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Tyler Kyser, a Civil Rights Organizer/Program Manager at Equal Justice Society, presented at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles LEAH (Leadership Education in Adolescent Health) Conference on April 14, 2025, connecting health equity to reparations. The following post is based on the presentation.   When we discuss justice, the need for reparations and healthcare equity are deeply…

Lawsuits by more than 12,700 women who have suffered gynecological cancer caused by frequent use of hair relaxer products continue in the federal court multidistrict litigation (or “MDL”). Hundreds of additional women have sued hair relaxer manufacturers in state courts in Illinois, Georgia, and elsewhere.   The MDL cases are in the evidence collection stage called…

Los Angeles Fires – Eaton Fire   Our thoughts and our hearts go out to our friends, family members, colleagues, and all those affected by the devastating January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles. We recognize with unceasing gratitude the first responders and community members who worked tirelessly to provide aid and comfort in the affected areas…

A new analysis finds 80% of more than 4,000 beauty products marketed toward Black women contain at least one moderately hazardous ingredient – and most contain multiple, reports Tom Perkins of The Guardian on February 25. From the article: “The analysis follows a 2016 study with similar findings, and the authors suspect the chemical load…

By Desira Brown, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Community Organizer, https://www.tndc.org Reproductive health care for incarcerated women, particularly women of color, remains a neglected issue in the U.S. prison system. Unless a woman is pregnant, her health needs are often ignored—and even then, basic prenatal care is not guaranteed.  While women make up only about 10%…

A special profile in honor of Women’s History Month (March). Image and Text Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History & Culture; gift from Kadir Nelson and the JKBN Group, LLC Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951), who was from Roanoke, Virginia, died of cervical cancer at age thirty-one. Upon…

Lawsuits by more than 11,000 women who have suffered gynecological cancer caused by frequent use of hair relaxer products continue in the federal court multidistrict litigation (or “MDL”). Hundreds of additional women have sued hair relaxer manufacturers in state courts in Illinois, Georgia, and elsewhere. The MDL cases are in the evidence collection stage called…

Depo-Provera Use and Brain Tumor Development Depo-Provera (aka the “Shot”) is an injectable birth control that has been on the market for decades to prevent pregnancy. Depo-Provera was largely marketed to young women of color because of the convenience of quarterly injections versus a daily pill. Recently, two epidemiological case-control studies found a statistically significant…

By Lisa Holder, President, Equal Justice Society  If the history of America were the night sky, then Dr. King would be its brightest and most brilliant star – its North Star.  In America’s most sacred texts and charters, the nation claims to embody liberty and justice for all, equality of opportunity for all, the freedom…