2019 Annual Report

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati Roy

Since 1963, the California Conference for Equality and Justice has been opening eyes, hearts and minds in Southern California. We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard and understood. We believe that individual and group transformation is always possible. We invite you to join us in co-creating a more inclusive, just and equitable world for all. We are proud to share our 2019 accomplishments, and we thank you for supporting our work to transform individuals and communities, overcome conflict, and build real unity in Southern California.

6,023people served

353volunteers

80+schools, organizations, and community groups served

Program Highlights 2019Building Bridges for Youth

Iluminar: Training and Coaching for JusticeCCEJ’s training and coaching services continue to be in high demand throughout Southern California. In response to

growing needs in schools, workplaces and communities for more effective and humane ways to approach and work

through conflict, we’ve formed a team to provide schools, workplaces, and communities with skills and tools to build

cultures where no one is disposable and conflict is healed in equitable ways. The team chose the name “Iluminar,”

the Spanish word for illuminate to reflect our hopes that CCEJ’s support will help adults develop relationships based

on respect, understanding, appreciation, and accountability. The multilingual name

also reflects the depth of experience on our staff team and the communities which we

serve. In addition to training workshops, coaching, and capacity building, the Iluminar

team is developing innovative tools to spread knowledge about Restorative Justice

practices, such as our new podcast, Restorative beliefs posters, and online webinars.

2019 marks the 5th anniversary of CCEJ’s Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SLYI), which has trained more than 250 youth to date. Adonis,

a Wilson High graduate and now a 2nd year at Stanford University, was part of the inaugural SYLI class: “SYLI was the first time that I was fully

entrusted to collaborate with, connect with and motivate my peers to have difficult but necessary conversations about social changes and

equity for all. I had previously held leadership roles in school clubs, but this was the first time that I was able to use leadership to really effect

change. SYLI proved that there is true power in working together with other people rather than working alone. SYLI gave me a foundational

leadership training that I have been able to employ in my current mentorship, employment and academic pursuits. Thanks to CCEJ, I’m

prepared to bring positive change to the places I will go.”

1,821 Youth Served:

376 Building Bridges Camps

957 Conscious Classrooms

68 Building Bridges Clubs Alliance

79 REAL Resiliency Education Workshops

87 Youth Council

34 Summer Youth Leadership Institute

220 Youth Human Relations Training

558 Adults Trained:

37 Building Bridges Leadership Academy

21 Conscious Classrooms Facilitators

39 Heart 2 Heart Racial Justice Dialogue Institute

461 Anti-bias/Anti-bigotry education + training

CCEJ hosted one Gender Justice and three Racial Justice camps this year.

Dialogue at Summer Youth Leadership Institute

2,050 Educators Trained

34 Schools Served

CCEJ is now offering Restor-ative Parenting workshops for parents and caregivers through the Raising FUTUREs program.

CCEJ created a series of 16 Restorative Beliefs posters as tools for RJ practioners.

Our podcast “Whatchu Know About RJ?” launched this year with 6 interviews focusing on different aspects of Restorative Justice work.

Community Events

FY19 Budget: $2.49 Million

Healing HarmsCCEJ’s Healing Harms team responds to conflict in the community and offers alternatives to incarceration through our Restorative Justice

youth diversion program. In 2019, CCEJ kept 100 youth out of the criminal justice system. CCEJ received a case of a young man who bur-

glarized the home of the youth leader of his church group. Both the man and his mother decided to use CCEJ’s Restorative Justice services

to reflect on why he felt the need to enter the home and to make amends to his youth leader. After meeting with their case manager, mom

and son were able to speak about their past and talk about the young man’s mental health struggles and his connection to his youth group.

CCEJ was able to invite his youth leader to join the case as the person who was harmed, so that the young man could make amends and

demonstrate his accountability. The youth leader was very happy with the opportunity given to the young man and thanked CCEJ for “the

hard work you all do.”

Our 45th Annual Food & Beverage Industries Humanitarian Award honorees: Kevin Arceneaux (Mondelēz), Bryan Kaltenbach (Food4Less/FoodsCo) and Michael Ajemian (Barilla)

Emily Grijalva, Latino Muslim Unity, Marisol Barajas and Hieu Nguyen were awarded Gene Lentzner Human Relations Awards in November 2018.

More than 850 people heard peace activist Christian Picciolini speak out against hatred and white supremacist groups at our 28th Annual Interfaith Intercultural Breakfast.

Our 2019 Humanitarian Awardees: Kevin & Jennifer Peterson, Dr. Phyllis Hayes-Reams, and President Jane Close Conoley with our Building Bridges Honorees Hank & Joyce Feldman of Performance Plus Tire.

