WASHINGTON–The Heritage Foundation, along with Alliance Defending Freedom, California Family Council, Family Policy Alliance, Family Research Council, Family Watch International and the Massachusetts Family Institute, will host a virtual summit that unveils how schools are infusing K-12 classrooms with graphic and hyper-sexualized curriculum that promotes abortion and sexual orientation and gender identity ideology.

Prominent experts and leaders of the Protect the Children Coalition will detail international, national and local efforts to increase sexual content in education as well as how parents can protect their children from this harmful trend.

What: Protect Children in Education Virtual Summit

Who: Emilie Kao, Director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at Heritage; Mike Farris, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom; Sharon Slater, President of Family Watch International; Ryan Anderson, Senior Research Fellow at Heritage; Andrew Beckwith, President of Massachusetts Family Institute; Lindsey Burke, Director of the Center for Education Policy at Heritage; Irene Eriksen, Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for Research and Evaluation; Monica Cline, former Planned Parenthood education and Founder of Reclaiming Parenthood; and Mary Hasson, Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

When: Wednesday, August 12, 10:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M.

How: Register online here. For media inquiries call (202) 215-4276 or email [email protected].

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