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Why we're fighting Moms for Liberty
Moms for Liberty-aligned candidates have already secured a few seats on the Williamson County School Board, when only 18% of registered voters showed up to the 2022 local election.
The majority is now at stake - and with a new Superintendent search on the line - we're at defcon 1 with making sure pragmatic, levelheaded and NOT nationally-coordinated extremist groups are at the helm of our local schools.
Case Studies
The easiest way to understand the damage that Moms for Liberty does as a part of its mission to weaken and defund public education in America is to see real life stories across the country. We've been ground zero for a few of them during the initial 2021 launch when the local chapter was book banning crazy, but there are plenty of others to see what's at stake.
Knoxville, TN
Moms for Liberty was instrumental in the extensive book bans, including Roots and Shel Silverstein books, that made national-headlines. Read the full list here.
Texas
Christian Nationalist group Moms for Liberty (MFL) celebrates their success in helping pass new state K-12 Social Studies curriculum that mandates reading of Bible passages. Read more from MFL's newsroom
Alabama
Moms for Liberty calls for APLS board to help get librarians fired.
Moms for Liberty of Madison County is urging the Alabama Public Library Service to develop a policy to terminate noncompliant librarians.
National
An important read on the billionaires backing Moms for Liberty and their coordinated local attacks on public school districts like ours.
South Carolina
"On Tuesday evening, the Berkeley County School District in South Carolina swore in the board members who were elected last week, six of whom were endorsed by the conservative activist group Moms for Liberty.
Within two hours, the school board had voted to fire the district’s first Black superintendent, terminate the district’s lawyer, ban critical race theory and set up a committee to decide whether certain books and materials should be banned from schools." Read More
Iowa
In 2023 local elections, Iowans across the state pushed back on far-right candidates who wanted to censor books and curriculum. "Iowans want our teachers to feel supported, that we respect what they do, and we trust them,” Anderson said. “And that they would sort of like to get back to normal.” Read more.
Kansas City, MO
The Kansas City public library system staff has created a published list of books that Moms for Liberty is trying to ban. The attacks by MFL on librarians in our schools and libraries is in direct conflict with First Amendment rights and constitutional law.
New York
The battle over 5 books began in early 2023 with a formal request with the school board to have books removed from the Clyde-Savannah Junior/Senior High School library. A committee appointed by the board reviewed the books and found them to be perfectly acceptable, according to the petition. But when pressure increased, the board yanked the books anyway.
National
This 2023 PBS article on far-right group Moms for Liberty includes a School Board meeting photo from Williamson County - and District 6 current candidate Kimberly Calcote is seated in her Moms for Liberty t-shirt.
National
At the Moms for Liberty national summit in October 2025: "Where past Moms for Liberty attendees were urged to run for school board, this year they were encouraged to turn their grievances into legal challenges."