The fight is on in Michigan. Ward Connelly and his followers want to wipe out Affirmative Action in this state. Everyone who believes in the benefits of Affirmative Action needs to get involved to defeat Connelly's plans. But a hard part of this effort is informing the public of the facts. Much of what has been reported in the news has been incorrect. Hood Research' goal is to share the information and also educate of what the information means.

      What is not widely known or understood is that the petition is still not on the ballot. That cannot occur until May 2006 at the earliest. Further the Michigan Court of Appeals did not have proper jurisdiction to order the Board of Canvassers to place the issue on the ballot. Additionally a question of constitutionality is raised on whether a court can place an issue on a ballot. There is also the fact that the petitions collected and delivered to the Michigan Secretary of State were insufficient in the requirements in order to be considered and accepted as valid.

      Carl Williams, Hassan Aleem and Percy Harris, members of Hood Research, have filed suit too stop this initiative. While being members of Hood researchers they filed a response independently of the organization to protect the 501C3 status. They have challenged the issue on the points above. These challenges are currently in the Michigan Supreme Court under review. Your assistance is needed in order to prevail and prevent this proposal from reaching the ballot in November. Stopping this initiative now is a victory but also saves the millions that it will cost to fight this issue at the polls. Statistics show that this issue has a strong chance of prevailing if it reaches the ballot. Not doing all that can be done now to fight this provides a free opportunity for those persons who want to permanently end Affirmative Action.

Contact the gentlemen (see left panel) who filed the lawsuit

Carl, Percy and Hassan are to be congratulated for their heroic efforts. They did not have top law firms or millions of dollars or even famous organizations to help them with their suit. But they saw something that was wrong and their latest efforts began. Give them your support.

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Help Us Get The Word Out

Many people are unaware of the details of this issue. People would do better if they knew better, and to do that they have to be told about this information. Share this information with them, provide them with this web site link, http://www.hoodresearch.org/AffirmativeAction/, and start making phone calls and sending emails. Also call your elected persons in all parts of the state. This is a state wide issue that affects everyone in all corners of the state. Some people will only know what they are told and if they are not given all the facts, they will only vote on what they know.

Prompt your elected and non-elected political persons to Start Working on this Issue Many persons are doing something but a lot are effectively just working on GOTV, getting out the vote. This will work in November but this issue can be stopped now before it even makes it on the ballot. Tell them that this initiative can be halted now and to contact Hood Research for more information.

Don't Forget To Contact Us

All the details cannot be easily contained on one web site or in one place. We will be holding meetings to discuss this issue and share this information. Let us know if you would like to participate. Email us at, contact@hoodresearch.org. Also if you have a meeting place where you would like to host a meeting please give us the location, time and place. Hood Research holds meetings all over the metro area and will hold a meeting or town hall where ever it's convenient for all those attending.