The Eleventh Commandment
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) will speak on How Activism Has Been and Continues to be Critical to the Preservation of our Democracy.
Community, Faith, and Justice A series of talks that explore issues of social and racial injustice in America and seek to define a path toward justice, healing and reconciliation.
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) is a legal commentator and police reform advocate whose public service record spans decades. The first African American female judge in Northern California, she has overseen commissions that investigated violence and mental health care in the Santa Clara County jail system, accounts of racism in the San Francisco police department, and allegations of misconduct in the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The recipient of numerous awards for her work, Judge Cordell founded the African American Donor Task Force and co-founded the African American Composer Initiative and California Parks for All. Her memoir, Her Honor: My Life on the Bench . . . What Works, What’s Broken, How to Change It, was published in 2021, and was a finalist for the California Book Award.
Light refreshments following the event.
Tickets: Please register for FREE tickets using the link on this page. Donations appreciated.
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto CA
Parking: Ample free parking in lot behind the church.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.
Series website: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries. Email: beloved_community@saint-marks.com
Presented by: Becoming Beloved Community Task Force of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alo
Co-Sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation • First Congregational Church of Palo Alto UCC • First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto • Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice • Peninsula Solidarity Cohort • Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saratoga • Saint Jude's Episcopal Church, Cupertino • Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Los Gatos • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Burlingame • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale • Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church, Mountain View • Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Clara County • Stanford Canterbury • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose • Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo alto • University Lutheran Church at Stanford
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) will speak on How Activism Has Been and Continues to be Critical to the Preservation of our Democracy.
Community, Faith, and Justice A series of talks that explore issues of social and racial injustice in America and seek to define a path toward justice, healing and reconciliation.
Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) is a legal commentator and police reform advocate whose public service record spans decades. The first African American female judge in Northern California, she has overseen commissions that investigated violence and mental health care in the Santa Clara County jail system, accounts of racism in the San Francisco police department, and allegations of misconduct in the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The recipient of numerous awards for her work, Judge Cordell founded the African American Donor Task Force and co-founded the African American Composer Initiative and California Parks for All. Her memoir, Her Honor: My Life on the Bench . . . What Works, What’s Broken, How to Change It, was published in 2021, and was a finalist for the California Book Award.
Light refreshments following the event.
Tickets: Please register for FREE tickets using the link on this page. Donations appreciated.
Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto CA
Parking: Ample free parking in lot behind the church.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.
Series website: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries. Email: beloved_community@saint-marks.com
Presented by: Becoming Beloved Community Task Force of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alo
Co-Sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation • First Congregational Church of Palo Alto UCC • First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto • Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice • Peninsula Solidarity Cohort • Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saratoga • Saint Jude's Episcopal Church, Cupertino • Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Los Gatos • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Burlingame • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale • Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church, Mountain View • Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Clara County • Stanford Canterbury • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose • Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo alto • University Lutheran Church at Stanford
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
- In person
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St Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
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