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Here are four effective ways to advocate for homeschool freedom even when you cannot meet with your local legislators in person.
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Betsy Pierce

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Unable to Engage In Person?

If attending events or visiting offices at the Capitol or in your local district is not feasible for you, engage in advocacy from wherever you are and remember, every effort counts. Betsy Pierce share four ways on how You can be a sender!

Betsy is a second generation homeschool mom. She shares eight children with her husband, Nathan, all of whom they have home-schooled since birth. They met while at The Master’s College and moved to Placer County in 2004 when Nathan began his work at FPM. The whole family works toward the calling of protecting homeschooling. Betsy has been involved in many levels and types of leadership in the homeschool community over the years.

Pray

God’s most powerful tool is one that even His weakest children can wield. Pray at home, pray with others. During a 2018 legislative hearing, three thousand homeschoolers and allies rallied at the capitol. My husband—Nathan Pierce—spent weeks working on the legislation for the bill, and that day was a fifteen-hour workday for him. The homeschoolers spent seven hours standing in line to give testimony. I had six children, including a preschooler and a toddler, and wasn’t able to participate at the capitol that day. Instead, some friends and I met at the park and prayed while our children played (you know, the kind of mom praying where you have one eye open.). God worked mightily that day.

Babysit For Each Other

Sometimes, the needs of your children or your family can make it difficult to find the right time to visit the capitol or local district office together, but what if you could help another family by babysitting their little ones so they can do a visit? In the future, you could arrange for them to return the favor, allowing you to take the time to make your own office visit. This way, both families can benefit and support each other, creating a dynamic community that makes visiting your legislators more manageable. It’s like establishing a cooperative, where families join forces to coordinate childcare and office visits, making life a little easier for everyone involved.

pool resources

California is a big state, and for many people the capitol is several hours away. It may very well be an overnight visit for many, which isn’t always possible. Can your group contribute towards sending your leader or a chosen member to represent homeschoolers at the capitol? It is powerful to be able to have someone say, “I represent ten, twenty, fifty, or a hundred homeschooling families. We have a hundred children in our group. This is what we want and don’t want from our government.” Can you organize a fundraiser or gather donations from your group to enable someone to go? It is no different than sending out missionaries. Some go. Some send. Can you help send?

write a letter

Can you write a letter? Can you help others write a letter? Can you get together with other moms and help each other? Many people are nervous about writing, but one letter is considered representative of 1,000 voters in a particular district! If you are nervous about writing, then learn the topic with your children. As homeschoolers, learning together is what we do! FPM and CHEA have samples on their websites you can modify, or you can watch the section from the IEW level B continuation course on letter writing. If you need companions, this could be a mom’s night out topic: Learning to write!

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