You’ve probably heard someone say, “this is the most important election of our lifetime,” and in many ways this is true. While many are focused on the Presidential election, School Board and City Council elections have the most immediate impact on your daily lives and are just as important as who you select at the top of the ballot. This election is important for our children – whether you have kids in your district or not, your tax dollars pay for the curriculum and teaching of thousands of children and future leaders in your community. Do you know how your money is being used? 

In a time like this with all its chaos and uncertainty, anything can happen. Traditional values are attacked, and everything seems upside down. But don’t be discouraged. This is actually a time of great possibility! We have a chance to rediscover the deep wisdom and unchangeable truths within our nation’s founding.  

Do you realize you’re a soldier? If you love your freedom, your family, your community and our miraculous nation, then you’re called to be a soldier. G.K. Chesterton said, “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” 

The only question is, WILL YOU fight (in your own way) to defend what’s behind you, what’s worth protecting? The first step is to Wake Up to how the attack began. Then you can start to see YOUR part in this worthy battle for our Republic. 

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Summer break is ending, and the new school year is upon us, which brings bittersweet excitement for both kids and parents. We love watching our kids step into a new grade, hearts full of curiosity. We pray that their school year ahead will be filled with learning, new friendships, and wonderful memories.  

The Biden Administration’s recent rewrite of Title IX was a clear attack on the guarantee of sex equality in education and sports which would "both undermine constitutional freedoms—like the freedom of speech—and erase the very women that Title IX was enacted to protect.” Luckily, a Federal Judge in Louisiana just ruled that these rule changes are an “abuse of power” and blocked the rule from taking effect in 4 states. Unfortunately, Arizona is not one of those.  

AZWOA has been tasked to recruit and hire a special team of women to align with Turning Point Action’s Chase the Vote Project, to build relationships with like-minded voters and to encourage them to vote. Our AZWOA “Special Forces Unit” is out in their neighborhoods getting to know other women and families. We’re literally building community--connecting neighbors to each other and providing the resources they need to protect kids and restore schools right in their area!

This election season means endless political ads and messages designed to scare you into voting one way or the other. Leftist organizations like Planned Parenthood are funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Abortion Access Act, a ballot initiative that, if passed, would legalize abortion through all nine months and make Arizona one of the most progressive abortion states in the nation.

Public education seems to be focusing their resources on everything BUT academics these days. Parents send their children to school with the assumption that they will learn to read, write and do arithmetic, but schools are now becoming healthcare clinics and treating kids for mental health! This Townhall.com column by SMART Families Director Tamra Farah reveals how the role of school counselor has shifted away from college and career planning to mental health services, sometimes without the parents’ knowledge or consent. 

Parents and resident tax-payers—Can you trust your School Superintendent to direct the academic success of your kids and others in your local public schools? Can you be sure she or he is not pushing your kids toward political and sexual ideologies? Does your Superintendent guard your parental rights? Is he or she accountable to you, or do they spend your tax dollars and make priorities outside their mandate?