Conservative Forum — Week of August 18

Reagan Ranch Offers Fall-Winter Internships The Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., an affiliate of Young America's Foundation, is seeking student candidates for their fall and winter internship program. The Sarah T. Herman Intern Scholars program offers paid internships. The reimbursement offsets a student intern's academic credit cost. Since the Herman program does not provide interns with housing accommodations, applicants will need to make their own lodging arrangements. For more information about the Sarah T. Herman internships at the Reagan Ranch Center, contact Clark Vandeventer: 877-797-7325 or via email: [email protected]. Family Research Council Selects New President The Family Research Council last week announced the selection of its fourth president in the FRC's 20-year history. Rep. Tony Perkins (R.), a two-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 64th district, will take over as FRC president on September 1. As a conservative voice in the Louisiana legislature, Perkins has been a vocal opponent of the state's gambling industry and one of the state's most avid pro-life advocates. His legislative accomplishments include:

Author of the nation's first Covenant Marriage Law.

Authored legislation making Louisiana one of the first states in the nation to provide comprehensive regulation of abortion clinics because of improper and unsanitary medical practices.

Authored Louisiana's law requiring public schools to install filtering software on all computers accessed by students in order to protect them from pornographic material.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a former police officer, Tony has become a leading voice in Louisiana on family issues. For a complete biography of Perkins and more information on the Family Research Council, visit the FRC website at: www.frc.org. Gen. Singlaub To Address Leadership Institute Breakfast Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub will address the Leadership Institute's "Wednesday Wake-Up Club" breakfast on September 3, at 8:00 a.m. in the F. M. Kirby National Training Center at the Leadership Institute's offices located on 1101 N. Highland St., across from the Clarendon Metro stop in Arlington, Va. Registration is $15 per person, which includes a buffet breakfast. For further information or to register for this event, contact Erik Olson at [email protected] or 800-827-5323. New Study Links Urban Crowding To Immigration A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Urban Bloat: How Immigration Fuels Population Growth, reveals how immigration "is the major contributor to the alarming population growth rate in many of the nation's large cities." The new FAIR report finds:

In all large cities in the United States where the population is increasing, immigration is fueling the increase.

In metro areas with populations of more than one million in 2000 and an increase in population of over 20% between 1990-2000, the rate of increase of the immigrant population is generally more than three times greater than the rate of increase in native-born newcomers.

In some major urban areas with the largest influx of immigrants, so many native-born residents are moving out that immigration accounted for all of the population increase there, and then some (in New York City, Boston, San Jose, and the Newark, and Bergen-Passaic metro areas of New Jersey).

In mid-sized cities with population growth higher than 20% between 1990-2000, new immigrant residents accounted for portions ranging from one-fifth to one-third of the increase.

In every smaller metro area that increased by more than 20% between 1990-2000, the rate of increase from immigration exceeded the increase from domestic migration. The rate of population increase in the immigrant population of these cities ranged from about twice as much as the increase in the native-born population (Daytona Beach) up to more than 15 times as much (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area).

For information on the FAIR study, visit the Federation for American Immigration Reform web site: www.fairus.org. Affirmative Action Debate At Pacific Research Institute The Pacific Research Institute and the Federalist Society will sponsor, "Thinking Outside the Boxes: A Debate Discussion on Affirmative Action," a debate between Eva Jefferson Paterson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Society and Ward Connerly, Chairman, American Civil Rights Coalition on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. Admission prices are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, which includes a continental breakfast. The debate will offer a two-for-one special: bring one guest for free. Eva Jefferson Paterson is co-founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Society, a national organization dedicated to changing the law through progressive legal theory, public policy, and practice. Ward Connerly is author of the autobiography, Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences, and founder/chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national, not-for-profit organization aimed at educating the public about the need to move beyond racial and gender preferences. For more information visit the Pacific Research Institute website: www.pacificresearch.org/events/index.html#affirmative

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