Current or former, public and private sector employees in California are eligible for the “Stop the Hate Legal Redress” program.
CALIFORNIA, USA —
A new program is helping California employees who are victims of racial harassment and discrimination in the workplace get free legal advice and consultations.
The “Stop the Hate Legal Redress” program is led by the California/Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CAL/HI NAACP).
“We make sure we fight for issues of equality and fight against racial discrimination,” said Rick L. Callender, President of the CAL/HI NAACP.
Current or former, public and private sector employees in California interested in receiving legal consultation for race-based discrimination in the workplace will need to submit a complaint form to their local NAACP branch. There are 57 branches including in Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto.
“You’ll be intook by [the local NAACP branch’s] Legal Redress Committee, and they will then refer [the complaint] to attorneys that are being paid to provide legal advice to you and potentially, if need be, take on the case,” said Callender. The two firms working with the program are Bracy Hawkins Law, P.C. and Webber & Egbert Employment Law, P.C.
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