Moms for Liberty coming to DC for ‘Joyful Warriors’ summit

Moms for Liberty, a national parental rights organization, will be holding its third annual “Joyful Warriors” summit in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 29 through Sep. 1.

“Our Summit is designed to give parents from across the country a chance to discuss these issues, and come together to find solutions. We are proud to be able to host leading voices in the parental rights movements and continue the fight to protect our kids. We hope all parents will be inspired to continue this fight,” group co-founders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich said to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.

The event will be held at the JW Marriott hotel and will feature speakers, including Glenn Beck, former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, comedian Rob Schneider, and Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon.

The organization describes the event as “the ultimate gathering of parents fighting to defend their parental rights and improve education in America.”

“As parents, it is more important than ever to stand up for our children,” Justice and Descovich said of the event. “We know new Title IX regulations are threatening girls around the county, and we see Tim Walz, Vice Presidential Candidate, saying parents shouldn’t have a right to their children in a public schools. As parents we should all be concerned if these ideas take hold.”

Moms for Liberty has been calling its annual event the “Joyful Warriors National Summit” for the past three years.

Vice President Kamala Harris and campaign surrogates have recently been using the phrase “joyful warriors” for their own campaign purposes.

Harris has frequently used the saying dating back to the 2020 presidential election, but the phrase has surged in recent weeks in an effort to rebrand the vice president’s image as the leading Democratic presidential candidate.

Moms for Liberty has been a vocal and organized presence at school board meetings across the country. The education advocacy group has been attacked and vilified as “book banners” for calling out inappropriate reading materials in school libraries and curricula. The group’s latest fight has been to challenge the implementation of the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations barring discrimination based on gender identity at schools, which took effect on Aug. 1.