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Talking with Parental Rights Foundation President Will Estrada Mar 01, 2022

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In the final installment of our anniversary series, we’re celebrating 15 years of ParentalRights.org by talking with Will Estrada, president of ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation!

Will began his career with Home School Legal Defense Association and has served in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He shares why parental rights matter to him and how his journey led him to helm ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation.

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Parental Rights in Florida, with Patti Sullivan and Adriana Gonzales Feb 23, 2022

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In the third week of February, we’re celebrating the 15th anniversary of ParentalRights.org by talking with two volunteer State Coordinators!

This week, Michael talks with Adriana Gonzales, former Florida State Coordinator for ParentalRights.org, and her successor, Patti Sullivan, now a long-time advocate for families and parental rights.

Adriana and Patti share how they’ve worked to pass parental rights legislation over the years, including the recent Florida Parents Bill of Rights that was signed into law in 2021.

This episode is dedicated in memory of Treon G., Leroy B., Robert M., and Barbara D., parental rights heroes who have passed in this first 15 years.

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Joining the Parental Rights Movement, with Shaun Alexander and Ethan Demme Feb 15, 2022

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Welcome to week two of our celebration of 15 years of ParentalRights.org!

This week, Michael talks with Shaun Alexander, 2005 NFL MVP and Vice President of the Parental Rights Foundation, and Ethan Demme, CEO of Demme Learning and former chairman of the Parental Rights Foundation Board.

Shaun and Ethan share why protecting parental rights is important to them, and how they came to join ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation.

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15 Years of Parental Rights, with Michael Farris Feb 08, 2022

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In this first episode of our fourth season, we talk with Michael Farris, founding president of ParentalRights.org and currently the president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom. This month, ParentalRights.org is celebrating its 15th anniversary! To celebrate, we’re interviewing key figures from our organization’s history, beginning with our founding president.

Michael explains to us why he founded ParentalRights.org, and why the mission of the organization remains so important today.

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Season Three Wrap-Up Dec 14, 2021

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Thank you for listening to Season Three of the EPPiC Broadcast! Episode 21 with Shanta Trivedi marks the end of our third season, but we’ll be back soon with more interviews and more parental-rights focused content.

The EPPiC Broadcast will return on February 7th, 2022 so mark your calendars. As always, new episodes air on Tuesdays at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time.

In the meantime, you can catch up on our older episodes at parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast. If you enjoy the show, how about leaving a review on Apple Podcasts? New reviews help listeners find our podcast and help us reach a wider audience.

Thank you so much for listening, and we’ll see you again on February 7th, 2022.

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Keeping Children with Their Parents, with Shanta Trivedi Dec 07, 2021

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Our child welfare system exists to protect children from harm. Yet, in most jurisdictions in America, courts fail to consider the trauma that children will suffer if they are removed from their parents. The best way to protect most children is to support their parents and families.
This week, Michael talks with Shanta Trivedi, an Assistant Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts, at the University of Baltimore School of Law. In 2018, Shanta published a law review article entitled “The Harm of Child Removal” that outlines the harm and trauma that children suffer when the child welfare system removes them from their families of origin. In this episode, Shanta walks us through how the removal process functions, and how we can do better for children and parents.
This episode concludes the third season of the EPPiC Broadcast. We are taking a short break, and we’ll be back with more content for you in February, 2022. As always, thank you for listening!

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The Right to Choose a Babysitter, with Peter Kamakawiwoole Dec 01, 2021

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A new law in Virginia makes it illegal for parents to choose babysitters based on shared beliefs. Not only does this new statue violate previously existing law, it represents a dangerous threat to parental rights.

This week, Homeschool Legal Defense Association staff attorney Peter Kamakawiwoole, who has helped us to file suit against this law, joins us to explain how it violates Virginia state law regarding freedom of religion and disregards the traditional rights of parents. At HSLDA, Peter helps families across the country who encounter legal difficulties because of their decision to homeschool, and represents families before administrative tribunals, and in state and federal court.

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The Case for Blind Removals, with Dr. Jessica Pryce Nov 23, 2021

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Our child welfare system removes minority children from their parents’ homes at a much higher rate than white children. What if there were a way to remove racial biases from CPS child removals and end the over-representation of black and minority children in our child welfare system?

This week, Michael talks with Dr. Jessica Pryce, Director of the Florida Institute of Child Welfare. Jessica is a professor and a former social worker, and she’s the author and presenter of a TED Talk entitled “To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation”. Hear more about Jessica’s concept of blind removals in this week's episode.

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Making More Time for Parents, with Andrew Brown Nov 16, 2021

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The 21st Century Children and Family Act, recently introduced into the House of Representatives, promises to reduce "legal orphans" in the foster care system by supporting families up front and keeping them together. Can we expect to see this change succeed?

This week, Michael talks with Andrew Brown, a distinguished senior fellow of child and family policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Andrew has advocated for parents and families as an attorney, and he’s an expert on issues surrounding child and family policy. Andrew explains how our foster care system came to be this way, and breaks down the details of this new pro-family bill.

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Parents and the 2021 Virginia Election, with Generation Joshua Nov 09, 2021

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The recent Virginia gubernatorial election signaled a win for parental rights, arguably on a national level. Will the growing grassroots support for parental rights continue?

This week, Michael talks with Joel Grewe and Jeremiah Lorrig, director and deputy director, respectively, of Generation Joshua -- an organization dedicated to educating youth about the political process and helping them enter the political arena.

Join us for an in-depth breakdown of how parents rallied in Virginia to reject the establishment's anti-parent views. Can we expect to see similar victories for parental rights in the future?

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