Equal Justice Society's Resilience of Racism Conference - June 1-3, 2017 at Oakland Chinatown Cultural Center

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon addresses the audience during as a panelist on Mass Incarceration: A Gateway to Bias?

(L-R) Panelist Osagie Obasogie (UC Berkeley), Eva Patterson (EJS Founder & Director), and Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean of Berkeley Law) on the "Dismantling the Intent Doctrine" panel

I attended all three days of this great conference organized with the Equal Justice Society, a legal non-profit founded and headed by the phenomenal civil rights attorney Eva Patterson.

All three days were well-attended by a good cross-section of lawyers, community organizers, policy staff, local officials, students, and impacted community members. There was very strong engagement and participation from the audience will all speakers.


My full conference notes are available here: EJS 2017 Conference Notes
To see the full conference agenda and panelist information: Equal Justice Society

CA Democratic Party Convention 2017 - Sacramento, CA

National Lawyers Guild - SF Bay Area Chapter awards dinner - 4/29/2017

Asian Law Caucus Dinner & Awards Gala- S.F. 4/28/2017

Kaepernick into video at Asian Law Caucus before receiving the Yuri Kochiyama award

100 Black Women of the Bay Area's Madame C.J. Walker Luncheon

13th Annual Ethnic Studies High School Conference - UC Berkeley 4/19/2017

Conference t-shirts

Conference participants at lunch

Greenlining Institute's Economic Summit - Oakland 4/14, 2017; 9am-5pm

Greenlining Institute's Economic Summit

Location: Oakland Marriot Conference Center

Date: April 14, 2017; 9am-5pm

Morning Plenary: Racial Justice on the Frontlines

Moderator: Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BLM

Political Townhall with Barbara Lee - 3/25/2017 Oakland

Morning Opening Plenary

How to Run for Office Panel

Art courtesy of anonymous Laney student

Event Title: Political Townhall with Barbara Lee
Date: March 25, 2017; 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Laney College Oakland Gym

Agenda
Opening
Morning Plenary
Breakout Sessions
I attended How to Run for Office:
Nancy Skinner, Laneice Jones (BWOPA), EMERGE

Resisting Mass Deportation: A Community Forum, SF 2/22/2017

Photo of panelists

Frontside: What to do if you are arrested by police or ICE 

Backside: How friend and family can support undocumented people

Middle Bond Information and Procedure of ICE or Police Raids

February 22, 2017; 5:00-7:30p San Francisco Public Library Koret Auditorium

Moderator: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender

Event title: Resisting Mass Deportation: A Community Forum

Panelists: S.F. Supervisor District 1 Sandra Lee Fewer, SF native Danny Glover, Hon. Dana Leigh
Marks, president, National Association of Immigration Judges, Beto Martinez Nolasco, formerly detained immigrant, James Brosnahan, senior counsel at Morrison Foerster.
















Event Sponsors: San Francisco Public Defender's Office; Pangea Legal Services; La Raza Centro Legal; Tahirh Justice Center; Asian Law Caucus; CARECEN; Center for Gender & Refugee Studies; Bar Association of San Francisco; Legal Services for Children; African Advocacy Network; Dolores Street Community Services; ACLU of Northern California; San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen; Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association; National Lawyers Guild San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter; Charles Houston Bar Association; Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area; Public Defenders for Racial Justice; East Bay La Raza Lawyers; San Mateo County Bar Association; Iranian Bar Assocation Northern California Chapter, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association; Alameda County Bar Assocation; South Asian Bar Association of Northern California,  Filipino Bar Association of Northern California, Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley; California Bar Foundation; Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist; San Francisco Latino Democratic Club; Mujeres Unidas y Activas; American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California Chapter; Chinese for Affirmative Action; Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer; Immigration Center for Women and Children; PODER; Causa Justa: Just Cause; Root & Rebound: Reentry Advocates; San Francisco Public Library; BALIF, an LGBT Bar Association; Advocates for Justice, Inc.