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We are Awake Illinois This grassroots organization was launched by everyday parents and citizens in May 2021. During 2020, many of us "awakened " to the issues affecting our communities, our children, and our liberties. Awake Illinois chartered the first chapter in Naperville, Illinois, and is now expanding throughout all 4 corners of the state with 30+ county-based chapters . Thanks to the volunteerism of our regional leadership and members, our advocacy is waking up Illinoisans each day while empowering citizens to elevate their voices on topics of education, equality, legislation, civic involvement, and social welfare causes. Awake IL also embraces numerous philanthropic opportunities to advance our communities. Join the movement here . Please consider a non-tax-deductible donation to support our statewide efforts. Learn more about our Board of Directors here. FISCALLY LEAN Awake IL operates on an extremely lean budget with many expenses covered personally by Awake IL leadership and/or volunteers. The annual $50 membership fee alongside dedicated donors support our social welfare advocacy, civic empowerment, and affiliated administrative expenses. Your generosity is appreciated to ensure more communities are awakened and empowered to advocate for progress in Illinois. Contact us with 990 inquires. Leadership Awake IL Board of Directors The Executive Board consists of President, Vice President, and Director. Each volunteer operates as an unpaid advocate to advance a variety of social welfare issues. The views expressed by the organization are independent of board/liaison employers, companies, or affiliates. Shannon Adcock Mail Founder & President, Awake Illinois Helen Levinson Mail Vice President, Awake Illinois Board Steve Lucie Mail Director, Awake Illinois Board Awake IL Inaugural Year May 2021 - February 2022 Advocate • Awaken • Advance Click the red icons and photos to review the Awake Illinois advocacy that launched in May 2021. Your support of our advocacy with a non-tax-deductible donation is greatly appreciated. Awake IL donor lists are private and not disclosed publicly per 501c4 designation. Up Up Up Up Up AWAKE IL LAUNCH VIDEO Up Up Up Up Up Up Up Up Up Up

AWAKE IL LIVESTREAM RECORDINGS GALLERY Please watch these livestreams that aim to empower YOU to be awake to the issues and advocate effectively for your family and state. Special guests include top experts and influencers with discussions ranging from legislative calls of action to gender ideology and policy. Click HERE to learn how you can sponsor a livestream and amplify your brand, organization, or campaign on our platform with over 100 million annual impressions. Awake Illinois 播放影片 播放影片 01:31:12 LIVE: Can IL Survive SB 1950? Assisted Suicide Showdown Unveiled TONIGHT! Should Governor Pritzker veto this physician-assisted suicide bill? What are the ethics concerns? Tune in to hear Matthew Eppinette, Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, break it down. Share and tag Governor Pritzker on your accounts! 播放影片 播放影片 39:37 AWAKE IL Livestream: Real Care Heals, It Doesn't Kill; JB Must VETO Illinois' Suicide Bill Awake IL founder Shannon Adcock and IL Family Institute/IL Family Action Director Dave Smith highlight this bill, it's weaknesses, and why Governor Pritzker should VETO it. Every disability organization in Illinois opposes this bill as does the American Medical Association. Illinois residents are asked to contact Pritzker to VETO this bill at www.awakeIL.com/veto 播放影片 播放影片 01:08:35 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 26: Guest Danielle Carter-Walters of Chicago Flips Red Danielle is a dedicated health entrepreneur, political activist, and community advocate. With Chicago Flips Red, she has been a vocal critic of the city’s sanctuary policies and the misallocation of public resources amid the migrant crisis. She will share how her advocacy and commitment has made national media and and meaningful impact in Chicago’s grassroots movement to FLIP RED. 播放影片 播放影片 01:24:03 Awake IL Ep. 25: Exposing Transgender Foot Soldiers In K-12 with Guest Alvin Lui Alvin Lui with Courage Is A Habit will break down the FIRST EVER national report exposing how the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is weaponizing K-12 mental health programs to indoctrinate kids with divisive DEI, Critical Race Theory, and gender ideology...straight from their OWN documents! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 01:25:43 AWAKE ILLINOIS TITLE IX TOWN HALL WITH ATTORNEY AJAY GUPTA Join the virtual town hall with Attorney Ajay Gupta as he discusses the background on the Title IX injunction denial, the pending appeal, and what steps Illinois parents can take to advocate for transparency and student protections. Post your questions during the livestream. 