William Patterson

The East Bay Municipal Utility District supplies water and provides wastewater treatment services. The company also provides recreational services at reservoirs. The East Bay Municipal was founded in 1921 and is located in Oakland, CA

The N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. is based in New York, NY and was founded by Thurgood Marshall in 1940. The organization is the nation's first civil and human rights law organization and has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957. The organization is committed to equal rights and its Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. The organization is known as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund or LDF and is the premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.