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Pennsylvania Families and Childrens Equality Kicks off 1st Annual "FreedomBikeTrek4Families"

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:06:06 -0400

This event will be a part of a major event linking riders from 2 states in support of Federal and State Equal Parenting Rights.

Fairless Hills PA. July 5th, 2009: Pennsylvania Families and Childrens Equality are holding its first annual road bike trek to promote State House Bill 463 -- the Presumption of Joint Physical Custody in the State of Pennsylvania.

Bill Koellner of Levittown, Pa and Bill Gibbons of Fairless Hills, Pa will ride their bikes 310 miles from Independence Hall / Peoples Park thru Harrisburg down to DC in only 4 days.

Both riders will meet up with a group from Lansing Michigan on Thursday July 16^th on its last 80 mile trek down to DC – in conjunction with the annual “ParentStock” Festival held on the Lincoln Monument.

Monday Morning July 13^th at Peoples Park / Independence Hall – Phila. Pa. from 9-11am.

Speakers from PA FACE will discuss topics that relate to this underpublicized issue – Non Custodial Parents who want equal time with their children. House Bill 463 will bring both parents closer to their children.

The ride’s goal is for media attention for the bill on the floor, as well as to show that non-custodial parents (mostly fathers) want to be in their children’s lives – but the courts and laws separate them by broken / outdated legislation and Title 4D of the Social Security Act.

To get more information, please contact Bill Gibbons at the above cell phone or email address.

Both riders will be available for interviews and photo opportunities.

Website information for the trek: www.freedombiketrek4families.com

Website for organization that is sponsoring the trek: www.paface.org

Michigan Legislators That Support the Importance of Parenthood

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:59:35 -0500

Several Michigan Representatives have demonstrated that they indeed support the importance of parenthood and have declared it in writing before the legislature.

An Amendment to amend Article I of Michigan's Constitution (1963) and that "PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS HAVE A NATURAL AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO DIRECT THE CARE, EDUCATION, AND UPBRINGING OF THEIR CHILDREN. NO GOVERNMENT ACTION SHALL BURDEN, ABRIDGE, OR HINDER THIS NATURAL, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT UNLESS IT IS IN FURTHERANCE OF A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST AND IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF FURTHERING THAT COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST."

Any Dishonorable ANTI-Family Representatives that are against this bill should not be reelected and the following Honorable Reps including John Stahl should be honored publicly for being supportive of the most basic building block of society:

Fulton Sheen, Glenn Steil, Tim Moore, Edward Gaffney, Joe Hune, Joel Sheltrown, Rick Jones, Kevin Elsenheimer, Jacob Hoogendyk, John Stakoe, Tom Pearce, John Garfield, Jack Brandenburg, Philip LaJoy, David Law, Marty Knollenberg, Tom Casperson, Arlan Meekhof, Kim Meltzer, Neal Nitz, David Agema, Daniel Acciavatti, Brian Palmer, James Marleau, Tory Rocca, Frank Accavitti, Darwin Booher, Paul Opsommer, Bill Caul, Coleman Young, Barbara Farrah, Kevin Green, Dave Hildenbrand, Chris Ward, Craig DeRoche, Jeff Mayes, Robert Dean, Brian Calley, John Moolenaar, Dudley Spade, Tonya Schuitmaker, Bruce Caswell, David Robertson, Phillip Pavlov, Richard LeBlanc, Kathleen Law, Goeff Hansen, Bill Huizenga, Fran Amos, Judy Emmons, David Palsrok, Howard Walker, John Espinoza, Lee Gonzales, Lorence Wenke, Gino Polidori, Bettie Scott, Terry Brown, Gabe Leland, Gary McDowell, Lisa Wojno, Ted Hammon, Rick Shaffer, Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Michael Lahti, Andy Coulouris, Shanelle Jackson, John Pastor, Mike Nofs, Kenneth Horn, John Proos, Kathy Angerer, Bert Johnson, LaMar Lemmons, Richard Ball, George Cushingberry, Bob Constan, Ed Clemente, Chuck Moss