播放影片 播放影片 57:09 Awake IL Livestream Episode 23 The Awake IL Board of Directors Helen Levinson, Steve Lucie, and Shannon Adcock will discuss the outlook of grassroots advocacy in Illinois. From parental rights to the 2026 midterms, join the topics of conversation live, ask questions, and share your comments across our platforms. 播放影片 播放影片 01:20:49 Governor Pritzker Testifies on Sanctuary State Policies, Part 2 Part 2 播放影片 播放影片 05:01:08 Governor Pritzker Testifies on Illinois Sanctuary Policies Sanctuary governors are shielding CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, then pretending the consequences don’t exist. This morning Governors Hochul, Walz, and Pritzker will be in the hot seat as their policies cause CHAOS in their states. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 30:17 Awake Illinois Livestream Episode 22 with Dad Corey Lindquist: Defending Title IX Join us LIVE as we recap the Naperville School District 203 Board Meeting with attendee Corey Lindquist. We will discuss his perspective as an Illinois father and defender of Title IX. 播放影片 播放影片 01:09:23 Livestream Episode 21: Sam Arrington Stood Up to the Woke Mob Sam Arrington's public comments at Valley View School District 365 recently went viral after he stood up to the woke mob. A lifelong resident of Romeoville, IL, Sam is a concerned Father and Grandfather. Hear why he opted to speak up for the students in his community. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 01:00:09 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 20: Sarah Parshall Perry, Senior Legal Fellow Sarah Parshall Perry is a Senior Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation where she focuses on civil rights, constitutional governance, regulatory policy, and the proper role of the courts. She will discuss Title IX, gender/parental rights case law, and President Trump’s Executive Orders. 播放影片 播放影片 57:22 Awake IL. Livestream Ep. 19 with Kirk Smith, Director of ICHE Kirk Smith is Executive Director of ICHE, a homeschool organization in Illinois that is rooted in the belief that parents have the freedom and legal right to educate their children at home. We will discuss why homeschool advocates across the state oppose the radical anti-homeschool bill HB2827. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 播放影片 播放影片 01:12:40 Awake IL Livestream Episode 18: Alvin Lui, Courage Is A Habit Alvin Lui is the founder and president of Courage Is A Habit, an organization that focuses on parent empowerment and education policy. His team creates tools and strategies to help parents and legislators protect children from indoctrination and gender ideology. He is a national advocate fighting woke across America. He is ready to empower you to fight HB2827. 播放影片 播放影片 56:27 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 17 with Justin Mahwikizi Justin Mahwikizi is an author, entrepreneur, and legal advocate focused on empowering communities and offering legal education for young families. An immigrant from Africa, he wrote The Manufacturing of Poverty, which emphasizes economic self sufficiency. A warrior Father of four, he fought the unlawful lockdowns and mandates. We will discuss DEI, the culture war in IL, and future outlook. 播放影片 播放影片 39:21 Awake IL Livestream with Guest Josh Seiter Josh Seiter, IL native and former Bachelorette contestant, spent months pretending to be transgender. Learn how his now viral social experiment exposed the left for being “delusional” and why he is now a face for women’s rights and sanity. Recording will be available to view afterward on our platforms and at our website www.awakeIL.com. 播放影片 播放影片 40:11 Awake IL Livestream with Guest Dean McGee, Senior Counsel at Liberty Justice Center Senior Counsel at Liberty Justice Center Dean McGee will join Awake IL President Shannon Adcock to discuss why Chicago Teachers Union members are suing for transparency after four years without an audit. He will also share how they are defending medical freedom and parental rights in IL and across America. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 播放影片 播放影片 01:25:03 Awake IL Livestream Protect the Kids Ep. 14 Why is Rep. Anne Stava Murray deflecting on her radical anti-parent record? We discuss this and some advocacy updates for parents looking to protect their children from radical "gender ideology". 播放影片 播放影片 54:35 Protect the Kids Livestream Update with the 2024 Sex Ed Analysis Report Awake IL President Shannon Adcock will share the latest updates on sex ed and opt out resources in K-12 schools. Learn how and why you need to pay attention to this agenda and what resources are available to protect your child. Visit www.awakeIL.com for the slideshow links shown in this presentation. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 07:05 SEX ED in IL, BACKGROUND 08:18 WHAT IS THE SEX ED ANALYSIS REPORT? 