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Equal
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| SUBSCRIBE Getting this forwarded from a friend? Subscribe to get our newsletter delivered directly to you! IN THIS ISSUE Eva Paterson: Vote as If Your Life Depended On It! Stanford Law Review Study on Affirmative Action in Law Schools Marred by Questionable Data EJS in Hawai'i: Praxis and Pono Notes on the Right: Voter Participation and the Right Civil Rights and Campaign Finance: Summaries of Key Law Review Articles Preserving Access at the University of California Become a Part of the Equal Justice Society
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EJS Calendar November 2 - Election Day! Vote
- and Protect Your Right to Vote! With the 2004 election just days away -- and warnings of problems at polling stations continuing to surface -- a coalition of civil rights and progressive organizations is urging voters not to be deterred from casting their votes on Election Day. "In the next few weeks before the election, civil rights groups will be doing everything they can to keep this election from being stolen," said Rob Randhava, LCCR policy analyst. "But at the same time, voters shouldn't give it away, either." December
8, 2004 Port
Chicago: Suite for Jazz Orchestra 6 p.m.
Cocktails & Buffet The
Palace Hotel* Composed
by Marcus Shelby Emcee: Professor Charles Ogletree Festive Evening Attire or Black Tie Tickets
are $125 In 1944, a tragic explosion at the munitions loading dock at Port Chicago, just north of San Francisco, killed more than 320 sailors, most of them African American, and injured hundreds more. The surviving men refused to load munitions ships until safety conditions were improved. Fifty sailors were court-martialed for mutiny, imprisoned and dishonorably discharged. |
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Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund came to their defense – and the movement continues to honor these heroic black servicemen whose courageous actions ultimately led to the desegregation of the U.S. Navy. Recent headlines about 18 men and women in the U.S. Army in Iraq who refused to deliver supplies with sub-standard, dangerous equipment along a perilous route remind us how relevant the Port Chicago mutiny is in our own times. We invite you to join us in celebrating the courage of these servicemen and women with an inspiring confluence of civil rights and art, Port Chicago: Suite for Jazz Orchestra. [Click here for more information on this event] April 8-9, 2005 — Save the Date! New
Strategies for Justice: Linking Corporate Law UCLA
Law School [Click here for more information on this event] A conference sponsored by the Equal Justice Society and Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law. The
corporation has become the dominant institution of our time. While
political, economic and cultural mechanisms have enabled corporations
to shape our societal landscape, the evolution of corporate law
principles also has contributed significantly to the expansion
of corporate power. In many cases that expansion endangers the
environment, threatens human health and safety, increases wealth
disparities both nationally and globally, and diminishes political
and workplace democracy. This
conference will explore the evolution of corporate influence in
the United States, as well as new trends that are emerging to
address how corporations can support public interest values of
justice and equality. Through understanding the mechanisms driving
corporate interests today, progressives can create new strategies
to address root causes of injustice. Please join the Equal Justice Society, together with the Center on Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law and the UCLA School of Law, as we link corporate law to progressive social movements. Information on speakers, hotel, and conference registration will be available on the EJS and CCLS websites in the months to come: www.equaljusticesociety.org/ucla2005 or www.law.seattleu.edu/ccls. |
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The Equal Justice Society is a national organization of scholars, advocates and concerned individuals advancing innovative legal strategies and public policy for enduring social change. We generate critical analysis on issues of race and social justice through research, public education and bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Our goal is to reshape jurisprudence to ensure that the rights of all are expanded, rather than diminished, by our courts and policy makers. Equal Justice Society, 220 Sansome St, 14th Flr, San Francisco, CA 94104, Ph (415) 288-8700 |