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These 3 Central Bucks Parents Started a ‘Revolution’ to Save Their School District


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These 3 Central Bucks Parents Started a ‘Revolution’ to Save Their School District

CBSD Neighbors United Was a Revolution in Central Bucks School District.” This was the title of a recent column authored by Diana Leygerman, Tracy Suits, and Steve Sullivan, district parents and the founders of the organization which helped save the school district from Moms for Liberty, a local MAGA multi-millionaire, and other right-wing political arsonists who had captured the school board back in 2021 and were pushing a reactionary, and largely anti-public education agenda. The three join me today to talk about how CBSD Neighbors United started, the organization’s breathtaking success, and why even though they are closing its doors they are confident the movement they helped start will live on. 

Diana Leygerman is a Central Bucks School District parent and the Director of Comms and Strategy of CBSD Neighbors United.

Steve Sullivan is a CBSD parent and the Director of Fundraising for Neighbors United.

Tracy Suits is the current chair of the Chalfont New Britain Democrats. She served on the Central Bucks school board from 2017 to 2021, and is the Chair and Director of Operations for CBSD Neighbors United. She’s also a CBSD parent.

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  • CBSD Neighbors United Was a Revolution in Central Bucks School District
  • Meet Three of the Neighbors Who United to Defend Public Education in Central Bucks School District
  • Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
  • We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District
  •  It Takes A Village: Expelling Right-Wing Extremism From Bucks County School Districts
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    • Anti-Fascist, Dystopian YA Novel Inspired by Central Bucks School District
    • Unmasking Moms for Liberty’s Extremism, with Olivia Little and Diana Leygerman
    • Raising a Transgender Child in an Increasingly Transphobic Country and School District, with Brett Freeman
    • Fighting for Students’ and Teachers’ Rights in Central Bucks School District, with ACLU’s Witold Walczak
    • The Christian Right’s Crusade for Power and War on Democracy, with Katherine Stewart
    • Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider on Their New Book ‘The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual’
    • The History of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America, with Bill Mullen and Christopher Vials
    • Music by Maf é Tulà and Cartas a Felice, "La Loca." Panela Music. 

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