Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth
The Equal Justice Society (EJS), California Black Power Network (CBPN), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Senator Steven Bradford, and Donald Tamaki – formed a new collaboration called the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth.
The Equal Justice Society is transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. Our legal strategy broadens conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias.
There is no justice without planet justice. On this Earth Day, April 22, let’s pause and reflect on how the planet that sustains us is threatened by our unsustainable practices. People of color around the world…
Equal Justice Society President Lisa Holder will be among the expected 700 participants from around the world at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent being held April 16-19, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland. …
Equal Justice Society President Lisa Holder and Board Member Donald K. Tamaki are among the reparations movement leaders interviewed in a new documentary that debuted today on abc7news.com and the station’s various streaming apps. The documentary…
Michael Tyler is the Equal Justice Society Poet-in-Residence. Many of us recall moments indelibly etched in our minds that upon reflection, transport us back to a location and circumstance with a cinematic clarity undiminished by fading…
The Equal Justice Society celebrates Women’s History Month sharing the role of women leaders in founding our organization and how our continued focus on issues impacting women, and Black women in particular, is helping advance the…
Twenty-seven heroes were today inducted into the Impact Fund Class Action Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes named plaintiffs whose commitment and determination has led to significant advances in economic, environmental, racial, and social…
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Lisa Holder, EJS President
The Equal Justice Society board of directors appointed Lisa Holder as the organization’s new President, succeeding Eva Paterson who co-founded EJS in 2000 and served as its President for 22 years. Eva retired on August 31.
