Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and guest Gwen Deluca as they discuss the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), current legislation that would give them a monopoly on school board director training, and the fact that they are lobbying with our tax dollars.The original intent was to interview Gwen, a former school board director in Western PA, about a common sense policy that allowed for the review and challenge of age-inappropriate library materials in school. However, research and conversation quickly evolved as Gwen began looking into the lobbying expenses for the PSBA. This is an eye-opening conversation you won't want to miss! Please remember to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.psba.org/ https://broadandliberty.com/2024/05/24/beth-ann-rosica-house-dems-vote-to-establish-monopoly-in-school-director-training/ https://www.palobbyingservices.pa.gov/Public/wfSearch.aspx#bottom https://www.salary.com/research/company/the-psba-salary

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director, Jess Stahlnecker and President Ben Herring as they talk election integrity, what's going on in the 117th legislative district race and the enormous impact the final outcome will have on the 2024 general election. As it stands right now, on May 6th, we still do not know the final results of the 2024 primary race between our former president and co-founder Jamie Walsh and Incumbent Mike Cabell in the 117th legislative district. With multiple ballots still in question, the public awaits more hearings and ultimately decisions on both mail-in ballots and provisionals. Ben goes through all of the issues with these ballots, along with the precedential court cases that should make these decisions very clear. You'll definitely want to listen and sharpen your knowledge on the election processes and precedents as all of this will no doubt come into play in November. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter - Citizens Advisory of PA and don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE this podcast! As always, check out our website citizensadvisorypa.com to learn more about our organization and how you can get involved.

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. We are thrilled to welcome guest Chris Barrett, the Missouri Chapter Lead for the Gays Against Groomers Organization. Gays Against Groomers is a national nonprofit organization that opposes the sterilization and mutilation of minors, drag and pride events involving children, propagandizing youth with LGBTQ+ media, and queer theory & gender ideology being taught in the classroom. Join executive director Jess Stahlnecker and Chris for a great conversation. You can find Gays Against Groomers at gaysagainstgroomers.com. They also have a podcast called The Dark Side of the Rainbow that you can find on all the major podcast platforms.A special thanks to our Premiere Sponsors who make this podcast possible: Schnee Legal Services: schneelegal.com Murphy Wealth Management Royalty Self Storage Red's Barbershop R & D Memories: randdmemories.com We have some more great podcast guests lined so be sure LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss anything!

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Jess Stahlnecker, Executive Director and Vice President Amy Carrozza give some important KOOTH updates, including some articles coming out of the UK as well as here locally. We’ll also talk about what is going on at Wyoming Area, where KOOTH continues to be a pilot program. If you are unfamiliar with KOOTH Mental Health please go back and listen to our episode on Kooth with Ed Brunn. It's episode 4. Then come back and listen to these updates. Here are links to the articles so you can read and dig for yourself: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pro-trans-website-children-given-213519633.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/21/pro-trans-website-for-children-backed-by-nhs-investigated/ https://www.standardspeaker.com/opinion/columnists/kooth-exec-defends-program-in-hazleton-schools/article_8424a14e-93f7-532b-80a6-856cd1703100.html A special thanks to our Premiere Sponsors who make this podcast possible: Schnee Legal Services: schneelegal.com Murphy Wealth Management Royalty Self Storage Red's Barbershop R & D Memories: randdmemories.com We have some more great podcast guests lined so be sure LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss anything!

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. We are thrilled to welcome Attorney Chad Schnee as a guest. A seasoned attorney with more than a decade of experience, J. Chadwick (“Chad”) Schnee has served clients in a wide variety of matters, including, among others, labor and employment law matters, municipal issues and guardianship matters. Chad is also an authority on Right-to-Know Law issues, having worked in the office of open records and having authored several editions of the definitive guidance on that statute: The Right-to-Know Law: A Practice Guide, published by PBI Press. His successful litigation strategies have been hailed as “innovative” in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Chad has appeared on the Megyn Kelly Show and various radio programs to discuss his work. Attorney Schnee has argued several cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to include repealing the "mask mandate" for Pennsylvania Schools. Join us for a very insightful Q & A. We took questions from our members that prompted discussion with Attorney Schnee on quite a few different topics. We think you'll love this episode, and if you do please LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE it with others. You can find Attorney Schnee's website at https://schneelegal.com/ or get in touch with him via phone: 412-904-2172 or email: chadwick@schneelegal.com

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker as she interviews Alexis Pasternak about the UNESCO initiatives that have become part of our public schools. Alexis is from Haverford Township, Delaware County, PA. She is a wife, and mom and lives in the same town she grew up in. Alexis' son attends Haverford School District, her alma mater. She left her job in 2010 to be a stay at home mom. Like many parents, she had a wakeup call during a virtual school day in 2020. After that she went from 0-60 and started REALLY looking at her district's website, policies, meetings minutes and videos, and researching in general what is happening in education (locally, PA, U.S., globally). You will love this conversation and the receipts she brings. In fact we're sharing some of the links here so you can do your own research! You can follow Alexis on X - https://x.com/luce_lexi?s=20 Research Links: https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda https://www.uil.unesco.org/en https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/global-citizenship https://sdgs.un.org/goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4 https://en.unesco.org/education2030-sdg4/targets https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/sdgs/material https://sdg.data.gov/4-7-1/ https://www.mission4point7.org/ https://www.unesco.org/en/futures-education/initiative https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-u-s-action-on-global-development/ https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/teaching-global-citizenship-classroom https://www.neafoundation.org/ideas-voices/twelve-lessons-to-open-classrooms-and-minds-to-the-world/ https://www.education.pa.gov/Teachers%20-%20Administrators/Curriculum/Science/Pages/Science-Standards.aspx If you're enjoying this podcast, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE with other parents and stakeholders who care about the future of education in this country!

