This month we’re excited to highlight Jill Dunican, a true Woman of Action who fights not only for her own family but for all families in her community. She and her team are the eyes and ears on Scottsdale Unified School District. When she sees false and damaging materials and policies affecting kids and parents, she’s informing everyone in her newsletters. It’s frankly shocking to learn what gets pushed into schools without parents’ knowledge! That’s why we’re grateful for Jill, and we need MORE parents like her in every school district. Contact us to learn how you can help. 

Not long ago, Colorado was a conservative, common-sense state that protected children, and their parents’ rights to raise them. But now Colorado is ruled by Democrats in both state houses, and its far-left Gov. Jared Polis who just signed the first of two significant bills into law, making Colorado the premier ‘trans sanctuary state’. That’s why every state should be alarmed. 

This month we’re proud to feature Lisa Fink, a long-time friend and ally in our mission to protect kids, parents, education—and girls’ sports! She was with us in our Motion to Intervene in the Save Women’s Sports Lawsuit. (More context in this press release)  Lisa has been a strong voice for Arizona women and families for many years.  

The lazy days of summer are almost here. Kids will get their required reading lists, and parents will be looking for more books their kids will enjoy reading on vacation. 

Have you visited the doctor lately? Many have lost trust in ‘medical experts’, but there’s no better expert than YOU when it comes to examining your mind/body/soul connection. How are you doing? If you made an appointment with the Great Physician, what would be the diagnosis? And the treatment? It might be okay or scary, but what if the truth would lead you on a path of real wholeness?

This week many of our readers (including our team) are celebrating Holy Week, the most important events of history. Without the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, there’d be no Christianity--or the hope and life that it brings. Also, many of our Jewish readers celebrate the Passover commemorating their miraculous Exodus from Egyptian slavery, as told in the Bible. Whether you celebrate these or not, you’ll be fascinated and inspired by knowing a few facts.

Look at the news lately and it’s like hundreds of Chicken Little’s yelling to everyone that our financial sky is falling.  When there’s uncertainty, there’s usually worry. Worry leads to bad decisions and unnecessary anxiety. We can say NO to worry if we take time to understand the realities, make choices to control what we can, and then take another powerful ‘action’--determine to ‘Look Up and Look Back’. 

Executive Orders are nice—when you like the politics of the President in power. But they can change just as easily with the next President, and even now, they don’t hold the power of law. They simply set a policy that directs the agencies what to do. They are open to lawsuits, which can take months to work out. We need Congress to pass good laws. And that’s why ALL elections, and ALL elected officials matter. 

To celebrate Presidents Day, we must understand that what made President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln great, was not inherently their leadership, wisdom or courage. It was all of those in service to the ideals of liberty and goodness to bless an entire nation of people. Those ideals were inspired by the Bible, and they birthed the ‘brand’ of America. To celebrate Presidents Day is to celebrate America. But have we forgotten ‘our brand’--what America stands for?  

We need more good-hearted citizens to feel comfortable down at our Arizona State Capitol! Maybe if more of us showed up to check on ‘Our House’, we’d be happier with the laws that come out of it--laws that literally impact our everyday lives. Maybe WE could make some impact of our own, just by understanding our representatives, how they work for us, and how they NEED our input on bills. You WILL make impact when you take 5 minutes a week to send your opinions on those bills—and Arizona Women of Action makes it easy. 

Last week we guided some of our S.A.L.T. (Strategically Advancing Love & Truth) groups on a tour of our beautiful Capitol! These were women and men, kids and adults, who had a great time discovering how easy and important it is to know our way around.

What a contrast we saw last week! How fast President Trump is turning our nation back from the brink to its ‘true north’ of foundational goodness and citizen empowerment--a breath of fresh air for an ailing America! We’ve suffered years of increased authoritarian oppression—legally, financially and socially. A government with out-of-control power will always squeeze the life out of its citizens. History proves the bloody numbers….

u’re like me, watching President Trump and Vice President Vance get sworn in to office was emotional. I felt great pride to live in the greatest country in the world. I felt hope, knowing that this new administration will work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. Yet I’m also a little anxious, knowing there’s still many threats and much more work to be done.

Our Arizona State Legislature begins its 2025 Session this week! ... Before 2020 (when most of us Arizona Women of Action started paying attention to local politics), we had no idea and didn’t care much about what went on in our State Capitol. But that’s exactly why things got so insane to the point where we realized we have no choice but to BE ENGAGED LOCALLY!