Lary Holland: Official Blog, Links, and Resources (Entries tagged as house bill)

Minister Ronald Smith: Sunday February 24, 2008 Meetup Intro

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:18:15 -0500

People are organizing all around the State of Michigan in support of family preservation. Minister Ronald Smith tells nearly twenty people at A Child's Right Meetup that it's time to repair the family. Lots of information and strategy was discussed with advocates and a lobbyist about the importance of both a mother and a father in their children's lives.

The preservation of the family is an essential component to a healthy economy. Together, we can help bring back the importance of family, societal strength, and stable economy. Children deserve both parents in their lives.

A Child's Right Meet Up can be JOINED FOR FREE RIGHT HERE! Watch for more monthly MEETUPS!

Special Thanks to all the individuals that showed up in support of strong families. More importantly, thank you to both Robert and Angela Pederson, who opened their home for such an important event.

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.

Flint Talk Video Guys: Studio 1714: What's Brenda Clack's Reasoning?

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:33:07 -0400

The Studio Guys at Studio 1714 are at it again with another excellent piece on Equal Parenting, Friend of the Court Abuse of Power, and Representative Brenda Clack holding up Michigan House bill 4564!

"Originally only a program to serve the needy has evolved into a program to serve the greedy," states Lary Holland. He further states that, "The Judges and Friend of the Court are the gatekeepers to debtors' prison in Michigan."

John Wilson, "How can they pay if they are in jail?"

"Parenting is a protected liberty, the friend of the court routinely takes away a significant amount of custody from a fit, willing, and caring parent and assign all the benefit nearly to one parent and most the burden, including financial burden, to the other parent," Holland elaborates.

"It's a double whammi", states Steve Brewer.

"It's like a snowball [effect]," further states John Wilson.

Brenda Clack is holding up Michigan House Bill 4564, Michigan's Presumption of Equal Custody Bill which raises the standards to keep both fit, willing, and competent parents in children's lives.

Lary Holland on Equal Parenting: Studio 1714 Helps Bring Attention to Critical Issues

laryholland@sbcglobal.net (Lary Holland) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:03:55 -0400

Lary Holland discusses the Critical Issues with Studio 1714, located in the heart of Flint's beautiful East Side.

Lary Holland discusses critical issues surrounding Equal Parenting, House Bill 4564 (HB4564), and Why Equal Custody hasn't happened yet with Studio 1714's Flint Talk / Flint Video Crew. Representative Brenda Clack is currently holding House Bill 4564 hostage, which will be discussed in upcoming shows. View the first of several discussions that are going to be released over the next several weeks regarding the Critical Issues surrounding the State of Michigan's policies over the family.

"The more you learn about it the more you hate your State," Steve Brewer, co-host of Studio 1714's Show from the heart of Flint's beautiful East Side.

"What people don't understand is the Government doesn't create anything, doesn't create finances, it just takes them from someone else... to continue what they are doing is going to have much more of a human tragedy behind it." John Wilson, co-host.

It's the silence and indifference of the good people, led only by the vitriolic actions of our governments, that are harming our children. Join with me to help change what is happening to our nation's children. Let's reign in free for all welfare programs like Title IV-D and help re-establish that all people are created equally.