Join Citizens Advisory of PA Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and President Ben Herring as they share some of the top issues that parents should be paying attention to in the new year.You can check us out on our website at citizensadvisorypa.com, on Facebook and on Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA, and if you loved today’s episode as much as we did, don’t forget to like, subscribe and share!

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and guest Aly Warner as they analyze some of the Pennsylvania Department of Education performance data from 2015-present. They talk about the trends, possible reasons for a decline in performance, implications, and of course what parents should be paying attention to in their own districts. Aly is a wife, mom and the Northampton County Chair of Moms For Liberty. She cares deeply about how the education system is serving parents, and is committed to driving transparency. She strongly supports parents’ rights over the upbringing of their children and is determined to help highlight the deficiencies that got us to where we are now. She hopes her work will serve to activate others to work together to support the success of our children in schools. You can find Moms For Liberty here: https://www.momsforliberty.org/ Aly's Chapter on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/M4LNorco/ and X (Twitter): @M4Lnorco Moms for Liberty National Podcasts: https://www.momsforliberty.org/podcast/ You can find us on our website: citizensadvisorypa.com and on Facebook and X - Citizens Advisory of PA and as always if you're enjoying these podcasts please give us a LIKE, SHARE this episode and SUBSCRIBE to our channel. We can't do what we do without you!

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director, Jess Stahlnecker and a very special guest, Pastor Matt Tarr as they discuss the history of and current state of public education through a Biblical lens. Matt is the pastor-teacher of High Point Baptist Church on the top of Larksville Mountain. He holds a Master’s of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry Degree, and he wrote his thesis on the mischievous art of Corinthian sophistry and rhetoric, and the restoration of transcendental authority to restore unity in community. He was a co-founder of Parents for Freedom (now Citizen’s Advisory) before founding High Point Classical Academy, which is open K-6 for Fall 2024 and is the FIRST Hillsdale College American Classical Curriculum school in the state of PA. He is an active member of the community, is a volunteer police chaplain, and is a member of the Churchill Society of PA. In his spare time, Matt has been working on one of several books, presently titled, “The State of Education.” Beyond that, Matt and his wife Melody have four boys together, and they love being involved in their kids’ lives. We think you will find this episode extremely informative, eye-opening and encouraging. As always sharing is caring! Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE AND SHARE this episode if you find it helpful!

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Vice President Ben Herring as they talk about Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania's newest product, the monthly newsletter.Find out what you can expect from the newsletter, why it's such an important part of the mission and how you can get on the email distribution list. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter - Citizens Advisory of PA and we always appreciate when you LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE our podcast with other concerned citizens!

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and guest Tim Jagger as they discuss the Perkiomen Valley School District bathroom policy 720. Tim is one of the parents who questioned the bathroom policy at Perkiomen Valley when his daughter came home from school on the first day and said there was a male student in the girl's bathroom. In this quick and to the point interview, Jess and Tim go through the entire story of how common-sense parents and students banded together to show their support for gender specific facilities to protect all students. This made national news and Tim was interviewed on both Fox and Newsmax. Ultimately, after one failed attempt, policy 720 was passed in the district keeping bathroom use to "gender at birth," a HUGE swing in the right direction. If you enjoyed this conversation, please LIKE and SHARE and of course, hit the SUBSCRIBE button so you don't miss a single episode. Find us on our website citizensadvisorypa.com and on Facebook and Twitter: Citizens Advisory of PA.

Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Jess Stahlnecker, Executive Director and guest Stacey Adams. Stacey is a mom, a parental rights advocate and a research rockstar. Today, she's exposing a case of confirmed corruption involving two Beaver County School Districts. You don't want to miss this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiMWbPJI10E&t=951s https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/State-Ethics-Commission_details.aspx?newsid=252https://patch.com/pennsylvania/baldwin-whitehall/s/iqffe/western-pa-school-superintendent-fired-for-ethics-violations?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert&user_email=b59ff149efd5ba8e20ccd6f0f26445773f4d8f1fc6d55701085c9cbf8daa031dIf you enjoy today's podcast episode please like and share. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter: Citizens Advisory of PA and on our website: citizensadvisorypa.com

EPISODE 19: Luzerne County Court Ruling RE: 2022 Mid-term Election Welcome to the Citizens Advisory Podcast presented by the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Vice President Ben Herring for an important update regarding the 2022 midterm election in Luzerne County. If you are in our Facebook group you know that last Friday we received some great news regarding the 2022 election debacle. We promised to share that news with our membership on Monday night at our in-person meeting, which we did, but also thought it would be fun to share the story with you here on our podcast. Ben gives the back story of what happened in the 2022 election, the Right to Know Requests that were filed and the recent court ruling that will require Luzerne County to provide all of the election footage from the midterm elections. We know this episode has an abrupt ending. We had some technical difficulties and were kicked off of zoom. Fortunately, everything we wanted to say was shared before that happened. A reminder that you can find us on Facebook and Twitter - Citizens Advisory of PA and don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE our podcast with other concerned citizens! We are now available wherever on all of the major PODCAST platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon music.

