Who We Are

Our Mission

The California Conference for Equality and Justice is a premier human relations organization in southern California.  A not-for-profit, human relations organization dedicated to fighting bigotry, bias and racism in America, CCEJ views its fundamental role as breaking down the distance between people by promoting understanding and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education. 

CCEJ provides a number of vital human relations programs focusing upon relationships across racial, cultural, gender, socioeconomic and religious groupings.  This focus on inclusion sets CCEJ apart from many other community based human relation organizations.

We open minds.



Board of Directors

Executive Officers
 

  Stephen Gordon, Chair

Mort Stuhlbarg, Vice Chair Development
Judith Lentzner, Vice Chair Membership
Braden Phillips, Vice Chair Programs
Gene Lentzner, Treasurer
John Blowitz, Member at Large
David Bowman, Member at Large
Steve Goodling, Member at Large
Robert Stemler, Member at Large
Mike Walter, Ph.D., Member at Large
Rich Lipeles, Past Chair

Directors

Howard Abrams
Sy Alban, M.D.
F. King Alexander, Ph.D.
Barbara Alpert
Rich Archbold
Ginny Baxter, Ed.D.
Evan Braude
Rosecarrie Brooks
Craig Cross
Hon. Gary DeLong
Christopher DiCicco
Scott Dionne
Minnie Dougas, Ed.D.
Lyn Epstein
Fareed Faruhki
Hank Feldman
Randy Gordon
Reginald Harrison
Mike Haruki
Stephanie James
Ray Jankowski
David Kinnear
M. B. "Mo" Khan, Ph.D.
Rabbi Howard Laibson
Linda Lassers
Dorothy Lawrence
Rev. Ken McMillan
Henry Meyer
Nancy Mullio
Alan Nishio
Suzanne Nosworthy
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Wilma Powell
Vincent Puth
Jill Rosenberg
Vic Schneidman
Byron Schweigert, Pharm.D.
Christopher Steinhauser
Rocky Suares
Mary Ann Takemoto, Ph.D.
George Tanaka
Kenneth Walker
David Zanatta

 Staff

   Margaux Kohut, President

Annette Kashiwabara
Executive Vice President

Rene Castro
Vice President Programs

Marcos Lopez
Program Director


Kimmy Maniquis
Program Specialist

Rose Richard
Program Assistant

Patty Lund
Executive Administrative Assistant

Wendy Golden
Development Administrative Assistant

Awards And Honors

Over the years, CCEJ has been recognized and honored with many prestigious awards.

Annual Report

For a copy of CCEJ's 2007 Fiscal Year Annual Report, click here.