09:20 WHY ARE IL REPUBLICANS SILENT ON THIS REPORT? 13:12 AMAZING NEWS! ADVOCACY IS WORKING 17:15 AWAKE IL 2024 REPORT via FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 18:40 MOM SCORCHES RADICAL SEX ED IN VIDEO 26:40 WHAY ARE PARENTS SO CONCERNED ABOUT "SIECUS"? 39:28 WHAT DOES THE 2024 ANALYSIS REPORT SHOW IN IL SCHOOLS? 43:43 WHAT ARE THE WORRISOME SEX ED RESOURCES USED IN IL SCHOOLS? 48:33 PARENT CONSIDERATIONS, OPT OUT, and CLOSING 播放影片 播放影片 01:10:37 Awake Illinois "Protect the Kids" Livestream Ep. 12 with Natalya Murakhver and Maia Poet Now that school is back in session, Join this URGENT livestream conversation about gender policies and how you can protect your children. Natalya Murakhver is a NYC parent advocate and founder of “Restore Childhood”. She will discuss her organization’s resource “The Gender Toolkit”. Detransitioner Maia Poet will expand on her episode 11 convo about why parents must rise above the culture war noise when making evidence-based decisions in parenting and public policy. 播放影片 播放影片 01:56:35 Protect The Kids Livestream Ep. 11 with Guest Maia Poet Maia Poet is a 25 year old Israeli-American writer, researcher and public speaker. She began identifying as transgender at the age of 12. At 20, she moved to the Middle East- hoping to transition far away from her non-affirming parents. For four years, she lived stealth as a man within communities of Palestinian Muslims and Orthodox Jews in Israel. Living through Middle Eastern wars caused Maia to understand the impracticalities of transition. Consequently, she desisted from a trans identity which lasted for half of her life. Maia now reflects on her experience of desistance, hoping to provide insight for gender distressed young people and for their parents. She is on X/twitter @thepeacepoet99 And on YouTube @MaiaPoet Hosted by Awake IL President Shannon Adcock, this is the eleventh episode in a series of dynamic conversations titled "Protect the Kids" that launched in February 2024 after Rep. Anne Stava Murray filed #HB4876. The aim is to wake people up and empower others to take a stand for children NOW. Please join us on the livestream and share with your networks. All recordings and slideshow links are at the Awake IL blog at www.awakeIL.com/blog. 載入更多

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WE FOUGHT WOKE LEGISLATION and WON! REGARDING THE RADICAL ANTI-HOMESCHOOL and ANTI-PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL HB2827, ILLINOIS ROSE TO THE OCCASION. We are proud to have engaged in the grassroots awareness and lobbying effort against this radical legislation. Our efforts made national news and generated a continued awakening on how to FIGHT WOKE. Remember who the legislators were that sought to destroy education freedom and restrict parental rights. SUPPORT those who will DEFEND education freedom and parental rights--candidates like Stephanie Trussell in the 42nd district. ONWARD! TOP X POSTS

SEE Our 2024 GRASSROOTS LOBBY that HALTED HB4876 BELOW SUBMIT THESE FORMS FOR START OF SCHOOL! PROTECT THE KIDS LIVESTREAM SERIES This series invites top national advocates and experts to discuss how they are empowering parents, policy makers, and communities on the urgent need to protect children from the harms known as "gender affirmation", "gender ideology", and transgender trends. Together, we will fight this battle and WIN! These episodes stream live across our X , YouTube , Facebook , and Instagram platforms. Recordings will be posted to this page and the blog. Please join us live and share with your networks. They are also compiled at our Twitter in a "community "pinned to our profile. Awake Illinois 播放影片 播放影片 01:31:12 LIVE: Can IL Survive SB 1950? Assisted Suicide Showdown Unveiled TONIGHT! Should Governor Pritzker veto this physician-assisted suicide bill? What are the ethics concerns? Tune in to hear Matthew Eppinette, Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, break it down. Share and tag Governor Pritzker on your accounts! 播放影片 播放影片 39:37 AWAKE IL Livestream: Real Care Heals, It Doesn't Kill; JB Must VETO Illinois' Suicide Bill Awake IL founder Shannon Adcock and IL Family Institute/IL Family Action Director Dave Smith highlight this bill, it's weaknesses, and why Governor Pritzker should VETO it. Every disability organization in Illinois opposes this bill as does the American Medical Association. Illinois residents are asked to contact Pritzker to VETO this bill at www.awakeIL.com/veto 播放影片 播放影片 01:08:35 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 26: Guest Danielle Carter-Walters of Chicago Flips Red Danielle is a dedicated health entrepreneur, political activist, and community advocate. With Chicago Flips Red, she has been a vocal critic of the city’s sanctuary policies and the misallocation of public resources amid the migrant crisis. She will share how her advocacy and commitment has made national media and and meaningful impact in Chicago’s grassroots movement to FLIP RED. 