Lary Holland Discusses the 8 Stages of a Successful Social Movement

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:04:00 -0500

This Wednesday, Lary Holland discusses the eight stages of a successful social movement based on Bill Moyers's Spring 1987 Text, The Movement Action Plan. The Movement Action Plan is a Strategic Framework describing the Eight Stages of Successful Social Movements.
Listen to the whole show here: . (Dec. 12, 2007)

Listen to the follow-up show on Advocacy for Amateurs here: .(Dec. 20, 2007)
Lary Holland, Host of Get Your Justice Live, at http://www.getyourjusticelive.com discusses how this action plan can be put to work in the various social advocacy fronts regarding the family courts. The entire chapter from Doing Democracy: The Map Model for Organizing Social Movements can be found at Google Books free of charge.

A fairly comprehensive summary has been created on a standalone page for a summary of all eight stages that should be printed out and circulated amongst leadership in various social advocacy groups. The eight stages will help create healthy debates on both sides regarding respective organizational goals. Most of the information is reprinted from various websites covering the works of Bill Moyer. Even if you don't believe in the politics of Bill Moyer, you can believe in the framework and use it to help advance your organization's position.

You can find the standalone page located at http://www.laryholland.com/eightstages.html.

Equal Parents Week Rally! Be There!

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:20:32 -0400

This mammoth luxury bus will be at the Lansing State Capitol Building from 8:30am to 11:30am on September 26, 2007 to support equal parenting! Will You?

CRISPE, Dads and Moms of Michigan, the Family Rights Coalition, A Child’s Right, Children Need Both Parents, Fathers for Equal Rights, Fathers-4-Justice, Parents for Children, Children’s Rights Council invite you to join us in defense of the traditional American family at this historic rally at our State Capitol during Equal Parents Week. Over 40% of Michigan’s population is being micro-managed by the family court system with disastrous consequences to our children, families and the state economy. Help transform Michigan from a wasteland of broken families into a promised land of healthy families and community renewal.

House Bill 4564, a bill to ensure equal parental responsibility, will result in a presumption of joint custody for fit parents and equal access for children to both their mother and father. Hearings on this bill are expected this fall. Your attendance at this rally will send a strong message in support of HB 4564 and serve as a demonstration of our will to be equal parents to our children.

The Equal Parents Week Rally has been organized to bring to the attention of our legislature, our executive branch, our judiciary and the general public that Equal Parenting is a civil rights issue whose time has come. America’s success was built on strong family bonds and the recognition that both a mother and a father are essential to raising healthy, moral and well adjusted children.

Equal Parenting Symposium a Success

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:33:00 -0400

What we are facing today, much like others in the past, is a simple civil rights violation. This is how you get heard... Let your legislators know that you are fed up and not going to take it anymore! Demand equal rights and equal treatment, meaning equal access to your children!

The Equal Parenting Symposium was a success and will be airing on local public access television in the coming week around the metro Detroit area. The most recent symposium was in the City of Pontiac, in Oakland County. Politicians, Professionals, and interested citizens from all over the state appeared for presentations by Jim Semerad (Dads and Moms of Michigan), Dr. Michael Ross (Family Rights Coalition), Lary Holland (Family Court Problems), Jay Fedewa (Family Rights Coalition) and Minister Ronald Smith (Children Need Both Parents, Inc.).

As video becomes available, it will be uploaded and shared here! Also an audio podcast will be available later this week of the speeches that were given and available for sharing and download. This event was a success and even more people are now educated about the funding mechanisms of our Friend of the Court systems, the steep rewards that are provided for the creation of absent parent households, and the devastating effects of family court on our economy.

Thanks for the Family Rights Coalition, and the other members of the symposium for helping make this event such a success!