This club will provide students with unique hands on opportunities to develop outdoor skills, deepen their understanding of local ecosystems, and foster a lifelong appreciation for respecting wildlife. Through structured lessons and field experiences, members will engage with real-world science, practice ethical outdoor recreation, and contribute meaningfully to local conservation efforts. We believe this club will enrich our school community and connect students with the natural world in powerful and lasting ways. it is good for students who enjoy the outdoors, nature, and fishing, and want to be a part of something.

Because our community relies on having educated children.

WCMC actively supports Alabama's abortion ban — with no exceptions for rape or incest. This ban carries penalties of up to 99 years in prison for providers and has created a documented crisis in all pregnancy-related care. Doctors across Alabama are delaying or denying standard miscarriage treatment for fear of prosecution, since miscarriage and abortion are often clinically indistinguishable. Alabama already has the third-highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. Nearly half of all pregnancy-related criminal prosecutions in the U.S. in the first year after Dobbs came from Alabama alone. WCMC is a Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC). WCMC is not a neutral healthcare resource. It is a pro-life advocacy organization operating under the guise of medical care. Sponsoring their public events is not a charitable act — it is a medical ethics issue.     Women's Care Medical Center presents itself as a pregnancy resource clinic. What it actually operates as is what medical and public health professionals describe as a "crisis pregnancy center" (CPC) — a category of facility specifically designed to intercept people facing unplanned pregnancies and steer them away from abortion, and often away from contraception, using tactics that medical authorities have repeatedly condemned as deceptive and harmful.   The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) — the foremost authority governing the specialty practiced at your clinic — has formally identified CPCs as institutions that "use deception, delay tactics, and disinformation," undermining "the tenets of informed consent and patient autonomy." According to ACOG's data, 71% of CPCs use deceptive means. WCMC runs an abstinence-only program targeting Baldwin County students. Under the name "Optimal Truth of WCMC" (baldwincountysra.org), WCMC operates a federally-defined "Sexual Risk Avoidance" program — abstinence-only education rebranded — aimed at middle and high schoolers across all Baldwin County public schools. Part of the curriculum is to burn paper hearts in the classroom, telling students that they "will never be whole again" if they have sex before marriage and that contraception isn't safe. Alabama's own public health data shows this approach is failing: the state has the 5th-highest teen birth rate in the nation and ranks 7th in overall STD rates, 4th in gonorrhea. Federal investigations have found that over 80% of abstinence-only curricula contain false or misleading information about reproductive health. The downstream consequences walk into your exam rooms every day. We are not asking you to take a political position. We are asking you to uphold your medical ones. Sponsoring WCMC's March for Life is incompatible with the ethics of your specialty, the standards of ACOG, and the trust your patients have placed in you. Withdraw your sponsorship. Stand with your patients. Signed, the undersigned current patients of Fairhope Gynecology & Obstetrics Sources: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG); AMA Journal of Ethics; National Library of Medicine / PMC; CDC; Alabama Department of Public Health; ACLU of Alabama; Yellowhammer Fund; Birmingham Free Press; World Population Review; Alabama Reflector; Pregnancy Justice; and WCMC's own public websites including womenscaremedicalcenter.org and baldwincountysra.org.

Others should join this campaign for change because creating an inclusive and accepting school environment benefits everyone—not just LGBT+ students or those who express themselves differently. When all students feel safe and respected, it leads to better mental health, increased academic achievement, and a stronger sense of community. Discrimination and exclusion harm the entire school culture by fostering fear, division, and missed opportunities for understanding. By standing up for fairness and dignity, supporters can help ensure that schools are places where every child has the opportunity to thrive without fear of bullying or judgment. This campaign is about affirming basic human rights and modeling kindness, empathy, and respect for future generations. Joining together amplifies our voices and demonstrates a united commitment to building a better, more equitable educational environment for all.

Food insecurity is important because it can affect a vast majority of students. The vast majority can begin to suffer academically, creating a cycle of issues for the institution and the individual. With your help, we can take measures to resolve this issue and ensure that all students, regardless of their circumstances, can prosper.

CHATGPT "EDU" is an "investment" that means our school will commit to a product that causes learning decay, funds ICE, and damages the environment at an extremely alarming rate. Let CU know that we want AI OUT NOW.

