OUR MISSION
To ensure that people are treated equally and fairly before the law by educating policymakers and the public about the importance of civil legal aid in our communities and advocating for sufficient public funding for civil legal aid on behalf of low income people living in Washington State.
WHO WE ARE
The Equal Justice Coalition (EJC) is a non-partisan non-profit organization working statewide and nationally to ensure that all people are treated equally and fairly before the law.
Established in 1995 to serve as a strong bipartisan voice to protect and promote expanded federal and state civil legal aid funding, the Equal Justice Coalition has and continues to effectively promote the importance of equal justice - and essential funding for civil legal aid - to elected officials at the federal, state and local level. The EJC's success at increasing resources for civil legal aid is made possible by building and sustaining a strong base of support within the legal community and beyond.
Since 1995, the EJC has been a standing committee of the Washington Supreme Court's Access to Justice Board.
The EJC is comprised of an Advisory Council, a core volunteer WorkGroup, and hundreds of member organizations, and thousands of individual Friends of Equal Justice who know that the health of our democracy depends on the equal justice for all.
In 2007, the EJC received the American Bar Association Award for its Grassroots Advocacy.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
The EJC Advisory Council is a representative group of community opinion leaders who strongly support the mission of the EJC. Advisory Council members, individually and collectively, are occasionally asked to advise and help the EJC on various aspects of its work. This may include:
Advising the EJC on the development or implementation of legislative strategies;
Acting as a spokesperson for the EJC in appropriate sitiuations;
Advising the EJC on its relations with important stakeholder groups;
Contacting peers including public officials about civil equal justice issues.
2011 EJC Advisory Council:
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Professor Robert Anderson |
Justice Charles Johnson |
Honorable Mary Kay Becker |
Honorable Marlin Applewick |
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Bill Hyslop |
Dr. Kathleen Ross |
Paula Littlewood |
Jay Johnson |
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J.D. Smith |
Dave Burman |
Rich Kuhling |
Fr. Robert Spitzer |
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Peter Day |
Jeff Sullivan |
Michele Gammer |
Jan Mathison |
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Dean Kellye Testy |
Ron Ward |
John McKay |
Dan Satterberg |
WORKGROUP
The EJC WorkGroup is a representative group of the Alliance for Equal Justice members and supporters. This core group of volunteers help plan a range of activities related to the mission of the EJC. WorkGroup members meet regularly to develop legislative objectives, plan high level political and public relations strategies, and create and implement work plans necessary to carry out those strategies.
Michael Pellicciotti, of Seattle, currently serves as Chairperson of the EJC.
Past Immediate Chairperson: Stan Bastian, of Wenatchee.
Former Chairs include: John M. Cary, Scott A. Smith, M. Wayne Blair, Ragan Powers, Lucy Isaki, Michele G. Radosevich, J. Richard Manning, Diane Tebelius, and John McKay.
