Earlier this year, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed Universal ESA's into law within the state. Arizona, already a school choice leader, was suddenly propelled into the national spotlight, adding ESA's for every Arizona student to the already thriving state tuition tax credit system.
When Ducey signed the law, he had Pastor Drew Anderson on hand to commemorate the moment for the media that had gathered to report the occasion. Pastor Anderson did not mince words: School choice is the defining civil rights issue of our generation. Further, he reiterated, Arizona's Universal ESA moment was the greatest civil rights moment in the United States since the founding of our country.
As shocking as a statement like that may be, there was another shocker in play: Pastor Drew Anderson is a registered and politically active Democrat. Why is that shocking? In Anderson's view, school choice has largely been the domain of Republican white guys and, as a result, unless the political left wakes up to the educational perils plaguing this generation, we are going to miss out on a historical moment.
So, how did Pastor Anderson buck the Democratic trends? Why is school choice a civil rights issue? Today we find out!
For more information on Pastor Drew Anderson and his ministry, please click here.
To read the Arizona Daily Independent op-ed pieced penned by Anderson, please follow this link.
To watch the moment in which Anderson, a Democrat, was recognized, commended, and celebrated before the Arizona Senate by Arizona Republicans, please click here.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created through Frameworks, a Biblical worldview initiative of Northwest Christian School.
For more information on Frameworks, please visit: https://frameworks.ncsaz.org/
For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/
To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.