BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Family Protection Ministries - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Family Protection Ministries X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fpmca.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Family Protection Ministries REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260122 DTSTAMP:20260425T031340 CREATED:20251106T181234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T232414Z UID:326938-1768953600-1769039999@fpmca.org SUMMARY:Capitol Day 2026 DESCRIPTION:Capitol Day2026\nLet’s Make An Impact Together\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Goal:\n \n \n \n \n \n The goal of Capitol Day is to provide information about private home education to our California state legislators and their staff in a friendly\, professional manner. This also allows legislators and their staff the opportunity to visit with real homeschool families.\nOur Capitol Day volunteers will visit each of the 120 legislators’ Capitol offices\, providing each office with an information packet about private homeschooling. These packets help explain private home education as well as provide research showing that privately home-educated children do very well compared with students from the public schools. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Capitol Day Serves Several Puposes:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Informs\n It informs any newly elected legislators and their staff and reminds the veteran legislators of the benefits of private homeschooling.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Strengthens\n It strengthens our working relationship with them on a professional level.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Point of Contact\n It leaves them with a way to contact us if they ever have any questions about home education.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Educates\n It educates private homeschool families on the inner workings of the legislative process\, trains them in how to advocate for homeschooling freedoms\, and gives them a hands-on learning experience in government as they visit legislators’ offices at the capitol.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thanks to our sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our generous sponsors for making Capitol Day possible. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n How It Works\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1 \n \n \n \n \n \n Application\nWhat are you waiting for? Capitol Day is our biggest event of the year! You and your family will learn a lot! Submit your application for review. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n Approved\nIf your application is approved\, you will receive an email with a link to our registration page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3 \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\nComplete registration by January 7th during this step. Lunch will be provided. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet Our Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Boden\, Esq.\n Director\, Legal and Legislative Advocacy\, HSLDA \n Kevin and his wife\, Wendi\, became homeschooling parents in 2008\, when their oldest child was in first grade. Now\, many years later\, they continue to educate all their children at home. \nKevin is a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and received his J.D. from Seattle University. Prior to joining HSLDA\, Kevin served on active duty in the US Air Force for 10 years as a Judge Advocate\, allowing he and Wendi to homeschool in three different countries and five states. Kevin has served three years in the Alaska Air National Guard and continues his service as a drill-status Guardsman. \nAs Staff Attorney\, Kevin serves as the primary contact for members in nine states and one territory. He is passionate about the freedom to homeschool and the blessings of being a dad. He also enjoys running\, (almost) all things outdoors\, and spending time with his family. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nathan Pierce\n Executive Director\, Family Protection Ministries \n Starting in 2002\, Nathan Pierce began working at Family Protection Ministries and currently serves as the Executive Director. He has over 20 years of experience doing advocacy work at the State Capitol. \nHe works behind the scenes at the State Capitol\, meeting with legislators and staff as well as testifying in committees to advocate on behalf of homeschoolers. Nathan values the importance of evaluating all things from an intentionally biblical worldview and works every day to maintain our freedom to do so. \nNathan was homeschooled through high school and received a B.A. in Political Studies from The Master’s College. Nathan and his wife Betsy were married in 2004 and homeschool their 8 children. In 2018\, Nathan received the Chris Klicka award for legislative work from HSLDA. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lynda Sloneker\n Executive Director\, STOA \n Lynda has been part of STOA since 2014\, with three of the six Sloneker children participating in and growing up in STOA. She was one of the founding members of Surgamus Speech and Debate Club in Northwest Arkansas\, and has served there as club director and tournament director since the beginning. Lynda has worked in almost every tournament role\, including Tab Director\, Ballot Push Lead\, Judge Orientation\, and Ballot Return. In addition\, she served as Tournament Director for the 2022 National Invitational Tournament of Champions (NITOC) in Dallas\, Texas. On the national level\, Lynda served on the Training & Development Committee for two years\, the Tools & Tabulation Committee for three years\, and has been on the STOA Board of Directors for three years. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Frank Erb\n Pastor to the Capitol \n Frank Erb is a Pastor serving the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Frank serves in this way as the Founder and President of the 501c3 nonprofit ministry called Illuminate California™\, and also as the California State Minister for Capitol Commission®\, a separate national organization connecting pastors serving in capitols across the United States and internationally. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Support Our MissionYour tax-deductible gift helps us defend homeschool freedom and equip families across California. \n Donate\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nLoading… URL:https://fpmca.org/event/capitol-day-2026/ CATEGORIES:Capitol Day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fpmca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/California-Sacramento-California-State-Capitol-Building-1440x906-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250131 DTSTAMP:20260425T031340 CREATED:20250104T125003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T181444Z UID:30126-1738108800-1738281599@fpmca.org SUMMARY:Capitol Day 2025 DESCRIPTION:Join Us in Sacramento for Capitol Day!\nThe goal of Capitol Day is to provide information about private home education to our California state legislators and their staff in a friendly\, professional manner. This also allows legislators and their staff the opportunity to visit with real homeschool families. Capitol Day serves several purposes:\n\n It informs any newly elected legislators and their staff and reminds the veteran legislators of the benefits of private homeschooling.\n It strengthens our working relationship with them on a professional level.\n It leaves them with a way to contact us if they ever have any questions about home education.\n It educates private homeschool families on the inner workings of the legislative process\, trains them in how to advocate for homeschooling freedoms\, and gives them a hands-on learning experience in government as they visit legislators’ offices at the capitol.\n\nOur Capitol Day volunteers will visit each of the 120 legislators’ Capitol offices\, providing each office with an information packet about private homeschooling. These packets help explain private home education as well as provide research showing that privately home-educated children do very well compared with students from the public schools.\nThis event is especially vital for the many new legislators and their new aides who have not yet become familiar with private home education. In fact\, a significant number of the legislators and their aides have no idea how private homeschooling works\, either practically or legally\, or that there are homeschoolers in their districts. These visits go a long way toward helping them see that homeschoolers are good\, law-abiding citizens who are living and working in their districts. URL:https://fpmca.org/event/capitolday/ LOCATION:Sacramento Capitol Swing Space\, 1021 O Street\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95814 CATEGORIES:Capitol Day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fpmca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/California-Sacramento-California-State-Capitol-Building-1440x906-2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR