If you didn’t attend the remarkable “Empowering Parents” Symposium held last month at Utah Valley University, hosted by Utahns Against Common Core and friends, featuring Band of Mothers’ keynote speaker Joy Pullman as well as Senator Al Jackson and his family, Rod Arquette of KNRS radio, Josh Daniels of Libertas Institute, Big Ocean Women, Constitution Moms, Vince Newmeyer and more— well, here’s your opportunity to catch up.
These wonderful speakers sacrificed their time, energy and other duties to be there, teaching and inspiring parents about how to reclaim the needed power over their children’s educational lives and data privacy. We thank them sincerely. It was wonderful.
Enjoy!
Josh Daniels of Libertas Institute:
Rod Arquette of KNRS Radio:
Joy Pullman of Band of Mothers:
Michelle Boulter of Big Ocean Women
Vince Newmeyer of Utahns Against “Next-Generation” Common Science Standards
Jenny Baker of Utahns Against Common Core
Additional videos still to come: Constitution Moms Laureen Simper and Stacie Thornton; Senator Al Jackson and family; Mom Heather Gardner; Five Strings Band; Evening event parents’ panel, and more.
YOU ARE INVITED TO AN AMAZING EVENT. REGISTER TODAY.
What: A day-long symposium dedicated to learning how to preserve freedom for children. You can –for free or almost for free– attend workshops, hear speakers, enjoy live music; have lunch while being taught by famous freedom fighters; watch the Operation Underground Railroad movie “The Abolitionists,” and mingle all day long with local, national, and international warriors in the battle for freedom for children. This event is brought to you by a joint coalition of organizations concerned for children and family freedom, including: Family First Utah, Big Ocean Women, Operation Underground Railroad, Constitution Mothers, Utahns Against Common Core, Utah Opt Out of Sage Testing, Eagle Forum, Locally Directed Education, and countless individuals who truly care about freedom for children.
Why: Because children’s freedom is at risk, both locally and abroad
When: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Workshops will be held at Sorenson Student Center, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT (park by student center.) Evening events start at 6:30 at Ragan Theater at Utah Valley University.
Entertainment: “The Abolitionists” – a documentary film about Operation Underground Railroad’s ongoing rescue operation that saved over 300 trafficked child sex slaves last year, in its first year of operation. Free at this special event.
Also: Five Strings Musical Group – a Southern Utah-based family of incredible musicians. –Free at this special event.
Cost: Free events include the evening speakers, music, and film; morning workshops: $5 for the whole bundle; bring-your-own-lunch training costs $5; eating the catered lunch with training included costs $15.
Space limited: Workshops are held in classrooms and will be closed as soon as they are filled up on the day of the event. First come, first served. Ragan Theater evening events are held in a 400-person capacity setting; first come, first served.
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER. Please pre-register even if you are only attending the free events by clicking here: http://www.utahnsagainstcommoncore.com/symposium. Below are photos of some of the people and presentations you’ll encounter.
Today at 6:20 on KNRS on the Rod Arquette show, Oklahoma’s Jenni White will be interviewed about how Oklahoma successfully booted Common Core from the state. Listen free here.
Tomorrow at 2:00 on KTALK 630, she’ll be interviewed again.
And tomorrow night, at a free public event, she’ll speak telling the story of how a few Oklahoma parents influenced the governor and legislature to boot the entire Common Core out of Oklahoma, as well as explaining what we must do to stop the unauthorized data mining of students, and why parents should opt out of Common Core tests.
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