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9 Calif. L. Rev. Online 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/callro9 and id is 1 raw text is: Sitting in the Front of the Bus: Belonging at the East Bay Community Law Center Tirien Steinbach* It was a weekday afternoon, and my last meeting of the day was a community forum in Oakland hosted by Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson to discuss African American achievement. The convening was at an Oakland high school that was not on a BART line. But rather than drive, I decided to take the bus. AC Transit buses were my primary form of transportation in my youth, taking me to and from school and out and about with my friends. I was reminded of those days as I boarded the bus, looking around at the eclectic mix of old and young, Black and brown and white students, workers, shoppers, retirees. I smiled to myself seeing the group of teenagers in the back seats with their backpacks full of books, taking up space and making noise, practically bursting with bottled-up energy after a day spent in tightly regulated classrooms. I remembered that feeling: when the bus meant freedom. That day, I sat nearer to the front with the older folks, feeling like a grown- up in my gray suit. An elderly African American gentleman boarded the bus and sat in the seat across from the driver, chatting amiably with people near him and greeting passengers with a nod or smile. In his sharp cap and coat, he reminded me of my grandfather. The bus route took us past the original storefront of the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) offices on Shattuck and Woolsey, where our Economic Security & Opportunity clinics operated before moving last December. Reflexively, I looked over at the office with the EBCLC name, colorful logo, and tag line, justice through education and advocacy, painted across the windows. As we rolled past, the older gentleman pointed out the window to EBCLC and said to the driver and other passengers generally, You know that place? The law center? If you need a lawyer, that's the place to go for help. Of course, my ears perked up, and I leaned forward to hear more. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38W950N78 Copyright © 2018 California Law Review, Inc. California Law Review, Inc. (CLR) is a California nonprofit corporation. CLR and the authors are solely responsible for the content of their publications. * Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC). 1

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