JUNE 2025 UPDATE : In light of the latest mental health screening bill SB1560 , this 2024 blog post is being reshared as background for...

Join Awake IL President Shannon Adcock this Friday at noon CST for a livestream discussion on: The IL Youth Survey--what it is, the...

First, a quick backstory: Awake IL Vice President Helen Levinson, a first-generation Christian Arab whose parents emigrated from...

For our final newsletter of 2023, we want to thank our 25,000+ members, volunteers, and donors, for making 2023 a year to remember. See...

PARENTS DEFENDING. EDUCATION PRESS RELEASE: On December 13, 2023, a coalition of 36 organizations, representing 476,440 members, sent a...

Enjoy these messages of gratitude from our team, state/national leaders, and coalition partners. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday....

NBC Chicago did a an investigative report on area book challenges and the latest politicized topic called "book bans". Awake Illinois...

Sept 27, 2023: Awake Illinois President Shannon Adcock discussed Sex Ed/Opt Out, Parental Rights Tools, and Civic Updates across our...

Monday, September 25, 2023 Greg Bishop of Bishop On Air interviewed Awake Illinois President Shannon Adcock today on the latest...

Via Freedom of Information Act Request (F.O.I.A.), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) responded a week ago to our public...

WATCH FULL COVERAGE OF U.S. Secretary of Education's "Back to School Bus Tour 2023; Raise the Bar" IL BUS STOP IN SPRINGFIELD WITH...

In February, Dr. Stephen Levine outlined the 13 Myths of the "Medical Misadventure" known as "Gender Affirming Care". Parents, Do Your...

On July 5th, Awake IL President Shannon Adcock spoke to Liz MacDonald on the Evening Edit to discuss how Biden, Pritzker, and the...

As a mother of 3, a tax payer, and founder of Awake IL and Awake Americans advocacy organizations, I support safe libraries. Like many of...

After sending our public records requests and video links to a Daily Caller reporter, the above article was published and Lurie...

Thanks to our advocate partner Parents Defending Education for leading this important national coalition effort. Awake Illinois is proud...

BREAKING: This is Chicago-based Lurie Children's Hospital "Never Fear" series and they're selling it to IL school districts. Watch the...

Awake Illinois launched after the 2021 local elections to better support Illinois communities and grassroots candidates. It takes courage...

We are counting down to the April 4, 2023 school board elections and academic proficiencies are taking center stage. Please WATCH this...

Check out the two most recent vignettes discussing the IL school board races. WATCH & SHARE They are also posted at our media page and...

Module 3 of the "No S.I.R." series is now posted which covers Grade 6 Comprehensive Sexual Education lessons. The topics in Grade 6...

Awake Illinois launched in 2021 as a platform for parents, educators, and communities to center on the issues affecting families,...

Check out this new video tutorial on how to vote by mail. It's easy! Visit the new Awake IL VOTE page for this video and helpful links....

Last week, Awake IL received information regarding a "secret lunch club" coordinated by a 5th grade teacher in Oregon, IL school district...