Speaker Series: Judge LaDoris Cordell

The Becoming Beloved Community Task Force invites everyone to the next talk in its series COMMUNITY, FAITH, AND JUSTICE. The series explores various issues of social injustice in America and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing, and reconciliation.  The date is March 22, 2026 at 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall.

Our speaker will be Judge (Ret.) LaDoris Cordell. Judge Cordell is a Former Superior Court Justice, Legal Commentator and Police Reform Advocate. Her theme is:  “The Eleventh Commandment: How Activism Has Been and Continues to be Critical to the Preservation of Our Democracy.”

Judge Cordell is a legal commentator and police reform advocate whose public service record spans decades. The first African American female to serve on the Superior Court 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.