Please join us for the next talk in a series offered to the community by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and co-sponsored by St. Timothy’s:
Judge LaDoris Cordell (Ret.)
Former Superior Court Judge, Legal Commentator and Police Reform Advocate
“The Eleventh Commandment: How Activism Has Been and Continues to be Critical to the Preservation of Our Democracy”
Sunday, March 22, 2026,
2 p.m. – St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall
600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto
No charge for admission – donations appreciated. Please register at:
Judge Cordell 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.
The series explores various issues of social and racial injustice in America and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing, and reconciliation. For more information on the series, its co- sponsors, and future speakers, please visit: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries