Topic: Political Title: Homeschooling Freedom: Past, Present and Future Speaker: Michael P. Farris Length: 30–60 minutes Type: General Session Topic: Legal, Political Audience: All, New Homeschoolers, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers Description: Mike Farris relates some of his personal “war stories” from fighting for homeschooling freedoms during the past 20 years. He also discusses the question, “If it’s legal in all 50 states, why are there still problems?” Title: Charter Schools: The Price Is Too High Speaker: Scott Somerville Length: 50 minutes Type: General Session, Workshop Topic: Education, Legal, Political Audience: All Description: Christian homeschoolers try to teach their children to love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. This is hard work, especially for parents with one income and many children. Many states now have “virtual charter schools” that offer tax-funded instruction over the Internet. Come find out why many state constitutions prohibit Christian parents from using charter schools to disciple their children in their homes. Title: Generation Joshua Speaker: Scott Somerville Length: 50 minutes Type: General Session, Workshop Topic: Political Audience: Teens Description: God told Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. Moses told Pharaoh to “Let my people go!” That generation of Hebrew slaves made it out of Egypt and into the desert, but it took a new generation with a new attitude to take the promised land. Homeschooling parents have taken back their children; now it’s time for homeschooled children to take back America. Title: The Joshua Generation : The Future Impact of Today’s Homeschoolers Speaker: Michael P. Farris Length: 30–60 minutes Type: General Session, Workshop Topic: Parenting, Political, Spiritual Audience: Parents, Teens Description: The first generation of homeschoolers has accomplished a great deal in seeing that families take charge of education. But homeschooling is done for a purpose—to train a generation to do even mightier things. How can we assure that our children become the Joshua generation? Title: From Tyndale to Madison: The Battle for the Bible and the Foundation of American Liberty Speaker: Michael P. Farris Length: 30–60 minutes Type: General Session Topic: History, Political, Spiritual Audience: All Description: How the battle in England to publish God’s Word in the English language began a struggle for freedom that would impact the U.S. Bill of Rights. Title: What is Generation Joshua? Speaker: Thomas J. Schmidt Length: 30 minutes Type: Workshop Topic: Education, Political Audience: New Homeschoolers, Support Group Leaders, Teens, Veteran Homeschoolers Description: With the goal of challenging Christian homeschool families to become more involved in government and politics, Tj explains what Generation Joshua is and the exciting opportunities it offers to young people and their families. Generation Joshua’s vision is to create an educational foundation in government and civics for homeschooled students and provide unique opportunities for homeschoolers to make a positive impact on our nation’s policitical landscape. Title: Future Threats to Homeschooling Speaker: Ian Slatter Length: 45 minutes Type: Workshop Topic: Political Audience: All, Veteran Homeschoolers Description: Homeschooling is growing rapidly as more and more people realize their children are not being well served by the public schools. But will homeschooling simply continue to grow without hindrance? There are growing threats on the horizon. Title: Defending Homeschooling in Washington, D.C. Speaker: Ian Slatter Length: 45 minutes Type: Workshop Topic: Political Audience: All Description: Getting the right homeschool legislation makes all the difference. What are the legislative trends? How can Congress help or hurt the homeschool movement, and how can you influence Congress? Title: Homeschooling and Washington, D.C.—Perspectives from the Front Lines Speaker: William A. Estrada Length: 30 minutes Type: Workshop Topic: Lobbying, Political Audience: All Description: Will shares what issues homeschoolers face on Capitol Hill, the political environment, what HSLDA is doing at the federal level, and what it is like for a Christian in our nation’s capitol. Title: Defending the Freedom to Homeschool Speaker: Michael Donnelly Length: 45 minutes Type: General Session Topic: History, Legal, Legislative, Motivational, Political Audience: All Description: Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states, but forces are still at work to capture our children’s minds, bodies, and souls. These forces seek to erode our current freedoms and our will to preserve them. What can we do to ensure that the blessings and freedom we have to homeschool are secured for posterity? Come hear HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly answer that question. Title: Parents’ Rights—A Crisis Is Coming Speaker: Michael Donnelly