Holiday Cheer from Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger
December 21, 2023As we say goodbye to 2023 and prepare to ring in the New Year, we’re feeling grateful for our wonderful clients and colleagues and for the opportunities we had this past year to do good work and support good causes. This year our firm made charitable contributions to numerous organizations whose work inspires us by advancing the causes of environmental justice, anti-racism, and empowerment work. Please scroll down to see a full list of organizations we supported.
This year our firm welcomed four new Fellows and an Of Counsel to our team; worked with both new and long-term clients on a myriad of important issues including social justice, public health, clean energy, and protection of iconic natural areas, among many others; hosted or spoke at various professional conferences to share our expertise and learn from others; and still made time to have fun with our teammates and find joy in the day-to-day rituals and celebrations that mark the passing of time and foster connections. Some of these events were captured in these photos!
Here is the full list of organizations that received financial support from the firm in 2023. If you are in a position to give this year, please consider these groups as you make your year-end donations.
Law and Legal Services
- American Indian Law Center, Inc.
- California Change Lawyers
- Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS)
- Centro Legal de la Raza
- Community Fund for Black Bar Applicants
- Community Legal Services (East Palo Alto)
- Ella Baker Center (Oakland)
- Apprentice
- Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation Scholarship
- Open Door Legal
Environmental Justice
- CA Environmental Justice Alliance
- Community Water Center
- East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Human Rights and Empowerment
- ABAAD Afghan Women Forward
- American Indian Child Resource Center (Oakland, SF, Bay Area)
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network
- Beauty 2 the Streetz
- Black Organizing Project (Oakland)
- Black Women for Wellness (Los Angeles)
- Center for Race, Poverty, and the Environment
- Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
- Change Lab Solutions (Oakland)
- Front and Centered
- In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda
- Indigenous Women Rising
- National Latino Institute for Reproductive Justice
- Oak Elizabeth House
- Our Fortune
- Partnership for Working Families
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
- Sogorea Te’ Land Trust Office (a.k.a Shuumi Land Tax)
- Transforming Young Minds
- Urban Habitat
- West Fresno Family Resource Center
- Western Native Voice
- Youth on Root
Police Reform/ Criminal Justice Reform
- Anti-Police-Terror Project
- National Bail Out – Black Mama’s Bailout
Outdoor Education
- Bay Area Wilderness Training (local)
- Black Girls Trekkin’
- Exploring New Horizons
- Get Out Stay Out
- MeWater Foundation (local)
- Nature Bridge
- Outdoor Afro
- Outdoors for All Foundation
- Vida Verde
- Wild Diversity
Voting Rights
- Black Voters Matter