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Oct05

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

Posted by Allison Elgart 1 Comment Tags: Allison Elgart, constitution, death penalty, discrimination, eva paterson, Intent Standard, Litigating Implicit Bias, Poverty & Race, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, PRRAC, racial bias, Washington v. Davis

“Litigating Implicit Bias,” an article by EJS President Eva Paterson, appears in the latest issue of Poverty & Race, a bi-monthly newsletter by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. PRRAC is an organization that connects advocates with social scientists working on race and poverty issues and promotes a research-based advocacy strategy on structural inequality [...]

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Oct04

Reggie Shuford Lecture on Implicit Bias and the Law at Berkeley Law’s Ruth Chance Mondays

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, Atkins v. VA, Berkeley Law, Brown v. Board of Education, Chin v. Runnels, discrimination, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Equal Protection Clause, Fourth Amendment, Graham v. Florida, Grutter v. Bollinger, Houston Plan, Intent Doctrine, Lawrence v. TX, McCleskey v. Kemp, Plessy v. Ferguson, Reggie Shuford, Roper v. Simmons, Ruth Chance Monday, section 1981, supreme court, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Title VI, unconscious bias, Washington v. Davis

Reggie Shuford, EJS Director of Law and Policy, was the guest lecturer today at Ruth Chance Monday, sponsored by Berkeley Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice. Joining theory and practice, Ruth Chance Mondays is a biweekly luncheon speakers series that brings prominent social justice practitioners to Boalt Hall to discuss current issues and [...]

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May11

Kellogg Foundation Launches ‘America Healing’ $75M Initiative Against Structural Racism

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: African American, america healing, asian american, Children of color, concentrated poverty, economic, Education, eliminating barriers to opportunities, Gail Christopher, health, kellogg foundation, latino, low-income, Native American, poverty, racial equity, racial healing, racial inequities, Representative John Lewis, residential segregation, Sterling Speirn, structural barriers to opportunity, structural racism

In an unprecedented effort to address the devastating impact of racial inequities on communities across the country, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation today launched a five-year, $75 million initiative – America Healing – that aims to improve life outcomes for vulnerable children and their families by promoting racial healing and eliminating barriers to opportunities. http://www.americahealing.org I [...]

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Apr06

Georgetown Law Journal to Publish Article by EJS Motley Fellow Brando Simeo Starkey on Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, affirmative action, Brando Simeo Starkey, Charles Lawrence, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment, Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, Harvard Law Record, Harvard Law School, Inconsistent Originalism and the Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration, Institute for Law and Philosophy, Jamestown Project, John E. Cribbet Professor of Law and Philosophy, Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellow, Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, Originalists, Plessy v. Ferguson, The Id The Ego and Equal Protection, unconscious bias, University of Chicago School of Law, Washington v. Davis

An upcoming issue of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives will include the article “Inconsistent Originalism and the Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration” by Brando Simeo Starkey, the Equal Justice Society Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellow. The article can be downloaded here. After Washington v. Davis, the Equal Protection Clause, as [...]

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Jul22

EJS Co-Presents Unconscious Bias Panel at Writers Guild in LA, Introduction by Norman Lear

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: americans for american values, Camille Charles, Celinda Lake, Drew Westen, eva paterson, film, Jeff Adachi, Jerry Kang, john powell, Kirwan Institute, Maninder Kahlon, mini kahlon, movies, Nelson Mandela, norman lear, Professor of Law, Reading Between the Lines, SAG, Screen Actors' Guild, screenwriters, show runners, stereotypes, television, thomas saenz, tom saenz, TV, UCLA, unconscious bias, Uncovering Unconscious Bias, WGA, writers, Writers' Guild of America-West

The Equal Justice Society will co-present in late-September a thought-provoking discussion on unconscious bias offering insights that will challenge and inspire new ideas in developing and producing programming that reflects the true diversity of our rapidly changing society. EJS joins the Writers Guild of America West, Screen Actors Guild, Americans for American Values and the [...]

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Archive for the ‘unconscious bias’ Category

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

Kellogg Foundation Launches ‘America Healing’ $75M Initiative Against Structural Racism

Georgetown Law Journal to Publish Article by EJS Motley Fellow Brando Simeo Starkey on Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration

EJS Co-Presents Unconscious Bias Panel at Writers Guild in LA, Introduction by Norman Lear

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