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and President Jamie Walsh for a quick rundown of Citizens Advisory of PA's biggest fundraiser of the year. Our $30,000 gun raffle guarantees 31 different high value prizes. Listen in and learn how you can secure tickets for yourself and help us sell some tickets so we can continue to serve parents across the state. Visit our website citizensadvisorypa.com and find us on Facebook and Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA.

EPISODE 18: School Based Mental Health Analysis and Medicaid Billing Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Second Vice President Amy Carrozza as they dissect a recent concerning article titled"Biden Expands ObamaCare For Mental Health Services at Schools to Psychoanalyze Children 0 to 21" WARNING: Your Neighborhood School Is Being Set-Up As A School Based Clinic To Bill Medicaid So That All Children Can Be Psychoanalyzed For Health/Mental Health Services At School (Linked below) Jess and Amy breakdown the basics of allowing schools to bill Medicaid for mental health services and also dig a little bit deeper into some of the implications our children could face in the future. We encourage you to read the article and related sources for yourself and certainly to share the article and this podcast with parents, grandparents, teachers, counselors and administrators. Links to Articles: https://newswithviews.com/biden-expan... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6zi... Our membership is now open and there is no better time to become a member of Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania. We are continually researching and working to stop these agendas from moving forward full steam ahead…go to our website…citizensadvisorypa.com and click “BECOME A MEMBER” today. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter - Citizens Advisory of PA and don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE our podcast with other concerned citizens! As always we appreciate when you LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Vice President Ben Herring as they discuss the Citizens Advisory of PA Parental Opt Out form. They share what the form is, why we are able to use it in Pennsylvania and give some examples of why it's important to have one on file in your child's school. Please check us out on our website at citizensadvisorypa.com where you can find our Parental Opt out, under the DOCUMENTS LIBRARY tab. You can also find us, on Facebook and on Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel if you’re enjoying these podcasts. Of course, LIKE and SHARE this one with someone you know who might need what we talked about today.

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Second Vice President Amy Carrozza as they have a mom to mom discussion about some of the most frequently asked questions we get from parents around this time of year. They break down what to do if your school district doesn't "accept" your opt out form, and other important topics that are helpful in making sure your rights as a parent and your child's rights as a student are protected. We hope this serves as a great resource as we enter the "Back to School" season. As always please LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE and visit our website: citizensadvisorypa.com to access some of the documents we talk about. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter: Citizens Advisory of PA.

oin Executive Director, Jess Stahlnecker as she interviews Stacey Adams (EF Parent on Facebook, youtube and Rumble. Stacey is a working mom of two children who decided to dig into educational agendas when Covid hit. She saw the direction public education was going and decided to make the change to homeschool. We believe it is important to continue to push back against local school boards, but also want to share other options for parents when public school is no longer the best fit for their children. Stacey shares the hybrid model of homeschool she has chosen for her teenagers, gives helpful resources and debunks some of the common misconceptions surrounding homeschooling. Find Stacey: / @efparent The Homeschool Stacey uses: https://aoneroomschoolhouse.com/ Homeschool Legal Defense Association: https://hslda.org Please check us out on our website at citizensadvisorypa.com, on Facebook and on Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel if you’re enjoying these podcasts. Of course, LIKE and SHARE this one with someone you know who might need what we talked about today!

Join Executive Director Jess Stahlnecker and Vice President Ben Herring as they discuss the latest White House overreach. In June, joe biden announced Department of Education Office of Civil Rights will begin informing districts on how reviewing and removing books from schools challenged by parents can create a racially and sexually hostile environment in violation of federal law. We decided that because of what we've seen in the past few years: a ton of executive orders and bureaucratic orders and recommendations, it would be great to talk about the difference in these "orders" vs legislation and how these orders many times don't stand up in a court of law. As always, you can check us out on our website at citizensadvisorypa.com, on Facebook and on Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA, and if you are enjoying these podcasts please like, subscribe and share!

Today our organization president Jamie Walsh joins us to discuss the 13 Tenants of Critical Race Theory. Jamie has done extensive research on CRT and along with Citizens Advisory of PA has pushed hard to keep divisive curricula out of our schools. If you need a basic understanding of CRT, listen in. We also reference two books and a podcast if you're ready to do a deep dive for yourself: The books: Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado & Jean StephancicLIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE to this channel so you don't miss a single episode and check us out on our website at citizensadvisorypa.com, on Facebook and on Twitter Citizens Advisory of PA.