Public School Defenders Hub

Our Mission

The mission of the Public School Defenders Hub is to proactively reduce the proliferation and detrimental impacts of anti-public school extremists. We provide support to parents, organizers, activists and school board member K-12 Public School Defenders on the ground.

Our Vision

Our vision involves making strategic resources, tools, support network contacts, opposition references, funding/media and pre-emptive coalition interventions readily accessible to K-12 Public School Defenders.

Our Programs

We maintain a number of strategic operational programs to support parents, coalition partners, board members and public school advocates. Our programs include:

Partner & Participant Coalition – proactive collaboration with leading public school advocacy groups and professional associations to promote common goals
Rapid Response – on demand encrypted text platform for use by a network of district level grassroots leaders, providing resource information and organizing support
Online Resource Library – easy-to-access articles/information and talking point infographics focused on a number of critical public school topics
Monitors & Observers Training – quarterly attorney-led in person and online training intended to prepare volunteers to spot Education Code & Brown Act violations for escalation
Enforcement & Ad-Hoc Workgroups – advocacy relationship building with elected officials, public education and engagement in support of good public policy
Counter-Disinformation Media – targeted social media themed campaigns to educate the public with facts and supported by coalition partner amplification
Newsletters & Updates – weekly digital communication with calls to action and information on Defenders Hub program progress and planning
Semi-Annual Coalition Partners Summit – in person forum for coalition partners & participants to interact and engage with one another & with the Defenders Hub leadership team
Programs Sustainability – ongoing fundraising work with public school advocates, groups and grant funders to ensure continued success and effectiveness of our professional organization

Our Partners

Defenders Hub coalition partners work collaboratively to achieve our mission of proactively countering anti-public school efforts. Some of the ways we combine efforts include:

Contributing materials and promoting access to the Defenders Hub Resource Library
Distributing Defenders Hub media across organization networks
Contributing priority legislative and enforcement focus
Signing on to key public school defense communications
Recruiting volunteers for board Monitors & Observers training
Supporting Defenders Hub Rapid Response
And many other ways

Leadership

To realize the mission of the Public School Defenders Hub and proactively reduce detrimental impacts of anti-public school extremists, we rely on the expert input and advice of a small group of Hub Advisors, whose role includes:

Providing executive guidance
Contributing ideas, ongoing feedback, and brainstorming
Sharing personal networks, recommending/supporting Coalition Partners
Helping to get word out about the Defenders Hub program
Amplifying content distribution
Contributing to sustainability

Sustainability

Defense Fund

As a program of CPI 501(c)(3), the Defenders Hub provides nonpartisan factual information to our networks and to the broader public education community. CPI is actively pursuing grants, individual contributions, and fundraising for operational expenses and to seed statewide expansion. Supporters are encouraged to make tax-deductible donations here.

Supporters are encouraged to make tax-deductible donations:

1475 S. State College Blvd. Ste. 202

Anaheim, CA 92806
programs@contemporarypolicyinstitute.org