Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.

Panel discussion on Black Motherhood and Mary.

Black Spiritual Representation Matters: A Black American Saint. The Canonization for Blessed Augustus Tolton.

Community celebration with music, words of Dr. King, community members and staff reflections.

Our monthly conversation on Race Equity will be today with guest host Dr. Toinette Eugene, nationally recognized womanist scholar, theologian and speaker. She will present on the Catholic Church and Black Catholics.

The American Catholic Church also is a part of our America's troubled racist history. The Church and its leaders, parishes, and institutions must hold themselves accountable and try to do better. We cannot erase the past, but we must face the past and thus face ourselves. Join us today for a presentation and what promises to be a powerful conversation.

Our guest host is Jahmal Williams, the Director for Advocacy for Racial Justice at SJSJ.

Jahmal Williams will speaks about Black community and higher education. As a well-respected thought leader on racial equity and higher education throughout the country, Jahmal will share his professional and personal experiences and offer commentary that will help us understand the work that we need to do within our respective programs.

Our host today is Milan Balinton, Executive Director at African American Community Service Agency (AACSA).

We will discuss Juneteenth in the context of Silicon Valley, the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, the heated conversation on reimagining public safety, and other issues facing the Black Community.

The Black community historically benefited from union jobs for decades, but as union influence diminished, so too did Black economic stability. (See https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/how-the-decline-of-unions-has-increased-racial-inequality/ ) . The social and political power of the Black community is also tied to union membership. (See https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MarcReport.pdf ) Guest Host Tony Alexander will share his local experiences, insights and will take comments and questions.

The theme of our April Brown Bag is Black identity in mixed race families and multi-race communities. Rev. Jethroe Moore II, the President of the San Jose, Silicon Valley Chapter for the NAACP will host the conversation.

The topic is “The Talk” given to Black and Brown children by their parents. This month our moderator will be Rev. Steve Pinkston, associate pastor at Maranatha Christian Center and former faculty member at Bellarmine College Prep.