Dear PERK Supporters,
Here’s an important update on the powerful work PERK is doing on your behalf to actively protect you and your family. We recently sent a letter to the President of the United States, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Office of Civil Rights, exposing the nationwide denial in specific states of religious exemptions, medical exemptions, and children’s access to education.
We made it clear: “Families should never be forced to choose between their faith and their children’s education.”
In this letter, we documented how children across the country—including in states like California, New York, Connecticut, Maine, and West Virginia—are being removed from school because there is no religious exemption allowed. Some children are even kicked out mid-year, denied schoolwork, dropped from A’s to F’s, and parents are threatened with truancy charges. This is discriminatory, unconstitutional, and violates fundamental civil rights.
We also urged HHS Secretary Kennedy to take immediate federal action by ending the denial of religious, personal belief, and conscientious exemptions and ensuring no federal funds support agencies or schools that violate these rights. The letter to President Trump and our request is backed by 35 states, 61 organizations, and over 1,000 public signers, including faith leaders. In our letter to Secretary Kennedy we cite the support on our letter to the President.
We sent a letter to the Religious Liberty Commission exposing violations in California and four other states — and we’re building strong relationships with key leaders there. PERK is standing firm for parents, children’s right to an education, for health freedom, which also demands religious liberty.
So many of you ask how you can help. Today, we ask for your generous support. We will continue to update you on the actions we’re taking right now to defend your freedoms—and the steps we’re taking to protect you, your children, and your rights. These efforts are only possible because of supporters like you. If you believe in this work, please consider giving to 4 for Freedom—an investment in your rights, your family, and the future of our kids.
Any amount helps — $4, $44, or $444 — and when you give an amount ending in 4, you directly fund the fight for freedom legislation, health freedom advocacy, parental rights, children’s right to an education,and protecting children nationwide.
Thank you for standing with us.
Sincerely,
Amy Bohn