播放影片 播放影片 01:24:03 Awake IL Ep. 25: Exposing Transgender Foot Soldiers In K-12 with Guest Alvin Lui Alvin Lui with Courage Is A Habit will break down the FIRST EVER national report exposing how the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is weaponizing K-12 mental health programs to indoctrinate kids with divisive DEI, Critical Race Theory, and gender ideology...straight from their OWN documents! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 01:25:43 AWAKE ILLINOIS TITLE IX TOWN HALL WITH ATTORNEY AJAY GUPTA Join the virtual town hall with Attorney Ajay Gupta as he discusses the background on the Title IX injunction denial, the pending appeal, and what steps Illinois parents can take to advocate for transparency and student protections. Post your questions during the livestream. 播放影片 播放影片 57:09 Awake IL Livestream Episode 23 The Awake IL Board of Directors Helen Levinson, Steve Lucie, and Shannon Adcock will discuss the outlook of grassroots advocacy in Illinois. From parental rights to the 2026 midterms, join the topics of conversation live, ask questions, and share your comments across our platforms. 播放影片 播放影片 01:20:49 Governor Pritzker Testifies on Sanctuary State Policies, Part 2 Part 2 播放影片 播放影片 05:01:08 Governor Pritzker Testifies on Illinois Sanctuary Policies Sanctuary governors are shielding CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, then pretending the consequences don’t exist. This morning Governors Hochul, Walz, and Pritzker will be in the hot seat as their policies cause CHAOS in their states. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 30:17 Awake Illinois Livestream Episode 22 with Dad Corey Lindquist: Defending Title IX Join us LIVE as we recap the Naperville School District 203 Board Meeting with attendee Corey Lindquist. We will discuss his perspective as an Illinois father and defender of Title IX. 播放影片 播放影片 01:09:23 Livestream Episode 21: Sam Arrington Stood Up to the Woke Mob Sam Arrington's public comments at Valley View School District 365 recently went viral after he stood up to the woke mob. A lifelong resident of Romeoville, IL, Sam is a concerned Father and Grandfather. Hear why he opted to speak up for the students in his community. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4796059867021312 播放影片 播放影片 01:00:09 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 20: Sarah Parshall Perry, Senior Legal Fellow Sarah Parshall Perry is a Senior Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation where she focuses on civil rights, constitutional governance, regulatory policy, and the proper role of the courts. She will discuss Title IX, gender/parental rights case law, and President Trump’s Executive Orders. 播放影片 播放影片 57:22 Awake IL. Livestream Ep. 19 with Kirk Smith, Director of ICHE Kirk Smith is Executive Director of ICHE, a homeschool organization in Illinois that is rooted in the belief that parents have the freedom and legal right to educate their children at home. We will discuss why homeschool advocates across the state oppose the radical anti-homeschool bill HB2827. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 播放影片 播放影片 01:12:40 Awake IL Livestream Episode 18: Alvin Lui, Courage Is A Habit Alvin Lui is the founder and president of Courage Is A Habit, an organization that focuses on parent empowerment and education policy. His team creates tools and strategies to help parents and legislators protect children from indoctrination and gender ideology. He is a national advocate fighting woke across America. He is ready to empower you to fight HB2827. 播放影片 播放影片 56:27 Awake IL Livestream Ep. 17 with Justin Mahwikizi Justin Mahwikizi is an author, entrepreneur, and legal advocate focused on empowering communities and offering legal education for young families. An immigrant from Africa, he wrote The Manufacturing of Poverty, which emphasizes economic self sufficiency. A warrior Father of four, he fought the unlawful lockdowns and mandates. We will discuss DEI, the culture war in IL, and future outlook. 播放影片 播放影片 39:21 Awake IL Livestream with Guest Josh Seiter Josh Seiter, IL native and former Bachelorette contestant, spent months pretending to be transgender. Learn how his now viral social experiment exposed the left for being “delusional” and why he is now a face for women’s rights and sanity. Recording will be available to view afterward on our platforms and at our website www.awakeIL.com. 