Fellowship of Friends, Checklist for Leaving a Group, Transcendental Meditation, Legal
Leaving a high-control group or environment can be one of the most courageous and difficult decisions a person makes. Whether you're actively preparing or just starting to imagine a life beyond the group, this checklist can help you assess your situation and take the first steps toward independence and safety.
ICSA has a set of questions that are designed to help you reflect on what you might need practically, emotionally, and legally.
"The Chicago Public School system has long been in a state of decline, with poor student scores and massive budget deficits. Teacher pensions in Chicago have threatened to bankrupt the state after politicians yielded to demands from the powerful teachers' union. Despite the budget crisis, however, school administrators are burning through money on woke programs and resulting litigation. The latest example is the over $2.6 million in damages that will be paid to students who were forced to participate in a Transcendental Meditation program during classes. Teachers ignored the religious objections to the Hindu-based program, and the school subsequently litigated the case, incurring even greater costs to the system.
U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly approved the settlement with the Chicago Board of Education and the New York-based David Lynch Foundation to pay $100,000 to the lead plaintiff and between $3,000 and $9,500 to each of the other students in the lawsuit.
Attorney John Mauck, partner at Mauck & Baker, said that students were coerced to go through a Hindu initiation ceremony with offerings to a guru and were told to repeat mantras with the names of Hindu deities.
He further recounted how "[one] student was told, 'If you don't kneel before the picture of the guru during your initiation ceremony, it could affect your eligibility on the girls basketball team.'" Mauck claimed that students were instructed not to tell their parents, especially if the parents were religious.
In the litigation, counsel was able to confirm 773 of the students who were required to participate in the program. More than 200 filed claims for damages."
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