The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is proud to highlight the continued impact of our alumni, as former intern Joel Mowbray makes significant waves in the national conversation on civil rights and religious freedom. Mowbray, a Georgetown graduate and an alumnus of CEO’s internship program, was recently featured in both Commentary Magazine and The Jerusalem Post for his tireless advocacy against antisemitism. His work as an investigative journalist, syndicated columnist, and attorney has been featured in major outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, National Review, and Fox News. Mowbray led a high-profile investigation into Alhurra, the U.S. …

The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is proud to announce that Ladisa Onyiliogwu, a distinguished alumna of our 2022 Civil Rights Fellowship, has been appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ms. Onyiliogwu, who holds a Master of Arts in Government from Johns Hopkins University, now holds the second-highest leadership position within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR). In this role, she will collaborate with Assistant Secretary Devon Westhill, a former CEO President and General Counsel, to shape and implement civil rights policies that impact millions of Americans. The …

Promoting colorblind equal opportunity and merit-based public policy This year the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is thrilled to celebrate 30 years as one of the only conservative organizations specifically dedicated to issues of civil rights, race, and ethnicity. CEO was founded in 1995 in Washington, D.C. to promote merit-based, colorblind equal opportunity. The organization has produced more than 80 studies on racial preferences at colleges, universities, law schools and medical schools and been instrumental in every effort to overturn racial preferences. CEO staff have prepared counsel and provided legal theories used in landmark cases; given expert testimony before local, state, and federal …

Dear friends, Before updating you on our recent activities, we’d like to express that we share with many of you our anger and sorrow over the horrific terrorist attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas. As many student groups and morally bankrupt campus leaders here at home rush to blame the victims of the terror attack and spread antisemitic propaganda, it’s important to state with no ambiguity that the Center for Equal Opportunity fully supports the nation of Israel and its right to defend itself from these barbaric acts of terrorism.  Here’s our latest: STUDY ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC PREFERENCES AT …

Dear friends,   The smoke in the skies above Washington, D.C. and across the east coast recently did not actually come from the Center for Equal Opportunity. But you might be forgiven for thinking otherwise. CEO continues its hot streak of five major research reports on race issues, five Supreme Court amicus briefs opposing race preferences, testimony before Congress and executive branch agencies, in addition to speeches, op-eds, podcasts, and media interviews. We are also preparing for our second annual Civil Rights Fellowship program to train the next generation of legal professionals, drawing students from some of the nation’s top …

Dear CEO supporters, March Madness is upon us and the Ides of March bode well for the Center for Equal Opportunity as we continue our relentless battle against race-based policies and discrimination. Here’s our latest:  CEO Accepting Applications for Civil Rights Fellowship Last month, CEO announced the launch of its 2023 Civil Rights Fellowship. Applications are now being accepted on our website. The program, which will take place between August 7-11, 2023 in Washington, D.C, is intended for law students with an interest in a career in a public, private, or nonprofit setting where their instruction and training can be shared with …

Dear CEO supporters, Fall arrived with a flurry of activity, and while the temperature may be dropping, things aren’t cooling down anytime soon at the Center for Equal Opportunity. It’s been another extremely busy period, here’s our latest: CEO CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP: A RESOUNDING SUCCESS As you know, we recently hosted a dozen CEO Civil Rights fellows from some of the top law schools in the country for a week of activities and training in Washington, D.C. They received instruction at a series of seminars with many of the best legal and policy minds in the country, media training to …