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Back to School - Setting Children Up for Success
Tuesday, August 25 at 8:00 pm ET
Live, one-hour, online event with Q&A
Every parent has the right to ask questions to advocate for their child’s well-being. As you prepare for back-to-school, it’s important to make informed decisions about your child’s health and education by knowing your rights and asking the right questions.
Our special Back-to-School UpClose event will help you understand vaccine requirements, options for exemptions, and how to help families break free from screen addiction and build stronger, healthier connections.
Join us to learn what you need to know about your legal rights as you navigate the educational school system, and the impact of increased screen time from digital learning.
For this UpClose, CEO Mary Holland will be joined by Kim Mack Rosenberg, General Counsel for Children’s Health Defense, and Melanie Hempe, RN, BSN, founder of ScreenStrong, an organization working to empower families to prevent and reverse childhood screen addictions.
Every parent, caregiver, and educator has a voice. This school year, let’s use that voice to advocate for safer technology choices, and policies and practices that prioritize children’s health.
As always, there will be time for audience Q&A so bring your questions!
We hope you’ll join us on Tuesday, August 25th.
Meet the Speakers
Melanie Hempe, RN, BSN
Melanie Hempe, RN, BSN is the founder of ScreenStrong, a national nonprofit organization helping families and schools prevent and reverse childhood screen addiction through science-based education. After her oldest son struggled with video game addiction, Melanie combined her nursing background from Emory University with the latest neuroscience research to develop practical strategies that protect healthy brain development.
She is the creator of the nationally recognized Kids’ Brains & Screens curriculum, now used by schools to teach students the brain science behind healthy technology use. Through her speaking, writing, and educator training, Melanie equips parents, educators, and students with practical tools to reduce digital distractions, strengthen relationships, and help children thrive in today’s technology-saturated world.
Kim Mack Rosenberg, Esq.
Kim Mack Rosenberg, Esq. is CHD’s General Counsel. She is an attorney in private practice located in New Jersey and representing clients nationwide on medical freedom issues as well as healthcare practice management and disputes and insurance coverage issues, focusing primarily on services provided to individuals diagnosed with the autism spectrum disorder. She has been involved in the vaccine choice and health freedom movement for almost twenty years.
Kim has testified in state legislatures around the country to retain, restore, or expand religious, medical, and philosophical exemptions to vaccine mandates and speaks to groups around the country on issues related to medical freedom. Kim has co-authored two books on vaccines, “Vaccine Epidemic” and “The HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed” and a book about autism, “The Parent’s Autism Sourcebook.”
Mary Holland, Esq.
Mary Holland, Esq. is CEO of Children’s Health Defense, and has been involved in the health freedom movement for over two decades. She previously served as CHD’s general counsel, overseeing its litigation regarding mandates, exemptions, informed consent, free speech and government regulation.
She is the co-author or editor of several books on vaccines, including “Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth” and “The HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed.” Before joining CHD, she taught for many years at NYU School of Law and Columbia Law School.
This online event will be held via Zoom Webinar.
Registration will close at 6 p.m. ET on August 25.
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