Backers of Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Fail Signature Drive in Missouri

Missourians won a major victory in the fight for fairness and equal opportunity on May 6 when the so-called Missouri Civil Rights Initiative (MoCRI) failed to qualify for the November ballot, the ACLU announced in the press release issued yesterday.
One of a series of ballot proposals California businessman Ward Connerly has spearheaded across the country, […]

Thank You and Evaluation Form Request

Thank you to the participants, speakers and staff who contributed to Friday’s symposium on Economic Opportunity: The Labor and Employment Impact of Proposition 209 at the UCLA Faculty Center.
If you registered for the symposium - whether or not you were able to attend - please help us by completing an online survey. It will help […]

Impact 209 Symposium Still On; Not Impacted by SoCal Fires

The Impact 209 symposium is still on schedule. The firestorms in Southern California (Google Maps) have not impacted UCLA. But please book extra time to arrive at UCLA due to increased traffic conditions.

Registration Full, Waitlist Available

We’ve reached our registration capacity for the symposium, but we’re still taking waitlist registrations that will allow you to attend if space opens up. Individuals on the waitlist will be accommodated on a space-available basis by checking in with our registration table at the Faculty Center on the day of the symposium.
Due to last-minute cancellations […]

Symposium Schedule Now Available

The schedule for the symposium is now online here. And the time of the symposium has been revised to 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Please register if you haven’t done so already. The symposium is free, but we do need you to sign up.

Oct. 26 Symposium Registration Now Open

We’ve opened up the registration for “Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor and Employment Impact of Prop. 209,” a symposium on Friday, October 26, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (reception to follow) at the UCLA Faculty Center. The symposium will examine and discuss the 10-year impact of Proposition 209 on public employment, […]

Thomas Saenz to Keynote Symposium

Thomas A. Saenz, counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has been confirmed as the keynote for the Oct. 26 symposium
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Saenz as counsel in August 2005. He serves as a member of the mayor’s executive team.
Saenz previously worked for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a national […]

Save the Date! Oct. 26 Set for Symposium at UCLA

The symposium is set for Friday, October 26, 2007, at the UCLA Faculty Center and will be called ‘Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor and Employment Impact of Prop. 209′ and will examine and discuss the 10-year impact of Proposition 209 on public employment, contracting and the public sphere.
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A Call for Paper Proposals on the Socioeconomic Impact of Proposition 209

Proposition 209, California’s anti-affirmative action initiative, went into effect in 1997.  Much of the research on Proposition 209 in the decade since has focused on the impact of the initiative in higher education admissions.  There has been comparatively little research examining the impact of the initiative on public employment and contracting, and even less that […]

Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Law Trumps Proposition 209

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights announced last week that a California Court of Appeal ruled April 18 that a San Francisco ordinance requiring outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses in City contracting may be mandated by federal equal protection, notwithstanding Proposition 209, the State’s anti-affirmative action initiative.
The decision reverses a key element of a […]