Equal Justice Society

The Equal Justice Society is a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California. The organization employs 16 people and generates $2.5 million in annual revenue. The Equal Justice Society works to address racial inequities in the United States through a three-pronged approach: legal advocacy, outreach and coalition building, and education. Their legal advocacy focuses on expanding the understanding of discrimination to encompass unconscious and structural bias, drawing on cognitive science, structural analysis, and real-life experience. Their work targets issues such as the death penalty, local service and municipal disparities, and inequities within the criminal justice system. The organization aims to change the nation's understanding of race by replacing the Intent Doctrine with a Disparate Impact standard, which addresses contemporary forms of racism. This approach seeks to fully restore the constitutional protections of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause. To learn more about the Equal Justice Society, visit their website at equaljusticesociety.org.