Your freedoms are at risk! Be part of the solution!
WHEN: August 24th, 2024
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
WHERE: The Chapel at Grossmont
5651 Water St, La Mesa CA 91942
This event has three main goals:
1) Educate parents and families on what their homeschool freedoms are, and what it takes to maintain them
2) Emphasize the need for private homeschool families to advocate in order to protect private homeschooling freedoms
3) Train these homeschool families and leaders to build relationships and engage with their California state legislators and staff in a friendly, professional manner in order to create a visible presence and positive impression of private home education.
We have a great line up of inspiring speakers that will only grow. In addition to our featured speakers, FPM Executive Director Nathan Pierce will train attendee families. They will explain the legislative process as well as how to effectively meet with state legislators at district offices to advocate for private homeschooling. Join us as we work on preserving our freedoms together!
We are extremely excited to have Will Estrada, from HSLDA, and Zan Tyler from BJU Press as our featured speakers! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to listen and learn from these honored guests
We will provide lunch, snacks, coffee and a great time! Registration at the door will be available if there are still spaces left. Lunch cannot be guaranteed unless you register online by August 15. Registration will be $30 per family or $15 per individual! Childcare will not be provided but families are welcome!
Meet Our Speakers!
Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh is a graduate of San Bernardino High School and the University of California, Santa Barbara. In November 2020, Ochoa Bogh was elected to represent the nearly one million people of California’s Senate District 23. Senator Ochoa Bogh and Greg Bogh, her husband of 26 years, live with their son, two daughters and a Cocker Spaniel named Penny in the city of Yucaipa. Senator Ochoa Bogh will be speaking on the importance of protecting parental rights and the family. She will also talk about the difference it makes for citizens to engage on freedom issues with the legislature and in their communities.
Will Estrada is a husband, dad, attorney, and serves as Senior Counsel at HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) that has worked to make homeschooling possible since 1983. In October 2023, he was elected to serve on the advisory board of the Parental Rights Foundation. Will’s past experience includes serving in the federal government with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, and serving as the president of ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation.
Zan Tyler is an inspirational speaker and author, a consultant for BJU Press and the Home School Legal Defense Association, and the founder of the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools (SCAIHS). For sixteen years, Zan worked with Christian publishers to develop homeschool curriculum and resources. She considers the twenty-one-years she and her husband, Joe, spent homeschooling their own three children from kindergarten through high school to be one of the greatest privileges of her life.
Jennifer Avila is a homeschool mom of three and small business owner alongside her husband of 12 years. She was not homeschooled, but the Lord laid the idea upon her heart as a teenager and it never wavered. Her background in television, radio, and local government has given her the beneficial tools to successfully be an advocate. Networking while maintaining connections has always been her strong suit. Jennifer and her family’s advocacy extends to their local law enforcement each year and were presented a plaque in recognition of their support in 2021.
Nathan Pierce began working at Family Protection Ministries (FPM) in 2002 to protect homeschooling in California. He was homeschooled himself from kindergarten through high school and received a B.A. in Political Studies from the Master’s College. Currently, he serves as Family Protection Ministries’ Executive Director, Legislative Liaison, and conference speaker to homeschool leaders, parents, and teens. He works behind the scenes at the State Capitol, meeting with legislators to advocate on behalf of homeschoolers. In 2018, Nathan received the Christopher J. Klicka Award for legislative work relating to protecting homeschool freedoms.
Betsy Pierce is a second generation homeschool mom. She shares eight children with her husband, Nathan, all of whom they have homeschooled since birth. They met while at The Master’s College and moved to Placer County in 2004 when Nathan began his work at Family Protection Ministries. 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.
Logan Kausrud is 17 years old, and has been homeschooled since the second grade. He is entering his senior year of high school this fall. In his free time, Logan enjoys competing in speech and debate, throwing plastic discs, and discussing politics with friends. He aspires to someday become the president of the United States, God willing.
Thank you, sponsors, for helping make this event happen!
