Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Gala

We just sold out of tickets to our Dec. 7 gala thanks to the tremendous support from our host committee, our event sponsors and the hundreds of supporters who purchased tickets. We still have space at our Dec. 7, 4:00 p.m. panel on Restoring 14th Amendment Protections for Victims of Discrimination, which is approved by the State Bar of California for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit, including 1.0 hour of bias credits.

Recent Supreme Court decisions have caused many to question the Court’s commitment to upholding “Equal Justice Under the Law” for all Americans. This year we reflect on the implications of a judicial system that fails to acknowledge racial bias as experienced in 2011.

Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Gala
A Benefit for the Equal Justice Society
December 7, 2011
4 p.m. Panel (1.5 MCLE, including 1.0 bias; see below for details)
6 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Program and Performance
Yoshi’s San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
Parking available at garage entrance on Eddy Street.

4 p.m. PANEL ON RESTORING 14TH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION

Co-sponsored by The Bar Association of San Francisco.
Registration begins at 3:30 pm.
This activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for 1.5 hours of MCLE, including 1.0 hour of bias credits.

  • Anthony Graves
    Texas Public Defender Project, Exonerated After 18 Years on Texas’ Death Row
  • Kimberly Papillon, Esq.
    Judicial Professor Who Teaches the Neuroscience of Bias in the Justice System
  • Christina Swarns, Esq.
    Director of Criminal Justice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
  • Gary D. Sowards
    Death Penalty Trial Lawyer

6 p.m. RECEPTION

7 p.m. PROGRAM AND PERFORMANCE

Join us for the debut performance of:
“Dying While Black and Brown”
Choreography by Joanna Haigood
Performed by Zaccho Dance Theater
Music composed by Marcus Shelby
Performed by Marcus Shelby Orchestra
Featuring vocalist Ed Reed
Commissioned by the Equal Justice Society

Proceeds from this event support our Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship, which is awarded to law school graduates committed to racial justice advocacy and litigation.

Special Thank You

SPONSORS

 
Arlene Mayerson
Tom Meyer and Hon. Jennie Rhine, Ret.
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
The Zitrin Foundation

Alliance for Justice
American Constitution Society
Arthur J. Shartsis and Mary Jo Shartsis
Bilen Mesfin, Change Consulting LLC
Chinese for Affirmative Action
David Salniker and Terri Waller
Doron Weinberg and Mariyln A. Waller
Drucilla Ramey and Marvin Stender
Eva Paterson
For People of Color, Inc.
Gary Greenfield and Reesa Tansey
Hemming Morse, Inc.
Henry Hewitt
Jennifer Bell, William C. McNeill III, Cheryl Stevens & Michael Hawkins
Jody LeWitter and Marc Van Der Hout
John Crew and Sheila Gadsden
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Nancy Pemberton
NARAL Pro-Choice California
Remcho, Johansen & Purcell LLP
Robert L. Demmons
Robert L. Harris
Shauna Marshall and Robert Z. Hirsch
Steven Pitts and Colette Holt
Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP
David Oppenheimer and Marcy Kates
James Finberg and Melanie Piech
Pamela Rose Dinkelspiel and Steven Dinkelspiel

HOST COMMITTEE
Jennifer Bell and William C. McNeill III
Shauna Marshall and Robert Z. Hirsch
Gary Greenfield and Reesa Tansey
Micaela Sanchez de Gavaldón and Miguel Gavaldón
Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan
Cheryl Ward
Dale Minami and Ai Mori
Michael and Frances Kieschnick
Cheryl Stevens and Michael Hawkins
Bernida Reagan