How the Evangelical Kingdom is Moving Towards National School Choice and What Black Families and Homeschool Leaders Can Do to Claim These Opportunities
The Conscious Conservative Pro-life Initiative: Equipping Evangelical Leadership with Tools for Effective Pro-life Outreach and Supporting Black Families with More Empowering Pro-life Choices
The Conscious Conservative Pro-life Initiative is a branch of The Felecia Killings Foundation’s national Black Outreach work, which seeks to build an alliance between Black voters and Evangelicals in pursuit of pure racial reconciliation and expansion of the conservative voting bloc.
Founded in 2025 by Coach Felecia Killings, we desire to see more empowering pro-life choices available to Black communities nationwide and to witness a reduction in Black abortions using a Conscious Conservative theoretical and practical approach.
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How the Evangelical Kingdom is Moving Towards National School Choice and What Black Families and Homeschool Leaders Can Do to Claim These Opportunities
Back in 2012, when my daughter was born, I knew I needed to invest in her future education, one that would give her a superior learning experience in a safe environment.
As an educator myself, after investing years in training other parents’ scholars, I knew the best teacher for my tiny human was me. As such, I made the decision to homeschool my daughter before she was 1 year old.
Today, Aaliyah Amore is 13-years-old. We’ve been on this homeschool journey for over a decade, which has been one of the best decisions I made as a new mother.
Fortunately, entering the homeschool wonderland was easy for me. I had already developed the training to be a credentialed teacher from the University of California, Davis. And my skills as a curriculum writer, pedagogy researcher, and leadership coach gave me what I needed to craft a tailored educational system for Aaliyah.
Without question, my daughter is on a clear pathway towards educational success.
The system of homeschooling made this possible, and this is something I share often with parent leaders in my Beloved audience.
School choice and homeschooling are two educational options that have gained significant traction in recent years. School choice refers to the freedom parents have to select their child's educational institution, be it public, private, charter, or magnet schools. This option allows parents to choose a school that best fits their child's unique needs and learning style.
On the other hand, homeschooling is an educational method where parents or a designated tutor provide instruction at home. This option offers a highly personalized learning environment, tailored to the child's pace and interests.
Parents desire these educational options for a variety of reasons. For some, it's about ensuring their child's learning environment aligns with their values and beliefs. For others, it's about providing a safer, more nurturing environment than what they perceive traditional schools can offer. Additionally, these options allow parents to have a more hands-on role in their child's education, enabling them to address their child's specific learning needs more effectively.
For me, the desire emerged when I realized my daughter would be my most significant asset. As such, it was imperative that I afford her the best educational experience money couldn’t buy.
And over the last few years, Evangelicals in Power have moved towards a push to make school choice and homeschooling a viable option for parents.
During this next week, we will explore current legislation, both at the state and federal level, regarding school choice and the opportunities it can provide Black families and Homeschool Leaders.
While the current mainstream conversations surrounding this topic are broad and controversial, I want us to look at the nuances involved with Evangelical educational legislation, namely The Educational Choice for Children’s Act, sponsored and marketed by Senator Tim Scott.
According to one of his websites:
As the chair of the Senate School Choice Caucus, I am a firm believer that a child’s zip code should not dictate his or her access to quality education nor define the child’s future. This means increasing the availability of and access to whichever educational model a particular family finds best for their situation: public school, private academies, home schooling, charter school, or other cutting-edge models.
As of today, here are current data related to Senator Scott’s federal initiatives:
In another press release, we learn:
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the High-Quality Charter Schools Act to expand school choice by implementing a tax credit for qualified charitable contributions to nonprofit charter school organizations.
In communities across the country, the demand for high-quality charter schools far exceeds the supply, due to the initial start-up cost of opening a new charter school, which can cost anywhere from $2 to $20 million. This legislation would establish a 75% federal tax credit for charitable contributions to nonprofit charter school organizations with a proven track record of excellence to fund the expansion of high-quality charter schools.
The full contents of the High-Quality Charter Schools Act can be found here.
Controversies Surrounding School Choice and Homeschooling
While Evangelicals have dominated the pro-school-choice landscape for several decades, we should not assume school choice and homeschooling are tantamount to every Evangelical voter.
In fact, a large number of homeschool parents do not support school choice, namely the voucher system for fear that new federal regulations will thwart their educational freedom.
In other pockets of the Evangelical kingdom, we have rural families who adore their local public schools. By enforcing school choice vouchers, their public schools will suffer.
As one who is focused on building an alliance between Black American voters and Evangelicals, I am compelled to recognize all voices. Therefore, at times, you will see me discussing opposition to school choice vouchers and how Evangelicals can provide better solutions and messaging to the base; in addition, I will discuss the benefits of these new educational opportunities as a mechanism for Black American families to establish their own educational programs (i.e. The CCM School Choice Ministry) while laying claim to school choice funding to support their initiatives.
As we continue developing the necessary research, we invite you to be a part of this work.
How You Can Support The Conscious Conservative Pro-Life Initiative
At The Felecia Killings Foundation, we aim to build upon the growing research, analyses, and solutions within the social sphere by implementing our Conscious Conservative Pro-life Initiative, one that encompasses a spiritual, mental, and practical approach to empowering families. Within the Evangelical space, leadership has a strong desire to implement a pure racial reconciliation practice that increases the number of conservative Black Americans into the fold, essentially creating a new Black Evangelical Electorate that can effectively spread conservatism in predominantly Black communities while expanding the conservative political tent.
Therefore, one of our missions within the Conscious Conservative Pro-life Initiative is to provide services and products (books, coaching programs) that help build stronger Black families and more empowering educational programs for their communities using conservative legislation.
To learn how you can become one of our CCM School Choice Leaders, register for our upcoming CCM Leadership Convention today, hosted in Atlanta, GA this October.
To partner with us as we raise funds to sponsor FREE training materials and workshops in Georgian communities, become a Beloved Giver today.
Above all else, pray for The Foundation, our CCM leadership team, and this national work of ministry. We are committed to ushering in pure revival, reformation, and racial reconciliation so the people experience the pure Kingdom of God in their lives. And once we see this happening on an individual level, we will witness transformation on a community level.
Until next time, Beloved, be blessed.
And as always, let’s grow together!
Coach Felecia Killings
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Founded in 2025 by Coach Felecia Killings, we desire to see more empowering pro-life choices available to Black communities nationwide and to witness a reduction in Black abortions using a Conscious Conservative theoretical and practical approach.
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