By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - California has expanded its state employee questionnaire to include three additional ethnicity categories for Black or African American groups, allowing the state to collect data on reparations for African Americans and to lead the way for other states to follow suit.
The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization comprised of various associations, community groups, and individuals united by a commitment to fight for reparations and reparative justice for descendants of enslaved Black American men and women. | By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization comprised of various associations, community groups, and individuals united by a commitment to fight for reparations and reparative justice for descendants of enslaved Black American men and women. In 2020, CJEC worked alongside California Secretary
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Chris Lodgson (CBM) - The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization
By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - The first annual Stephon Clark Minority Mental Health Expo brought together advocates, leaders and professionals to raise awareness of the importance of mental health in minority communities, with mothers who lost their sons or grandsons to police violence sharing their stories and discussing how African Americans’ mental health is impacted by police brutality, homelessness and its connection to reparations.