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See here a list of CFER's press releases, media advisories and action alerts.
CFER
April 29, 2023
Action Alert in Morgan Hill Unified School District: Demand Academic Transparency and Community Involvement for MHUSD’s Ethnic Studies Course Development
The Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD) Board of Education will hold its regular meeting in which the trustees will discuss a proposal to introduce an Ethnic Studies course. The proposed curriculum contains recommended readings from one particular political viewpoint. There are also some objectionable elements including thematic units on systems of power, social justice and equity.
CFER
April 24, 2023
CFER Led a Broad-based Coalition in a Joint Letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Advocating for Equal Rights as the Only Viable Civil Rights Redress to Combat Crimes, Bigotry, And Discrimination
On April 24th, the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation (CFER) and 10 partner organizations submitted a joint letter on March 24th regarding “The Federal Response to Anti-Asian Racism in the United States.”
CFER
April 06, 2023
Racial Preferences, Attacks on Merit & DEI Reiterated
At the beginning of its 2023-2024 legislative session, the California Legislature, emboldened by a partisan supermajority and unconcerned with procedural checks and balances, welcomed a flurry of new bills, constitutional amendments, and resolutions. Many of these new legislative measures, especially those with prospects of ending up at the Governor’s desk, add to the continuum of an ideologically informed model of state governance with the pursuit of equity, diversity, justice, representation and other lofty ideals taking the center stage.
Joseph Nalven
March 31, 2023
The Negative Space in Combating Anti-Semitism
We are not monolithic, nor a stereotype ─ although some would picture us in this way, whether they are Jews or non-Jews, with positive and negative themes. Against this panorama, we might ask whether there are useful generalizations across this discontinuous and non-uniform distribution of attitudes, values, actions, and events.