SD-Based mostly Civil Rights Group Rebrands As ‘Folks’s Affiliation Of Justice Advocates’

Rev. Shane Harris (center) stood downtown with religious, law and business leaders to promote the “pledge of courtesy” ahead of the 2020 election and its aftermath. Image via Twitter

The People’s Alliance for Justice, a San Diego-based civil rights organization, announced Tuesday that it had changed its name to People’s Association of Justice Advocates.

The organization was founded in late 2018 and opened its headquarters in San Diego in 2019. Rev. Shane Harris, founder and president of the group, said he filed filings with the California Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service and the District of Columbia in early February to change the organization’s name in accordance with the amended statutes endorsed by the Board of Directors.

“The People’s Association of Justice Advocates gives deeper insight into the work and endeavors of our organization and a more mature presence,” said Harris. “Our updated mission statement is to give citizens with lived experience the opportunity to sensibly address social problems that affect them by introducing political and legal changes to improve these conditions.”

In January Harris and the organization began organizing a new office in Washington, DC to focus on federal law changes. PAJ maintains its leadership in Southern California through “organized commissions of executives” that will continue the organization’s work in the region while Harris focuses on the federal agenda, according to Harris.

“We are on a mission to raise new voices from the federal to the local level and provide a platform and training for those closest to the problems in their community,” he said. “We will try to develop a non-partisan platform for new lawyers who have experience in foster families, criminal justice, human trafficking, environmental inequality and previous employment in industries and companies have failed to deliver diversity. “

The organization’s new website is www.pajmovement.org.

The People’s Association of Lawyers of Justice and the Times of San Diego hosted an online debate with the two candidates for the San Diego Supreme Court Justice at Office 30 on October 20, 2020.

– City News Service contributed to this article

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