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Dear friends, Today is Giving Tuesday and this has been the most important year in the more than quarter-century history of the Center for Equal Opportunity. As we continue our work opposing race-based policies by public institutions at all levels, we are asking for your help again. But first let me tell you about some of what we’ve been up to.  As you know, the milestone Supreme Court affirmative action cases SFFA vs Harvard and SFFA vs North Carolina officially made illegal and unconstitutional the use of race in college admissions. This was a signature win for CEO and the most important …

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 …

I met Terry Eastland soon after we had both joined the Justice Department during the Reagan administration in the early 1980s, so we were friends for almost exactly four decades. He and I were fellow Texans and appreciated not only Ronald Reagan but Southern cuisine together; to be sure, Terry’s expertise on barbecue in particular was deeper than mine, no doubt helped by the fact that his wife, Jill, was from North Carolina. Terry’s southern roots were manifest in other ways: He was devoted to the Atlanta Braves, and sold encyclopedias and/or Bibles door to door — I forget which, …

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 …

Anthony Pericolo is CEO’s first Visiting Legal Fellow. He was also a fellow in CEO’s inaugural 2022 Civil Rights Fellowship. Anthony is a 2023 graduate of Harvard Law School and a patent litigator in Washington, D.C. Before law school, Anthony earned dual degrees in economics and electrical and computer engineering from the University of Rochester. Besides his appreciation for intellectual property law, Anthony is passionate about civil rights work. He grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, and is the son of Italian immigrants. He learned the value of hard work and equal opportunity through his family, who came to the …

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 friends, As you may already know, today is “Giving Tuesday.” The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is the only organization in America dedicated to fighting against race-based public policy 24/7, and we are enjoying one of our busiest years yet. But before I ask for your continued support, I wanted to share with you just a few highlights of our work this past year. The Center for Equal Opportunity is the nation’s only conservative civil rights organization doing this kind of work. And we are asking for your help again today on “Giving Tuesday.” Our work over the years would …

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 …