Equal Justice Center
Equal Justice Center
Equal Justice Center
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law office and employment justice organization that empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace. The EJC helps low-wage working people take legal action to recover unpaid wages and remedy employment discrimination.
About the Organization:
organizational budget
$0 - $50,000
existence for
0-5 Years
Organization benefits AAPIs residing in the following state(s):
organizational budget
$0 - $50,000
existence for
0-5 Years
Organization benefits AAPIs residing in the following state(s):
The Issue:
Employers steal almost as much in wages from their workers each year as every other type of robbery combined – costing workers and their families billions of dollars each year. And yet Houston – the nation’s fourth largest city – has just one law office specifically focused on enforcing the basic employment rights of low-wage workers. That’s us at the EJC. Houston is one of the nation’s most diverse metropolitan areas, and the AAPI population is Houston’s fastest growing demographic – currently estimated at 165,000 people. With workplace exploitation widespread in Houston – particularly for immigrant and minority populations, including the underserved AAPI community – it is clear that there’s a sore need for legal education and representation to provide access to justice for low-income AAPI workers in the Houston area.
The Solution:
- Build and strengthen relationships with existing trusted organizations serving the AAPI community;
- Provide know-your-rights workshops and legal consultations in partnership with those organizations;
- Create and disseminate educational materials in Vietnamese, Chinese, and Filipino/Tagalog through channels easily accessed by AAPI community members, including print media, radio, community partners, and religious organizations;
- Undergo cultural sensitivity training to allow us to better serve underserved AAPI populations; and
- Represent low-wage AAPI community members, regardless of immigration status, in holding their abusive employers accountable through the legal system.
