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Ward Connerly formally announced the creation of a new, national civil rights organization, the American Civil Rights Institute on January 15th, 1997. Connerly served as chairman of the California Civil Rights Initiative (Proposition 209) campaign. Connerly has gained national respect as an outspoken advocate of equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race or sex. Connerly's views on preferences, set-asides and quotas have been well documented by the international, national and California press. As a member of the University of California Board of Regents, Connerly focused the attention of the nation on the University's race-based system of preferences in its admissions policy. On July 20, 1995, following Connerly's lead, a majority of the Regents voted to end the University's use of race as a means for admissions. Connerly has served on the Board of Regents since 1993. For months, Connerly resisted invitations from the California Civil Rights Initiative authors, Glynn Custred and Tom Wood, to join the campaign as chair. Ultimately, he accepted their invitation in December 1995 when he decided the campaign was in jeopardy without his support. Under his leadership, the campaign successfully obtained more than 1 million signatures and qualified for the November 1996 ballot. Connerly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Connerly and Associates Inc., a housing and association management consulting firm founded in 1973 by him and his wife, Ilene. Prior to starting his business, he worked for the state at the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Assembly Housing Committee. Connerly is regarded as one of the housing industry's top experts, possessing a comprehensive knowledge of housing and development issues. Connerly currently serves as chair of the ACRI, is on the board of the California Chamber of Commerce and is chairman of the California Governor's Foundation. Articles Engineering Newsgroups Usenet Usenet Newsgroups Newsgroups Server Colocation Music Lyrics

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