播放影片 播放影片 40:11 Awake IL Livestream with Guest Dean McGee, Senior Counsel at Liberty Justice Center Senior Counsel at Liberty Justice Center Dean McGee will join Awake IL President Shannon Adcock to discuss why Chicago Teachers Union members are suing for transparency after four years without an audit. He will also share how they are defending medical freedom and parental rights in IL and across America. Join us LIVE! Recording posts afterward. 播放影片 播放影片 01:25:03 Awake IL Livestream Protect the Kids Ep. 14 Why is Rep. Anne Stava Murray deflecting on her radical anti-parent record? We discuss this and some advocacy updates for parents looking to protect their children from radical "gender ideology". 播放影片 播放影片 54:35 Protect the Kids Livestream Update with the 2024 Sex Ed Analysis Report Awake IL President Shannon Adcock will share the latest updates on sex ed and opt out resources in K-12 schools. Learn how and why you need to pay attention to this agenda and what resources are available to protect your child. Visit www.awakeIL.com for the slideshow links shown in this presentation. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 07:05 SEX ED in IL, BACKGROUND 08:18 WHAT IS THE SEX ED ANALYSIS REPORT? 09:20 WHY ARE IL REPUBLICANS SILENT ON THIS REPORT? 13:12 AMAZING NEWS! ADVOCACY IS WORKING 17:15 AWAKE IL 2024 REPORT via FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 18:40 MOM SCORCHES RADICAL SEX ED IN VIDEO 26:40 WHAY ARE PARENTS SO CONCERNED ABOUT "SIECUS"? 39:28 WHAT DOES THE 2024 ANALYSIS REPORT SHOW IN IL SCHOOLS? 43:43 WHAT ARE THE WORRISOME SEX ED RESOURCES USED IN IL SCHOOLS? 48:33 PARENT CONSIDERATIONS, OPT OUT, and CLOSING 播放影片 播放影片 01:10:37 Awake Illinois "Protect the Kids" Livestream Ep. 12 with Natalya Murakhver and Maia Poet Now that school is back in session, Join this URGENT livestream conversation about gender policies and how you can protect your children. Natalya Murakhver is a NYC parent advocate and founder of “Restore Childhood”. She will discuss her organization’s resource “The Gender Toolkit”. Detransitioner Maia Poet will expand on her episode 11 convo about why parents must rise above the culture war noise when making evidence-based decisions in parenting and public policy. 播放影片 播放影片 01:56:35 Protect The Kids Livestream Ep. 11 with Guest Maia Poet Maia Poet is a 25 year old Israeli-American writer, researcher and public speaker. She began identifying as transgender at the age of 12. At 20, she moved to the Middle East- hoping to transition far away from her non-affirming parents. For four years, she lived stealth as a man within communities of Palestinian Muslims and Orthodox Jews in Israel. Living through Middle Eastern wars caused Maia to understand the impracticalities of transition. Consequently, she desisted from a trans identity which lasted for half of her life. Maia now reflects on her experience of desistance, hoping to provide insight for gender distressed young people and for their parents. She is on X/twitter @thepeacepoet99 And on YouTube @MaiaPoet Hosted by Awake IL President Shannon Adcock, this is the eleventh episode in a series of dynamic conversations titled "Protect the Kids" that launched in February 2024 after Rep. Anne Stava Murray filed #HB4876. The aim is to wake people up and empower others to take a stand for children NOW. Please join us on the livestream and share with your networks. All recordings and slideshow links are at the Awake IL blog at www.awakeIL.com/blog. 載入更多 In Fall 2022, Awake IL advocated against the planned drag queen bingo event to be held at Downers Grove Public Library. It was cancelled! Listen to the public comment remarks spoken by Awake IL President Shannon Adcock on 9.28.22 to the Downers Grove Library Board : Previous Call of Action on #HB4876 and continued resources below. (best viewed on DESKTOP computer) Radical Extremist Legislator Anne Stava-Murray tried spreading lies in a desperate scramble to push anti-parent, anti-child house bill 4876. Thanks to your 2,800+ emails sent via our OPPOSE FORM, we all halted that bill together! Rep. Anne Stava-Murray ought to meet with just one detransitioner , such as Chloe Cole . Chloe is traveling around the country to sound the alarm on the harms she endured from this medical misadventure known as "gender affirming care". Rep. Stava-Murray needs to be educated on the reality of children who are harmed by this for-profit industry that tells children they are born into the wrong body. No child can consent to puberty blockers. Not to mention, parents have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children. READ: The American College of Pediatricians after reviewing of more than 60 studies, has concluded that "there is no long-term evidence that mental health concerns are decreased or alleviated after 'gender-affirming therapy.' Awake IL In The Media Awake IL Media 所有類別 播放影片 播放影片 11:40 Awake IL's Shannon Adcock reacts to IL-HB1664 and why it's likely to fail More at http://www.morninganswerchicago.com Facebook page at http://facebook.com/morninganswer Follow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/morninganswer 播放影片 播放影片 09:10 Parents' rights group sounds alarm over Illinois bill concerning children and gender identity Bishop reviews a slew of headlines from across the country in regards to gun control legislation and litigation. Bishop talks with Awake Illinois founder Shannon Adcock about House Bill 4876 that would make parents denying certain medical procedures for their children akin to abuse. Read the bill here: https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=4876&GAID=17&SessionID=112&LegID=152735 READ WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT HB4876 RADICAL ILLINOIS LEGISLATION IN THE NEWS Click images to read 1/2

