A Vision Fulfilled? The Impact of Proposition 209 on Equal Opportunity for Women Business Enterprises Monique W. Morris, Michael D. Sumner, Jessica Z. Borja Affirmative Action Programs and Business Ownership among Minorities and Women Robert Fairlie, Justin Marion Diversity Management in America and the Affirmative Action Debate in France Christine Pauwels The Effectiveness of Affirmative … Continue reading Papers Being Presented Today
Impact of Prop. 209 on Labor and Employment
Scholars and labor experts will today discuss at UCLA how Prop. 209 has impacted labor and employment in California at a symposium titled “Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor & Employment Impact of Prop. 209.” Proposition 209, California’s anti-affirmative action initiative, went into effect in 1997. Much of the research on Proposition 209 in the … Continue reading Impact of Prop. 209 on Labor and Employment
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 … Continue reading Registration Full, Waitlist Available
New York Times Editorial Board Blog Kicks Off With Feinstein-Southwick Post
I posted this on the fairandindependentjudges.org blog:The editorial board of The New York Times launched a new blog yesterday with a post questioning Senator Dianne Feinstein’s support for Leslie Southwick, Bush’s nominee for New Orleans-based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.Judge Southwick “has the sort of record that should have made his … Continue reading New York Times Editorial Board Blog Kicks Off With Feinstein-Southwick Post
Black Population Drops 9% in California Says New Report
Compelling State Interest will reveal a variety of statistics on the dramatic change in the socio-economic status of African-Americans in California. The presentation will be Oct. 26, 2007 at UCLA in the Economic Opportunity in California symposium. African-American population in California dropped nine percent from 2000 to 2006, according to Census estimates reported in the … Continue reading Black Population Drops 9% in California Says New Report
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.
The New Employment Non-Discrimination Act Hurts Us All
The recent revisions to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) have left us with a bill that no competent attorney representing the LGBT community would ever support.More than 150 LGBT and other civil rights and community organizations are on record as opposing the new version of ENDA for a number of very compelling reasons as a … Continue reading The New Employment Non-Discrimination Act Hurts Us All