I’ve been to the Moms for Liberty National Summit every year for the past four years.
And every year, I come home reminded of why I went.
If you’ve seen something about Summit and thought, That looks interesting, but I’m not a Moms for Liberty member, I want you to know something:
You don’t have to be.
You don’t have to run a chapter. You don’t have to be on a school board. You don’t have to be involved in politics. You don’t even have to know exactly what you think about every issue.
You can just be a mom or dad who cares about your kids, wants to understand what’s happening in our country, and wants to know what you can do about it.
If you’re considering coming for the first time, here are five reasons I think you should.
1. You’ll Realize You’re Not Alone
This is probably the biggest one for me.
It can feel incredibly lonely when you’re the parent asking questions.
Maybe you’ve sat in a school meeting wondering, Am I the only person in this room who thinks something is wrong here?
Maybe you’ve tried to talk about an issue with friends or family and quickly realized they didn’t understand why you were concerned.
Or maybe you’ve never said anything publicly at all. You’re simply watching what’s happening in education and culture and wondering where all the other parents are.
Come to Summit. You’ll find them.
There is something incredibly encouraging about walking into a room filled with people from all over the country and realizing that you aren’t crazy, you aren’t alone, and you aren’t the only one asking these questions.
I’ve met some amazing people at Summit over the years. And those conversations in the hallways, over lunch, or sitting next to someone I had never met before have sometimes been just as valuable as what happened on the stage.
2. You’ll Learn From People Who Are Already Doing It
One of my favorite things about Summit is hearing from people who have actually been in the arena.
Parents who stood up in their communities.
School board members who fought difficult battles.
Attorneys who understand parental rights.
Policy experts who can explain what is happening behind the headlines.
Leaders who have figured out how to actually change things.
You hear nationally recognized speakers, but you also meet ordinary moms and dads who saw a problem and decided to do something about it.
And that matters, because sometimes the most helpful thing you can hear is simply:
“Here’s what we did. Here’s what worked. And you can do it too.”
I always leave Summit knowing more than when I arrived—and with ideas I can actually use.
3. You’ll Leave With Something Practical
You don’t need to come to Summit knowing what your “thing” is.
Maybe you want to understand what’s happening in your child’s school.
Maybe you want to become more involved in your community.
Maybe there’s an issue you care deeply about, but you have no idea where to start.
Or maybe you just want to become a better-informed parent.
That’s okay.
Summit gives you an opportunity to learn about issues, hear different perspectives, discover resources, and pick up practical tools you can take home with you.
You might leave ready to speak at a school board meeting.
You might decide to get involved in something locally.
You might simply go home and have a conversation with another parent.
You don’t have to change the world the Monday after Summit.
But you may leave realizing there’s something you can do.
4. You’ll Be Encouraged
I think this one gets overlooked.
Standing up for your kids can be exhausting.
Paying attention to everything happening in education, politics, and culture can be exhausting.
And when most of what we hear every day is about what’s going wrong, it’s easy to start believing that nothing is changing.
Then you come to Summit.
You hear the stories.
You meet the parents.
You hear about the victories happening in communities across the country.
You meet people who were scared to speak up but did it anyway. People who lost a battle and kept going. People who started with absolutely no idea what they were doing and ended up making a real difference.
Every year, I leave encouraged.
Not because all the problems have disappeared.
But because I’m reminded that there are a lot of good people who haven’t given up.
And sometimes you need to be around those people.
5. You’ll Remember That You’re Part of Something Bigger
This may be what keeps bringing me back.
It’s easy to get caught up in our own little corner of the world—our school, our neighborhood, our kids, our problems.
At Summit, you get to see the bigger picture.
You hear conversations about education, culture, public policy, leadership, faith, parental rights, and the future of our country.
You hear from nationally recognized speakers. You meet people from completely different communities and backgrounds. And you begin to see how all these issues connect.
But you also realize something else:
Ordinary people matter.
Moms matter.
Dads matter.
Grandparents matter.
The person who has never attended a school board meeting matters.
The parent who is just beginning to pay attention matters.
That might be you.
So, from someone who has gone to Summit for the past four years, let me tell you what I would tell a friend who was thinking about attending for the first time:
Join us.
Join us even if you don’t know anyone.
Join us even if you’re not a Moms for Liberty member.
Join us even if you don’t consider yourself an activist.
Join us because you want to learn.
Join us because you could use some encouragement.
Join us because you want to meet people who care about the same things you do.
And join us because you might discover that you have a bigger role to play than you realized.
Join us in Dallas this October. I hope I’ll see you there.
www.momsforliberty.org/summit26
