The Biden administration claims it formed the recently unveiled “parents council” to better reflect families’ views in public schools—but its members include Al Sharpton’s community organizing group; activists who lobby to teach “comprehensive sex education,” including gender identity theory, in school; and open borders groups.
Supporters of the National Parents and Families Engagement Council, announced by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on June 14, praised the board as “a channel for parents’ voices to be heard.” Yet one look at some of the council’s 14 acknowledged members shows it represents a small segment of elitist, left-wing views.
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Among the groups that the Department of Education cites as council members are:
National Action Network: Sharpton founded the National Action Network in early 1991—after his role in the Tawana Brawley hoax, but before that summer’s Crown Heights riots left rabbinical student Yankel Rosenbaum dead, and four years before even deadlier violence against Freddy’s Fashion Mart.
Girls Inc.: Girls Inc., founded 157 years ago to help young women suffering during the last days of the Civil War, is now outspoken in its support of abortion, “comprehensive” sex education, and gender transition procedures for young people.
UnidosUS: UnidosUS, which rebranded in 2017, is better known by its original name: the National Council of La Raza. (“La Raza” means “the race” in Spanish.) UnidosUS/the National Council of La Raza has promoted left-wing causes and open borders advocacy since it was founded in 1968, in part by donations from the ultra-liberal National Council of Churches.
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