A Message of Solidarity from MBC
The Minority Bar Coalition (MBC) stands in full support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the efforts of each and every one of our member organizations to unite a divisive country during this painfully historic time. We espouse the words of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison:
“There is a role for all who dream of a justice we haven’t had yet. In the final analysis, a protest can shake the tree and make the fruit fall down.
But after that fruit is in reach, collecting it and making the jam must follow. The demonstration is dramatic and necessary.
But building just institutions is slower and more of a grind, and just as important. We need your energy there too. We need it now.”
In keeping with Attorney General Ellison’s charge, in the next few days one of the MBC Co-Chairs will contact the leaders of each member organization to see how the MBC can support your organization.
In the meantime, MBC is working to compile a collective database of information each of us can use as a resource. To that end, please let us know if your organization has identified or collected any causes to support, places to send donations, places to seek legal help, or any other information in support of the movements for racial justice and police reform being led by Black Lives Matter and other organizations nationwide, and what (if anything) your organization is doing in response to or in support of these movements. You can send that information to: minoritybarcoalition2@gmail.com.
Finally, if you have any events planned please add them to the MBC's calendar [below]:
https://minoritybarcoalition.weebly.com/events.html and let us know if you would like the MBC to promote it.
We look forward to connecting with all of you in the coming days, and supporting you in your efforts.
In solidarity,
The Minority Bar Coalition
“There is a role for all who dream of a justice we haven’t had yet. In the final analysis, a protest can shake the tree and make the fruit fall down.
But after that fruit is in reach, collecting it and making the jam must follow. The demonstration is dramatic and necessary.
But building just institutions is slower and more of a grind, and just as important. We need your energy there too. We need it now.”
In keeping with Attorney General Ellison’s charge, in the next few days one of the MBC Co-Chairs will contact the leaders of each member organization to see how the MBC can support your organization.
In the meantime, MBC is working to compile a collective database of information each of us can use as a resource. To that end, please let us know if your organization has identified or collected any causes to support, places to send donations, places to seek legal help, or any other information in support of the movements for racial justice and police reform being led by Black Lives Matter and other organizations nationwide, and what (if anything) your organization is doing in response to or in support of these movements. You can send that information to: minoritybarcoalition2@gmail.com.
Finally, if you have any events planned please add them to the MBC's calendar [below]:
https://minoritybarcoalition.weebly.com/events.html and let us know if you would like the MBC to promote it.
We look forward to connecting with all of you in the coming days, and supporting you in your efforts.
In solidarity,
The Minority Bar Coalition
MBC Community Calendar
Event listings are provided as a public service and as a courtesy to the organizations who sponsor the events so that calendaring conflicts among the various bar associations in the Bay Area may be avoided, only. Unless otherwise stated in the event listing, the MBC is not a sponsor or organizer of any particular event, and information concerning the event should be sought from the event sponsor identified in the listing. Submitted events take 15 minutes to show up on the event calendar. MBC reserves the right to remove any events with incomplete information or at our discretion. Please email minoritybarcoalition2@gmail.com for any questions.
WHAT IS THE MBC?
The Minority Bar Coalition (MBC) is a network of over 40 diverse bar associations dedicated to working in a unified manner to advance the cause of diversity in the legal profession. MBC does this by sharing best practices and resources in bar association programming and advocacy, finding issues of common cause, and building shared platforms.
Please email questions to minoritybarcoalition2@gmail.com. 
MBC President's Reception
MBC Summer BBQ Mixer
MBC Unity Awards
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49 Minority Bar Coalition Member Organizations: Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers' Association Alameda County Bar Association American Constitution Society - Bay Area American Immigration Lawyers Association - Northern California Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association Asian American Prosecutors Association Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley Association of Latino Marin Attorneys Association of Lawyers with Disabilities Bay Area Black Prosecutors Association Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Bar Association of San Francisco Black Women Lawyers of Northern California Boalt Hall Women's Association California Asian Pacific American Bar Association California Association of Black Lawyers California Change Lawyers California Lawyers Association California Minority Counsel Program California Women Lawyers Charles Houston Bar Association Chinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area Consumer Attorneys of California Contra Costa County Bar Association East Bay Diversity Bar Coalition East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association Filipino Bar Association of Northern California Iranian American Bar Association Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco Korean American Bar Association of Northern California La Raza Lawyers Association of Santa Clara County Marin County Bar Association Marin County Women Lawyers National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association National Native American Bar Association Queen's Bench Bar Association San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association San Mateo County Bar Association Santa Clara County Bar Association Santa Clara County Black Lawyers Association South Asian Bar Association of Northern California State Bar of California Thai American Attorneys of Northern California UC Hastings Legal Education Opportunity Program Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California Women Lawyers of Alameda County |
MBC Co-ChairsErnest Hammond III Twilio
Ashley Breakfield Farella Braun + Martel
Phyra McCandless AIDS Legal Referral Panel
Lisa Mak Minami Tamaki LLP
Catherine Ngo Anchorage
Catalina Lozano Catalina Lozano Law Office
Atticus Lee JacksonLewis
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Past Co-Chairs
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Ann N. Nguyen
Danielle Ochs David Tsai David Wei Erin M. Morgan Kwixuan Maloof Christine Start (Current Advisory Board) Lauren Carter (Current Advisory Board) |
Mala Sahai
Maulik Shah Micael Estremera Quyen Ta Sigrid Irias Vid Prabhakaran Yuval Miller Jason Yee |
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Coalition Members
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