School Board Madness

Today’s episode of the pod is a little different... Amanda Weinstein, Rachel Vindman, and guest host Katie Paris focus on real suburban moms who have been attending school board meetings in their communities. Katie discusses the “Read In () ” that Red Wine and Blue recently organized at the Ohio Board of Education, while Amanda and Rachel share their frustrations about the right wing’s latest “boogeymen” to scare suburban moms.

Then we brought on not one, not two, but four suburban moms who have been stepping up and getting involved in their local school board meetings. Moms Marla, Rachel, Kelly and Meredith tell us all about how they didn’t give in to the fear-mongering of the anti-mask crowd. Instead, they organized, showed up early (like moms!), and spoke out to protect their kids and the kids in their communities.

Finally, Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to vaccines for kids, getting together with other moms for Red Wine and Blue’s “Read In,” and going to therapy in this episode’s “Toast to Joy.”

Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to antimask, antivax, or antiCRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings () ! They’re fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.

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