As 2023 comes to an end, I thought it made sense to explain to the readers just who we are and what we do, since there have been so many changes in the last couple of years.
Most of our readers probably don’t know how many different things we do, and may wonder why there are many days I’m not writing on the blog.
First, let me explain the structure of this place, because a lot of people don’t understand how our various websites interact. Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF), a tax-exempt 501(c)(3), is the operating entity, launched March 1, 2019.
The “blog” (the website you are reading now) is now a platform for LIF. LIF has two other projects under its umbrella, CriticalRace.org and EqualProtect.org (the Equal Protection Project (EPP). So structurally, you have LIF with three projects.
The “blog” recently celebrated its 15th Anniversary on October 12, 2023. But because that was just days after the October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel, we called off the celebrations. But we did roll out our 15th Anniversary video, which I feel did a good job in just over 10 minutes capturing the highlights of 15 years. We limited the video to 15 milestones; we could have covered 100, but that would have resulted in an hour-long video that no one (other than me) would have watched. The narration by me was shot at a studio in Philadelphia.
CriticalRace.org was launched in February 2021. It has a unique and unparalleled set of databases documenting how deeply CRT and its variants (such as “intersectionality”, “anti-racism”, and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”) have spread at all levels of education.
The original database at launch was 220 colleges and universities, which now has expanded to over 500 institutions. In addition we have targeted databases covering Medical Schools, Elite K-12 Private Schools, the military service academies, and the top 10 ranked business and veterinary schools. In total across all databases, we cover over 700 institutions. Since launch, over 600,000 unique users have performed over 8 million actions on the website, which has been linked or cited in over 150 articles and other media. In 2024, we will continue to update the databases, and will focus on content creation relating to education and parents rights.
We launched the Equal Protection Project in February 2023. It has been an overwhelming success, beyond what we expected.
EPP focuses on fighting DEI distrimination, and interacts well with our CriticalRace.org website. Tips and research come in through CriticalRace.org that then feed into potential legal action to be evaluated and acted upon at EqualProtect.org. We then use the blog, our email list, and other media to get the word out. We have filed over 20 legal actions resulting in at least 9 institutions (so far) changing their discriminatory ways. Our impact has been huge in just the first nine months since launch, as these graphics reflect:
EPP will be a major area of expansion for us in 2024. Stay tuned.
As you can see, we’re not “just a blog” anymore, but the blog is where my heart always will be. I look back on those early years when I was solo with great fondness. We’ve tried to keep that spirit alive in everything we do.
That’s it, that’s the story. That’s who we are.
My thoughts as we approach this New Year are with the readers, our staff, the people of Israel who are fighing our common enemies, our American troops who are in harms way, the citizens of this country who face incredible challenges to retain our freedoms and way of life, and of course, the wife (we’re approaching our 40th anniversary, we now have six grandchildren with a seventh due soon).
[Featured image: February 2020 reader reception in Los Angeles, just days before the nation shut down.]
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