CCEJ trained 60 volunteer facilitators to support our

Restorative Justice circle processes

Types of Diversion Cases

BatterySexual Harm Other

Drug Possession

Robbery/Burglary

Loitering/Trespassing

Theft/Petty Theft

19 15 13 11 10 8 8

Funding Sources Allocation of Expenses

16% Events

4% Individual Donors

36% Foundations

24% Fee-for-Service

19% Government

1% Corporate

81% Programs

9% General & Administrative10% Events & Fundraising

Racial Identity

Latinx/Native American

Los Angeles County

Women- Identified

Black/African American

Northern & Central California

Men-Identified

Bi/Multiracial

Orange County

Transgender/Non-binary

White/European American

San Bernardino County

Asian Pacific Islander American

Middle Eastern/North African

San Diego County

Riverside & Ventura Counties

Gender Identity

Location

44%

65%

66%

30%

11.5%

26%

13%

10%

8%

11%

6.5%

1.5% .5%

5% 2%

Program Demographics

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT FUNDERSBess J. Hodges Foundation

California Community FoundationThe California Endowment

California Wellness FoundationCalifornia Board of State &

Community CorrectionsCrail-Johnson FoundationDwight Stuart Youth Fund

JAMS FoundationLos Angeles County Department of

Health - Youth Development & Diversion Program

Los Angeles County Dispute Resolution ProgramThe Rudolph J. &

Daphne A. Munzer FoundationWeingart Foundation

CHAMPIONS ($10,000 and above)Alta Dena Certified Dairy

Barbara AlpertBinnie & Jack Berro and Family

Bristol FarmsEugene & Ann Lentzner

Hank & Joyce Feldman/Performance Plus Tire

Dr. Mike & Arline WalterP2S Engineering

Ralphs Grocery CompanySmart & Final

Southern Glazer’s Wine & SpiritsStater Bros. Charities

SuperValuSusan Stuhlbarg

TABC/Toyota

LEADERS ($5,000 - 9,999)Albertsons

Bimbo Bakeries USACapital Investment Advisers

Certified Federal Credit UnionCSULB Office of the PresidentCSULB University Relations &

DevelopmentDPI Specialty Foods

Earth Friendly ProductsFrito-Lay, Inc.

Gallo Wine CompanyKellogg Company

Kevin & Jennifer PetersonThe Matthew &

Roberta Jenkins Family Foundation MemorialCare

The Minute Maid CompanyPepsi Beverages Company

Perimeter Sales & MerchandisingPort of Long Beach

Reyes Coca-Cola BottlingRichard & Arlene Freeman

Rosecarrie & Dr. Alan BrooksSA Recycling

UNFI - United Natural Foods, Inc.

ADVOCATES ($2,500 - 4,999)American Gold Star Manor

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Archstone Foundation

Barilla America Inc.Dave Kinnear/dbkAssociates, Inc.

Diageo Beer CompanyFirestone Walker Brewing Co.

Frieda’s Specialty ProduceGelson’s Markets

Janice Hahn, LA County

Supervisor, 4th DistrictJohn E. Kashiwabara Endowment Fund

Keesal, Young & LoganKeurig Dr. Pepper

Long Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Mary Ann TakemotoMerle Hilliard Charitable Trust

Michael & Mimi BrasciaMilton’s Baking Company

Mission FoodsMonster Energy

Navigator Sales & MarketingNorthgate Gonzalez Market

Richard & Amy LipelesSidney Stern Memorial Trust

Smithfield FoodsTropical Preserving Co.

