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http://www.impact209.org California Coalition to Analyze the Impact of Proposition 209 Sun, 17 May 2009 18:15:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OCT. 7 UPDATE: We may see the end of the Ward Connerly anti-opportunity initiatives.The Rocky Mountain News reported yesterday that voters in Colorado have rejected Amendment 46, Ward Connerly's ballot initiative to destroy equal opportunity programs and policies in that state.Coloradans soundly defeated this attack on equal opportunity because they ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/59 The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) today released two voter education videos on the benefits of maintaining policies of social equity and opportunity.  The videos are intended for distribution in Nebraska and Colorado, where anti-affirmative action initiatives qualified for the November 4th ballot. The shorts were created by Sean Nalaboff, ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/58 The Denver Post yesterday came out against the Connerly initiative in Colorado:  Amendment 46 isn't as simple as it seems, and there have been disingenuous arguments on both sides of the issue to further muddy the waters. We hope Colorado voters take the time to understand what it means and what it will ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/57 Affirmative action is one tool to provide individuals with access to equal opportunities and to remedy the present day and historic effects of discrimination. Anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives were approved by voters in California (Proposition 209 in 1996), Washington State (Initiative 200 in 1998), and Michigan (Proposal 2 in 2006), ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/50 The Greenlining Institute, a multiethnic research and advocacy institute, on Thursday released a report on the diversity of the University of California’s medical student body.  Among the findings: although African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans make up more than 40 percent of the population of California, they comprise less than ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/49 From the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) blog, via our new legal intern Aman Sebahtu: Despite the rise in the number of available seats in American law schools, up nearly 4,000 seats in the last fifteen years, African American and Mexican American enrollment has decreased at an alarming rate. ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/48 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 ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/47 In 1996, Proposition 209 eliminated affirmative action in public education, employment, and contracting. Recent research conducted by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity will provide legislators and staff with ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/46 From the Associated Press (Dec. 12, 2007):  The Los Angeles Unified School District's practice of using race as a factor in enrolling students for its popular magnet programs doesn't violate an anti-discrimination law, a judge has ruled. In a ruling filed Monday, Superior Court Judge Paul Gutman upheld the nation's second-largest school ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/45 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 ... http://www.impact209.org/archives/44