We are not slowing down this holiday season. Allow me to bring you up to speed with some important updates from our allies and CFER.

1. SARD is launched to sue the University of California. You can support them.

For years, the University of California (UC) has practiced race-based admissions, in violation of Proposition 209 and more recently of the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling. Students Against Racial Discrimination (“SARD”) is a new organization that seeks to hold UC accountable. have secured legal representation and sufficient funding to launch an enforcement effort. SARDS’s attorneys plan to file a federal lawsuit against the University of California by December 20, 2024.

You can help SARD’s pursuit of equal justice if you are:

• A prospective student planning to apply to a UC college or graduate school, concerned about being discriminated against based on your race.

• A student who applied and was rejected by a UC college or graduate school, suspicious that race was a factor in your rejection.

• Someone who works in admissions at the UC, or volunteers your help in an admissions program, with information about discriminatory practices at the university.

• A concerned resident in California who would like to see the university follow the law and treat people from all races equally.

You can join SARD or share information anonymously. Or phone 626-325-8460, to speak with Professor Richard Sander, a UCLA law professor (and CFER advisor) who is helping SARD to document university practices and to screen potential members of the plaintiff class. Professor Sander and CFER's Wenyuan Wu were interviewed on this topic in today’s College Fix report here.

2. A major conference on “Censorship in the Sciences” on January 10- 12, 2025 in Los Angeles

Alas, the academia is taking a hard look at the persistent issue of cancel culture. A group of professors and academics organizing a conference on the topic of “Censorship in the Sciences” on January 10 to 12, 2025 at the University of Southern California. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) CEO Greg Lukianoff, Kentucky State University Political Sciences Professor Wilfred Reilly, anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss, and many other renowned experts will speak at the convention.

You can find the conference program here. If you are interested, please sign up today.

3. Help us fight Sacramento’s race-based parent welfare program.

In October, we sent Sacramento County and the California Department of Social Services an intent to sue letter, urging them to stop Family First Economic Support Pilot (FFESP). This is a taxpayer-funded welfare program excludes parents of White, Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islander children.

While we continue to look for parents and families who are discriminated against by the county due to this unconstitutional program, we are gearing up to stand up to the discriminator in court. If you live in Sacramento and want to help us strengthen our case, you can join as a co-plaintiff. Please let us know by replying to this email!

Last but not least, we had a productive zoom meeting on last Saturday, December 7th with some CFER donors who received our report on CFER’s progress and future plans. If you missed our meeting and would like to get our report, kindly respond here.

At CFER, we will never stop fighting for equality and merit. Please consider supporting our work with a kind donation today.

We appreciate your trust!