BACK TO ABOUT Shannon Adcock Mother of 3 Founder and President, Awake IL and Awake Americans EMAIL: shannon@awakeIL.com Background Shannon is the Founder and President of Awake Illinois. Born and raised in IL, she is the first woman in her family to receive a college degree after attending University of Illinois (2002). She and her husband of 20 years have three children and two scraggly old English sheepdogs. Shannon is a Naperville resident who has been actively involved in: Serving on the PTA Leading C ommunity Fundraisers and Philanthropy Activism for Parental Rights, Equality in Education, and Civic Empowerment She became an "accidental activist" during the reopening public schools effort and decided to run for the local board of education in Fall 2020. During the school board campaign, she was called a "White Supremacist" and a "racist" by local extremists for her pro-constitutional platform . However, she can take the punches and her determination was only further reinforced and fueled . Her advocacy is firmly rooted in her Christian Faith and she felt called to start this nonprofit organization. In May 2021 she launched Awake IL as a registered 501(c) to build a grassroots movement of fellow parents and citizens who are committed to protecting ALL children, our liberties, and our American way of life. She most recently founded affiliate organization Awake Americans , a 501c3 nonprofit that aims to awaken everyday citizens into advocacy and empower them to have courageous conversations. Join the movement that is empowering people throughout the Land of Lincoln.

On August 16, 2022, a diverse group of advocates united at the ILLINOIS state capitol to defend children and liberty. They are called "homophobic", "racist", "hate group", "nazis", "fascists" by the misinformed and the by woke media purely because they defend children against child mutilation, public school indoctrination, and anti-Americanism. Listen to their words. Decide for yourself. A special thanks to the following speakers. Visit the timestamps below to listen to their remarks on defending children and liberty. @3:00 IL Rep. Adam Neimerg , IL Rep. Blaine Wilhour , and IL Rep. Chris Miller @13:00 Fmr. IL Sen. Darren Bailey @21:00 Attorney Thomas DeVore @29:55 Latasha Fields, Team Illinois @45:10 Jesse Sullivan, Fmr. Candidate for Governor and Father of 5 @51:15 Frank McCormick, Chalkboard Heresy @1:06:00 Stephanie Trussel, Fmr. Candidate for Lt. Governor @1:12:00 Scarlett Johnson, Moms for Liberty Wisconsin @1:16:48 Chris Elston, Billboard Chris @1:28:40 Scott Newgent , of Trevoices and What is a Woman? @1:59:30 CLOSING

BACK TO ABOUT Helen Levinson Mother of 2 Vice President Awake IL Chair, Moms for Liberty Cook County Sales Executive EMAIL: helen@awakeIL.com Background Helen is a passionate Skokie resident who has been married for 20 years and is a proud mom to two amazing children. Born to a family of Christian Arab immigrants from Jordan, and raised in Chicago, Helen has always embraced her rich heritage, with Arabic preceding English as her first language. An accomplished individual, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and works as an enterprise sales executive within the tech industry. A true community leader, Helen never hesitates to lend a hand. From her time as a dedicated Girl Scouts Troop Leader and involvement in fundraisers to assisting law enforcement with gratitude events, she's an enthusiastic advocate for parental rights and civic and economic development initiatives. Motivated by challenges in 2020, Helen co-founded a Niles Township coalition to empower parents, giving them a voice in their school board decisions. As Chapter Chair of Awake IL Niles Township and founder of Moms For Liberty's Cook County chapter, Helen tirelessly fights against harmful political ideologies and is committed to preserving childhood innocence. As determined as she is resilient, Helen finds joy in reading, problem-solving through technology, and advocating for parental rights. Cherishing time with family, she's also an avid cook, biker, and geocacher, always eager to explore the world around her.