Moms Club is just the starting point. The story it uncovers is part of a much larger, rapidly evolving landscape—one that demands deeper investigation, better context, and ongoing attention.
The Toolkit is a curated collection of resources designed to help you dig further.
Whether you're a journalist, educator, student, parent, or engaged community member, this page is built to support a clearer understanding of the networks, narratives, and forces shaping public education & our democracy.
Why This Matters
What often presents itself as local conflict or isolated “parent concerns” is frequently connected to broader systems—coordinated messaging strategies, funding pipelines, and political infrastructure operating across regions.
Understanding these patterns is critical.
This is about more than school boards.
It’s about information, influence, and democracy at the local level.
Resources
Our Schools
Our Schools USA is dedicated to empowering parents, students, and community members to protect quality public education for all students.
Positive learning outcomes for all students are often overlooked in the current environment around public schools.
Students should be the #1 priority in public education.
Our Schools USA is focusing on students first and students always.
Center for Media & Democracy
CMD’s investigations, public information requests, and lawsuits have ignited national conversations on money in politics and the distortion of U.S. law and
democracy — at every level of government and in every region of the country. We believe in the public’s right to know how government operates and how
corporations influence our democracy — and the true motivations for their actions. When necessary, CMD litigates to defend that right and ensure those in power
follow the law.
The Charty B
Nationalists with the end goal of dismantling public education are driving coordinated efforts across the country, with school districts increasingly feeling the
impact of extremist school board takeovers at the expense of students and teachers. Even in a state as blue as California, Christian nationalist groups are finding
pathways to power through local positions like school boards, turning Southern California into a growing hotspot where organized, often outside agitators target
communities—sometimes showing up as hostile, disruptive forces at meetings. In response, The Charty B is a group of activists working to map this broader network of
right-wing extremism, including protesters, churches, and dark money organizations. Knowledge is power—so we encourage you to explore the map (best viewed
on a computer), share it with your community, and use it as a tool to better understand the connections and individuals influencing what’s happening locally.