Length: 45 minutes Type: General Session Topic: Education, Encouragement, History, Legal, Legislative, Lobbying, Motivational, Parenting, Political, Why Homeschool Audience: All Description: In 1923, the United States Supreme Court ruled that parents have the fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their children. So why are parental rights suddenly endangered? Come hear HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly discuss the next biggest threat to homeschool freedom and what you can do about it. Title: Knock, Knock! There’s a Truant Officer or Social Worker at the Door—What Are You Going to Do? Speaker: Michael Donnelly Length: 45 minutes Type: General Session Topic: History, Legal, Legislative, Motivational, Political Audience: All Description: There is no need to fear if you understand your rights, the law and how to manage the interaction with these government workers. They have a job to do—and so do you! Come hear HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly discuss the most frequent issues homeschoolers face when dealing with school superintendents, principals, and social workers. In this practical talk, Mike will discuss how to homeschool legally in your state and how to handle encounters with civic authorities Title: Parental Rights: It’s Now Or Never Speaker: Michael P. Farris Length: 30-60 minutes Type: General Session Topic: Legal, Political Audience: All Description: Hear how the Supreme Court and our nation’s lower courts are failing to hold parental rights to the same legal standard as fundamental rights like speech and press, and how European court decisions on children’s rights are influencing our U.S. judicial system. Mike Farris describes three threats to parental rights that involve the political right, political left, and international law, and proposes a solution that will be the battle of the century for home schoolers and other pro-family forces. Title: Your Parental Rights: The Left's Next Target Speaker: Scott Woodruff Length: 50 minutes Type: General Session, Workshop Topic: Legal, Political Audience: All Description: Hear how recent developments in America and Europe, are flashing warning signals to us that basic parental rights are in jeopardy. The election of Barack Obama is a dream come true for those who would like to increase the power of the central government at the expense of the citizen. Some rights, like freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, get the highest protection because they are specifically listed in the Constitution. But one of the essential rights upon which our ability to homeschool rests, the right of a parent to direct the education and upbringing of a child, is not listed. Only an amendment to the Constitution explicitly protecting fundamental parental rights will preserve what we have won after decades of struggle. The “wish list” of the left includes a goal of reducing parental rights to a mere privilege subject to government licensing and the eradication of homeschooling as we know it. It's a race to the finish to see if we can amend the Constitution before the left can achieve its antifamily agenda, and the stakes are unimaginably high. Don’t ask when it will begin. The battle of the century has already begun. Title: Singled Out! Speaker: Michael Donnelly Length: 50 minutes Type: General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop Topic: Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Political Audience: Fathers, Mothers Description: Homeschooling can be challenging even when Mom and Dad are pulling together with a common vision. How is it possible for single parents to manage these demands of providing for, protecting and educating a homeschooling family? Mike Donnelly was raised in a single-parent home and will share his research and thoughts on how hundreds of single moms and even dads are able to keep homeschooling on their own. Title: Parental RIghts, Homeschooling, and Washington, D.C. Speaker: William A. Estrada Length: 45-60 minutes Type: General Session Topic: Legal, Motivational, Political Audience: All Description: Will goes into detail about the history of the federal government and homeschooling, threats to our freedoms at the federal level, the battles that are being fought, the victories that are being won, and what is on the horizon. Title: The Mandate for Christian Citizenship in Homeschool Youth Speaker: William A. Estrada Length: 30-60 minutes Type: General Session, Workshop Topic: Encouragement, Motivational, Political, Spiritual, Teens Audience: All, Junior and Senior High Parents, Teens Description: Will uses his background as a homeschool graduate and the Director of Generation Joshua to describe how young people today can make a difference in their communities and nation, how Generation Joshua can help, and how the next generation is uniquely equipped to lead our nation in the years ahead.

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