Promoting A Colorblind Society  "The Center for Equal Opportunity is the
nation’s only conservative think tank devoted exclusively to issues of
race and ethnicity. Our fundamental vision is straightforward: America
always has been a multiethnic and multiracial nation, and is becoming
even more so; this makes it imperative that our national policies not
divide our people according to skin color and national origin; rather,
these policies should emphasize and nurture the principles that unify
us. E pluribus unum. . . out of many, one. We work to promote a colorblind society, one within which national origin and skin color are no longer an issue, and so accordingly we oppose admission, hiring, and contracting policies that discriminate, sort, or prefer on the basis of race or ethnicity. We oppose racial gerrymandering. We oppose bilingual education, because it segregates students by national origin, encourages identity politics, and fails to teach children English--the single most important skill they can learn and the most important social glue holding our country together. And, whatever one believes to be an acceptable level of immigration, all should agree that those coming to America must become Americans, and this means that assimilation is not a dirty word, but a national necessity. " Center for Equal Opportunity
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Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel of the Center for Equal
Opportunity focuses on legal issues arising from civil rights
laws--including the regulatory impact on business and the problems in
higher education created by Affirmative Action. Linda Chavez, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country and is a political analyst for FOX News Channel. Linda Chavez and Roger Clegg regularly comment on and debate public policy issues regarding race, anti discrimination, voting rights and immigration in hundreds of publications and media outlets. They also testify before Congress and work to promote and affect policy in an effort to create a 'colorblind' society. *Roger Clegg is a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Reagan and Bush administrations,
Clegg held the second highest positions in both the Civil Rights Division
(1987-91) and in the Environment and Natural Resources Division (1991-93). He
has held several other positions at the U.S. Justice Department, including
Assistant to the Solicitor General (1985-87), Associate Deputy Attorney General
(1984-85), and Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy
(1984). Clegg is a graduate of Yale University Law School (1981). *Linda Chavez has held a number of appointed positions, among them Chairman, National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992); White House Director of Public Liaison (1985); Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1983-1985); and she was a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986). Chavez was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Maryland in 1986. In 1992, she was elected by the United Nations' Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Chavez was also editor of the prize-winning quarterly journal American Educator (1977-1983), published by the American Federation of Teachers, where she also served as assistant to AFT president Al Shanker (1982-1983) and assistant director of legislation (1975-1977). CEO In The News: July 2010 The Center for Equal Opportunity and the *Pacific Legal Foundation recently released a model brief
for use by contractors that are the victims of governmental
discrimination. This model brief outlines the most important arguments
to include when challenging a public contracting program that
discriminates against or grants preferences to individual groups or
people on the basis of race and ethnicity. *Based in California, Pacific Legal Foundation is a nationwide public interest legal organization defending limited government, property rights, individual freedom and a balanced approach to environmental protection. Donate: Center For Equal Opportunity 7700 LEESBURG PIKE Suite 231 Falls Church, VA 22043 
in their own words... Faulkner County Tea Party www.faulknercountyteaparty.com Arkansas In the fall of 2009, like many hard-working, responsible citizens, several of our organizers had become weary of constant assaults on our God-given rights and freedoms by our irresponsible and increasingly arrogant government. We live in a town of 60,000 people. With a state funded university, one of the most well respected liberal arts universities in the nation, and a small Christian-based college in our town, we have no shortage of liberal thinking in our county. Because our areas of influence are still ‘small,’ "we knew we could affect local politics and make a difference just by being involved. Most of us felt we could not continue to sit at home and let America continue sliding downhill without mounting “the fight of our lives.” FCTP’s vision is to promote constitutional government and fiscal responsibility thus ensuring our children continue to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our strategic initiatives include:
community. We’ve grown exponentially, moving our monthly forums from our public library (holding about 80-90 people) to another public facility holding over 170. In August 2010 we move to an auditorium holding 500 people. We are quickly growing our voice and influence in Faulkner County. With
our mission of promoting constitutional government and fiscal
responsibility in mind, we first began attending every local City
Council, Quorum Court (county government) and School Board meeting in
our county. Our town, Conway -- like many --has experienced money
issues. Conway now has a contracted Finance Officer (one of our
organizers) who previously worked as a finance officer for a large
pharmaceutical company. His affiliation with our tea party is well
known. His experience helps many taxpayers feel more trust with city
government about local finances, and his guidance means that Conway will
go forward in a fiscally Our
local school board is seeking a millage increase to build a very fancy
new school. We publicized our many financial concerns about this project
at a public forum we sponsored with the Superintendent. As with this
project, we are awakening people every day to financial excesses around
our city and county by investigating, writing, and reporting to our
members and writing letters to the local newspaper. For
years, our city and county have funded various needs for various local
charities, by vote of the city council and/or quorum court, without
“taxpayer permission.” As FCTP knows it is unconstitutional to tax
citizens and then spend taxpayer funds on specific charities personally
selected by the government, we are pushing through Past
special events have included candidate forums, town hall meetings, and
our first ever Independence Day reading of the Declaration of
Independence. FCTP also offers
an ongoing twice monthly education/study group on the Founders, the
Constitution, economics and public policy, and how to be effective
activists. We believe in
giving back to the tea party community: Our leaders’ group spends
volunteer time across Arkansas helping other tea party groups define
their vision, get organized, and hold events. FCTP also sponsors
national events in Arkansas through American Majority, Americans for
Prosperity, and Tea Party Patriots. We also spearhead, with Arkansas Tea
Party Inc., constant cross-communication among various Arkansas tea
party leaders. We anticipate that by expanding membership, identifying conservative candidates for office, and increased educational opportunities we’ll see a long term benefit of increased conservative values as well as the election of conservative public officials who govern constitutionally and with fiscal responsibility. Faulkner County Tea Party Profile Tell Us About Your Group Get Featured
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