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 (Thank
you for helping us make last week's School Board Bootcamp training
events a success! If you support our work and want to see us host more
of these free events, would you consider making a needed
donation?)
Greetings
Friend,
Thank you to all who attended our
School Board Bootcamp events! We had an incredible time meeting
candidates and hearing from our amazing speakers.
We
had over 200 attendees between both our Raleigh and
Mooresville events, and over 70 state and local candidates in
attendance. With an incredible lineup of speakers, there
truly was something for everyone.
The event began with a panel
discussion including current school board members as they addressed
why they decided to run for school board, and the practical lessons
and advice learned along the way. Shortly after, candidates had the
opportunity to hear from Aamon Ross, Founder of Kingdom in Politics,
who gave an hour-long crash-course on what it takes to successfully
run a campaign. Candidates also learned methods to identify and combat
harmful curriculum content such as gender theory, Critical Race Theory
(CRT), Social emotional Learning (SEL), and Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools.
During the second of 3 panels, attendees heard from NC Values
Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald, discuss the various subject areas
where harmful material on gender is introduced in public schools, as
well as the content and names of some of the materials. At the end of
her presentation, Tami referenced the ‘Mama Bear Manual’, which is a
free resource created by NC Values to help parents combat harmful
curriculum in their child’s public school. Please download
your free copy and be on the lookout for information
regarding our ‘Mama Bear Workshop’ events that will take place during
the first week in April.
For those in attendance with no plans
to run for office, our final panel entitled “Parents & PACs -
Other Ways to Engage in Education”, discussed various methods for
political involvement that do not include running for office. Debbie
Wuthnow, the President of iVoterGuide, discussed their highly
researched candidate guide that is distributed throughout the state
through their partnership with the NC Values Coalition. Debbie
revealed that, in addition to federal and state races, iVoterGuide
will be rating candidates for some school board races this year.
During this panel, attendees also learned about the importance of
becoming involved in local elections, as well as how to start their
own Political Action Committee or parent activist group.
We
were so blessed to partner with the team at FRC Action to make these
events possible. We are also grateful to Christ Baptist Church in
Raleigh for hosting our Raleigh event, and Trinity Baptist Church in
Mooresville for hosting our Mooresville event.
NC Values was
formed in 2011 to advance Biblical values in the culture, and school
board elections are one of the many areas we believe it is important
to do so. If Christians don’t run for school board, we leave a void in
the public school system that is often filled by radical left-wing
candidates that push for the indoctrination that we are combatting
today. We encourage you to consider protecting children from
indoctrination by running for school board. With your help, we can
begin to change our current political landscape for the better by
encouraging and equipping Christians to run for public
office.
For those that missed our School Board
Bootcamps, please be on the lookout for a video of the event that we
will post to our website in the coming days.
Finally,
if you support our work hosting free events like the School Board
Bootcamp, and providing tools like the #MamaBearManual, would you
consider making a needed donation today?
Sincerely,
Tami Fitzgerald
NC
Values
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