Connerly to Hold Press Conference

Ward Connerly will be speaking on recent developments regarding Proposition 54 at a press conference today. Details below:

PROPOSITION 54
THE RACIAL PRIVACY INITIATIVE
P.O. Box 189113
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 444-2278
(916) 444-2279 fax
www.racialprivacy.org

September 8, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Diane Schachterle (916) 444-2278 or ds@racialprivacy.org

PROP 54 CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WARD CONNERLY TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AT SACRAMENTO’S DOWNTOWN HYATT REGENCY

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.-Ward Connerly, campaign chairman of Yes on Proposition 54, announced today that he would hold a press conference today at 1 p.m. in the Santa Barbara Room in Sacramento’s downtown Hyatt Regency hotel, located at 1209 L Street. Mr. Connerly will comment on recent developments in the Prop 54 campaign. He will be joined by Prop 54 Northern California chairman and Prop 209 co-author Dr. Glynn Custred.

Dr. Custred is a professor of anthropology at California State University, Hayward and a member of the Board of Directors of Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences, an educational organization. He also serves as the President of the California Association of Scholars and is on the Board of Directors of its parent organization, the National Association of Scholars. He began his fight to eliminate racial and gender preferences in California in 1991, and with Mr. Connerly led Prop 209, which he co-authored, to victory at the polls in 1996, when it passed with 56 percent of the vote. Prop 209 eliminated racial and gender preferences in public contracting, education and employment in California.

Prop 54, which will appear on the October 7 gubernatorial recall ballot, will bar the state and all local California governments from collecting racial data in the areas of public education, employment, contracting and most other government operations. Reasonable exemptions exist for medical research subjects and patients, data collection required by federal law or for federal funds and certain activities of law enforcement. The state legislature, by a two-thirds vote and with the governor’s approval, can vote to exempt any other reasonable area. Also, the Department of Fair Housing and Employment will receive a 10-year sun-setting exemption.

For more information on Prop 54, visit www.racialprivacy.org.

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