On July 25, 2023, a federal lawsuit was filed in New York alleging that Leon Black violently raped a 16-year-old girl with autism and Down syndrome in 2002 at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse. The plaintiff, now in her 30s, was born with mosaic Down syndrome and had a mental age of 12 at the time of the alleged assault. According to the complaint, she was groomed through cheerleading classes before being trafficked to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who then introduced her to Black as Epstein's "special friend." The lawsuit describes a brutal assault that left the victim with internal injuries and lasting psychological trauma, including panic attacks she still experiences today. Black retired from Apollo in July, 2021,  after a review revealed he paid Epstein $158 million for purported financial advice between 2012 and 2017, years after Epstein's 2008 criminal conviction for sex offenses. This financial relationship, combined with the new allegations of child sexual assault, raises urgent questions about whether Black or his associates had access to student information through educational institutions, youth programs, or philanthropic channels. Given Black's extensive financial ties to Epstein and the new allegations of child rape, any institution that received funding from Black or maintained relationships with entities he controlled must immediately audit what student data, photographs, or access may have been provided.

This discovery reveals just one facet of the deep, far-reaching impact of this large-scale crime. Demanding accountability from elected leadership won't change everything, but it will demand their attention. Don't let them look away. 

Students around Georgia have been missing or dropping out of school due to fear of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Our parents are scared and our families are in crisis. Immigrants make 20% of all people in Dekalb County. They are active members of the community contributing every day and deserve to be protected from the attacks. We deserve to have a safe learning environment in school and feel supported by our elected leaders.  Dekalb County prides themselves on diversity and inclusion, this is the time to show immigrants are included in that diversity. We need to show up for each other and for our leaders to be courageous in the stand against ICE. 

Simple:  We did the work. We followed the law. Now the government must do the same! Others should join this campaign because what’s happening with PSLF buyback delays affects far more than just individual borrowers—it threatens the credibility of public service, the rule of law, and basic government accountability. Here are the strongest reasons, framed in a way that motivates people to act: 1. It’s a broken legal promise, not a handout PSLF is federal law. Borrowers already earned forgiveness through years of qualifying public service. Allowing intentional stalling sets a dangerous precedent: the government can delay long enough to effectively deny benefits without ever saying “no.” If this stands, any statutory benefit can be undermined the same way. 2. Collective pressure is the only leverage borrowers have Individual complaints are easy to ignore. Coordinated action—letters, congressional pressure, media attention—creates oversight risk the Department cannot dismiss. History shows PSLF progress only happened when borrowers organized and applied sustained pressure. Silence guarantees delay. Visibility forces action. 3. The harm is real and ongoing Every delayed buyback decision: • Prolongs financial stress • Delays retirement, homeownership, and family planning • Traps public servants in jobs they might otherwise leave • Undermines mental health and financial stability This isn’t bureaucratic inconvenience—it’s systemic harm. 4. Public service depends on trust Teachers, nurses, social workers, first responders, and nonprofit workers accepted lower pay because PSLF was part of the compensation package. If the government quietly dismantles forgiveness through inaction, future workers will avoid public service entirely. That hurts everyone. 5. Today it’s PSLF—tomorrow it’s something else Even people without student loans should care. If agencies can stall lawful benefits to avoid political or budgetary consequences, no program is safe. Accountability now protects all future beneficiaries of federal programs. 6. Momentum is building—but it needs numbers Oversight bodies, journalists, and lawmakers pay attention when they see patterns. Each additional voice strengthens the case that this is systemic, not anecdotal. Borrowers speaking together turn “delays” into documented misconduct. 7. This is winnable PSLF buyback already exists. The law is settled. The issue is execution, not eligibility. That makes this campaign practical, targeted, and achievable—pressure can force timelines, transparency, and approvals.

Thirty four states have passed phone-free legislation. 17 have passed bell-to-bell legislation. These bills have passed with bi-partisan support. Additionally, more than twenty public school districts in PA have already gone phone-free from bell to bell. Their leaders describe this policy as “transformational” for teaching and learning in their schools. Policies like these: • Allow teachers to teach and reduce distractions • Improve grades, test scores, and cognitive performance • Reduce cyberbullying and social media drama in the school building • Maintain calm during emergency situations (best practice according to school safety experts) Bell-to-Bell Policies have support from nation wide organizations such as the National Education Association, PA Teachers Union, Penn. Association of School Resource Officers, and National Association of School Resource Officers. Other policies (such as instructional time only policies) burden teachers, distract during safety situations, block opportunities to build critical social skills, and fail to remove the social comparisons and pressures of social media. Bell-to-Bell policies are made with exceptions for students with IEPs/504's or medical needs. It's time for Beaver Area School District to continue leading the charge in education by creating and implementing a bell-to-bell phone policy that follows evidence based research. We want to protect our kids at Beaver Area School District! -BASD Families

High student loan interest rates contribute to delayed homeownership, reduce GDP growth, increase financial stress, and widen inequality in access to higher education. Many students want higher education for better opportunities and access to high-paying jobs, but the burden of taking out loans makes this not possible for all.