Rebecca Friedrichs, a twenty-eight-year public school teacher, was forced to fund state and national teachers’ unions whose politics and immoral programs she did not support and that brought harm to her profession, her students, and our country. Although she “opted out” of the political dues for the first ten years of her career, she later joined in order to gain a voice. She served on the union board for three years, only to discover that many union reps agreed with her concerns, but are bullied and silenced, too afraid to speak up to union bosses.

Friedrichs eventually sued the National Education Association (NEA) and the California Teachers Association (CTA). Her lawsuit, Friedrichs v. CTA, which sought to free teachers from forced unionism, was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. Due to Justice Scalia’s death, the Court’s expected 5-4 decision for Friedrichs’ cause turned into an ineffective split decision.

Friedrichs authored Standing Up to Goliath: Battling State and National Teachers’ Unions for the Heart and Soul of our Kids and Country, an expose of unions told through dozens of powerful personal accounts.

Friedrichs is a host at Prager University and founded For Kids and Country, a national movement of citizens uniting to restore our schools and culture.

Learn more by watching this episode with our Locals community, on YouTube, Rumble, or Bitchute.

Ambassador Sam Brownback and Dr. Jennifer Morse on Family Council

Family Council hosted an online discussion with former Ambassador Sam Brownback and Dr. Jennifer Morse from the Ruth Institute. This was an informative discussion about the increasing number of Christian and conservative organizations that have been de-banked, canceled, or blacklisted.

Family Council was canceled by JPMorgan Chase in 2021. Chase Bank canceled the National Committee for Religious Freedom’s account without warning. The Ruth Institute lost its payment processor after being targeted as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

This was an informative time to learn more about what is going on and how you can get involved in pushing back.

Please watch the session from October 25 at 11:00 AM CT on Facebook Live.

The Danger of Forgive and Forget

By Faith Hakesley at “Advice from a Survivor.”

Whether you’re healing from sexual abuse, the death of a loved one, a medical condition, or any other difficult situation, you’re bound to hear unsolicited advice. Sometimes, we can let the not-so-great advice slide. Other times, it sticks with us.

I’ve certainly received my share of good and bad advice, one of the most harmful being, “Forgive and forget.” This can be quite damaging, especially to abuse survivors.

Think about those words for a moment: “Forgive and forget.” Now consider: is this advice truly good? Is it helpful? Is it healing?

Put yourself in a survivor’s place.

Keep reading.

What Happens When Parents Are Missing From a Child’s Life?

Check out this second Core Truth from the Ruth Institute as Dr. Morse explains why parents are so important in a child’s life and why, when they are missing, society pays the price.

Learn more of the core principles of a stable, functioning society based on an intact family unit by watching the Ruth Institute’s Truth According to Ruth series of YouTube videos.

The Ruth Institute is a global non-profit organization, leading an international interfaith coalition to defend the family and build a civilization of love. The Ruth Institute’s Founder and President, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, is the author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise a Village. Subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube channel to get all our latest news.