice Society (EJS) joined the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) this week to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the largest civil rights class action lawsuit in U.S. history. On March 29, the Court will conduct a limited [...]

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Mar26

EJS Supports Effort to Protect Communities from Transit Discrimination

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The Equal Justice Society is supporting efforts by Transit Riders for Public Transportation (transitriders.net) to have Congress expressly establish a private right of action in the Federal Surface Transportation Authorization Act (FSTAA) that enforces the disparate impact regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). By restoring private enforcement of DOT’s antidiscrimination regulations, the FSTAA [...]

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Jan28

Coalition Urges Congress Not to Confirm Sharon Browne to Legal Services Corporation Board

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UPDATE2: New posts on Huffington Post and Think Progress. UPDATE: Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle covers the opposition to Browne in a Feb. 3, 2010, article and join us for a Feb. 11 briefing by Alliance for Justice on the Browne nomination. A coalition of more than seventy civil rights, women’s rights, consumer, [...]

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Mar16

NCLR Expresses Profound Disappointment with Saenz Decision

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Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, today expressed profound disappointment today that distinguished civil rights attorney Thomas Saenz is no longer a candidate to head the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. [...]

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Mar09

Calif. Transportation Dept. to Reinstate Race-Conscious Contract Goals

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The Coalition for Economic Equity (CEE) on Friday announced that after a nearly three-year hiatus, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is poised to reinstate race-conscious goals for federally funded transportation contracts in California. CEE is an umbrella coalition of associations serving diverse minority- and women-owned businesses that was first formed in 1982 in response [...]

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