Ron DeSantis is being widely criticized for Florida’s new education standards that include teaching middle schoolers that many Black people actually benefited from slavery.

In addition, USA Today reports that "DeSantis announced a target list for 2024 to remove the last remaining liberal-leaning members on school boards around the state."

Florida is spreading the contagion of right-wing education extremism to other states across the country.

ABC News reports we are leading the fight back! "The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) on Friday launched the 'Save Our School Boards' campaign to boost more than 200 aligned school board candidates in the upcoming cycle."

Our SAVE OUR SCHOOL BOARDS campaign will support over 200 progressive school board candidates across the country with campaign resources and training to help them win.

Thousands of people have already chipped in to help us equip low-budget school board candidates with training, resources, and money to defeat right-wing extremism in 2024. Can you donate $3 or more to this important program? Click here.

National media has reported on our campaign:

Politico: A new "Save Our School Boards" initiative from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is also intended to serve as a liberal attempt to create a national school board slate.

Ballotpedia: On June 23, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), an organization that says it raises "grassroots donations for progressive candidates and committees," launched a campaign to support school board candidates in upcoming elections.

The American Prospect: PCCC's "Save Our School Boards" campaign is to give progressive candidates the tools they need to not only stand up to right-wing extremism, but also to learn how to run successful campaigns and implement a progressive agenda.

We’ve helped hundreds of local candidates in recent years -- including school board wins like Missy Zombor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Katrina Doughty in Multnomah County, Oregon.

Missy told ABC News why this campaign is so important: "School Board campaigns are some of the most polarizing and difficult political campaigns right now and they are often run by brand-new candidates with little to no campaigning experience. Learning how to build a budget, obtain your voter file, communicate with the media, and prepare for everything else along the way can be daunting."

Karl Frisch is a Fairfax, Virginia school board member who is running for re-election in November with PCCC’s support. Frisch told The American Prospect, "[PCCC’s] candidate training really helped flesh out what to do, and [how] to run an effective campaign that gets my message in front of the voters I need to win."

We anticipate our program will cost $450,000. Our resources will guide first-time school board candidates through gathering petition signatures, creating a campaign plan, budgeting, building a grassroots army, and more.

If turning back the tide of right-wing extremism on school boards in 2024 is important to you, please donate what you can to this important campaign today.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)

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