YMCA of Greater Long BeachYoung’s Market Company

SUSTAINERS ($1,000 - 2,499)AnonymousBlair Carty

Braden & Susan PhillipsBruce & Helen Cohn Needham

Charles & Terese ParkinChildNet Youth & Family Services

Christopher J. SteinhauserCordoba Corporation

Craig CrossCSULB School of Social Work

Dana BuchananDaryl & Sandy Phillips

Deborah FabricantFoster Farms

Dr. Ginny BaxterHeineken USA

Hidden Villa RanchJan Maize

Dr. Jane Close Conoley & Collie ConoleyJerry Whitmore

Jim & Carol PreuschJim Zehmer

Karen & Bob PaulLinda Haley & Marvin ZamostLBCC, Liberal Arts Campus

LBCC, Liberal Arts Campus ASBLong Beach Transit

Los Altos Food ProductsLynne & Gainer Pillsbury

Marlene TempleMegan Kerr

Michelle MolinaMike Mortensen

Dr. Minnie DouglasNancy Manriquez-Dowell

NestleNorco Ranch

Olive Crest Abused Childrens FoundationRabbi Howard Laibson

Rabbi Steven MoskowitzRobert Kelly

Dr. Ruth HayesSkip KeesalSofia Riley

Suzanne NosworthySwell Ice Cream

Talking RainTammy Newland-Shishido

Tarek A. MohamedTeri AlpertU.S. BankUnilever

Zevia LLC

ALLIES ($100 - 999)Advantage Solutions

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

Alejandra Priede SchubertAlfredo Velasco

Allan & Georgina KolskyAmy MizeAmy Tien

Andrea FriedenthalAndy Fee

Anna Bautista CalomayAnna & Brian Behar-Russell

Annette Kashiwabara & Marty IsozakiBarbara PollackBarbara Powell

Barbara & Leon ShoagBarbara Wolfe

Becky BlairBeverly O`Neill

Blaze Bernstein Memorial FoundationBonnie Lowenthal

Brad MartinBrenda Threatt

Brian JerskyCandace Kelly

Carl KempCarole Christianson

Carolyn CaldwellChana Ham-Rosebrock

Charlotte JosephCheri Bazley

Cheryl KennickChristine Marie Franco

CJ CrockettClaudette BrownConnie MistrettaCorinne Garthoff

Co-Sales Southern CaliforniaCraft Brew Alliance

Crystal Geyser Water Co.Cynthia Terry

Cynthia FreemanCyrus Parker-Jeanette

Daniel LiptonDaniel O’ConnorDanielle Achiro

Danone North AmericaD’Aquino Italian Importing Co.

Darick SimpsonDave Grosse

Dave WhitbeckDavid Dimond

Daymon Worldwide Inc.Dennis FeldmanDesarie Gonzales

Don & Julie KnabeDon Trojan

Donna GromanDonna Tyndall

Douglas DrummondE. Rochelle BoboElisa Ann NicholasElizabeth HaynesElizabeth Lindh

Empire Marketing StrategiesEric Hanks

Flowers Baking CompanyForouzan Golshani

Frank & Margie NewellFrieda CaplanGD Bro BurgerGeneral Mills

Gerry Marnien

Glenn FeldmanGloria M. Deukmejian

Greg GeaneGreg Owen

Guzman & Gray, CPAHalbert Hargrove

Helene CummingsHem Shah

International City BankIvy Arlinda Goolsby

J. Abel GutierrezJack Dowsett

Jacquie SlobomJim & Liz Breslauer

James HanklaJames Hannon

James P. Mills-WinklerJane Min Wu Meyer

Rev. Jane GouldJanet Katsuki Mullen

Janis KrantzJayne E. Lastusky

Jean BakkeJeff Huetinck

Jeffrey P. WilliamsJennie-O Turkey Store

Jennifer BourgeoisJerry & Susan Scorsatto

Jessica QuintanaJewell Holloway, SrJewish Long Beach

Jill RosenbergJim Veregge

JoAnn McDonaldJoe Shasha

Joel OakfordJohn FielderJohn Keisler

Joseph RooneyJudith McNulty Black

Kathryn MilesKatie Larson

KDS MarketingKelly Carioti

Kenneth PetersonKenya StampsKimball Wasick

Laurie & Robert RaykoffLeon Back, Jr.Leslie WibergLillian ZackyLinda Lassers

Linda and Allan RahnLisa Mais

Long Beach Airport - Public WorksLong Beach City Prosecutors OfficeLong Beach Community Foundation

Long Beach Police Officers AssociationLoren Miner

Loucine HuckabayLyn & Joel Epstein

Lynne MillerMarcos LopezMari Hooper

Marie TreadwellMark Guillen

Mary Alice BralyMatthew Kobzeff

Maury and Louise BermonMayhew & Associates

Melvin Lee BergerMichael Anderson

Michael RussellMichele Winterstein

Mickie VillanuevaMike Stamper

Mildred J. WhisentonMondelez International - Nabisco

Monica LounsberyMyrna Wigod

NAACP, Long Beach BranchNed GaylordNeil Swanson

Norma ChinchillaNorma SilvaPatricia Apel

Patricia BrownDr. Patricia Toliver

Pat PoseyPatti Robin Flynn

Paul KamholzPhil Fendyan

Phillips Steel CompanyDr. Phyllis Hayes-Reams

Pollaro & AssociatesPost Consumer Brands

Procter & GambleRancho Los Alamitos Foundation

Randy HartshornDr. Rashida Crutchfield

Red BullRenee B. Simon

Renee LawlerRobert StemlerRobin M. Smith

Robin RosinRoger & Georgia Klinkers

Rosalie CruzRosalyn FeldmanRussell Warnick

Samantha GarciaSharon Duffy

Sharon Valear RobinsonSheila PokrasShirley SmithSimon Grieve

Southern California GrantmakersStaci KellerStacy Bryant

Stephen E. GordonSteve GordonSusie Colvin

Susie Dong-MatsudaSuzanne BrodslySuzanne Caverly

Suzanne & Doyle PowellTed HollisterTemple Israel

The Boston Beer CompanyThe Chasin FoundationThe Jel Sert CompanyThe Murrin Family Trust

Timothy WilliamsTom BensonTrader Joe’s

Tree Top, Inc.Vernon D. Jones

Vic ChionoVickie Sullos

Waltereise Lamb-StanzellWendy Marie Whelan

Western Association of Food ChainsWill Miller

William H. MarmionWillie & Mary Crocker

Yair KatzFor a full donor list visit

www.cacej.org/supporters

Would Like To Thank All Would Like To Thank All Of Our FY2019 SupportersOf Our FY2019 SupportersContributions made between September 2018 – August 2019Contributions made between September 2018 – August 2019

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