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See here a list of CFER's press releases, media advisories and action alerts.
CFER
September 04, 2026
CFER joins the lawsuit against San Francisco Unified to challenge ethnic studies mandate
CFER joined Friends of Lowell Foundation, the Asian American Legal Foundation, and Connected SF in a lawsuit challenging the ethnic studies mandate adopted by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Filed originally by the Friends of Lowell Foundation, our lawsuit seeks to challenge and invalidate SFUSD Board’s curriculum adoption procedures as improper procedures in violation of the Brown Act, denial of parental rights in reviewing instructional materials, and unlawful use of restricted voter-approved funds.
CFER
September 02, 2026
Breaking Bad News ! ACA 7, another attack on equality, heads to 2028 ballot. There’s time but we need your help NOW!
On Sunday (August 30th), the State Assembly voted 59-to-19 (1 no vote recored), along partisan lines, to approve non-substantive changes to the bill, following the State Senate’s partisan vote for it on August 27th. This means that ACA 7 will be placed on the state ballot in 2028 and it will be once again up to Californian voters to decide whether or not race-based affirmative action in education should be legal. Help us spread the word on ACA 7’s progress with the following actions.
CFER
August 26, 2026
Public service or else? Six million taxpayer funds awarded to nonprofit founded by Assemblymember Corey Jackson
Earlier this month, the Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), a Riverside-based boutique nonprofit created by Asm. Jackson, was awarded $6 million by the California State Legislature. As the newest threat to California’s equal protection guarantee makes its way to the Senate floor for a vote, the State Legislature’s staunchest opponent to Prop. 209 has been found to be in active collaboration with an ideologically aligned nonprofit that just became the recipient of $6 million in public funding.
CFER
August 19, 2026
Proactive local organizing prompts school board to adopt a resolution for bringing SAT/ACT back to UC admissions
On August 6th, the San Dieguito Union High School District board voted 4-0 (1 absent) to adopt a district-wide resolution, urging the University of California (UC) system to reinstate standardized testing for undergraduate admissions in STEM fields. Just as individual UC professors have forced these higher education administrators to contend with academic declines as a result of the test-blind movement, parents and local advocates are behind SDUHSD’s passage of the test-reinstating resolution.