Building community is one of the most important things you can do as a homeschooling family. When I speak at homeschooling conventions, I invariably am asked how to start a homeschool group for various reasons. In this episode, I talk with Amber O’Neil Johnston, founder of Heritage Homeschoolers in Atlanta, GA, about how she started her group.
Amber is a homeschooling mom of 4 and business owner, who found herself in need of something that didn’t exist – a black homeschooling group in her county. Thinking she would find success if she could find 5 or so other families in her area, Amber’s group grew to over 90 families in only 2 years. An example of how there are always people out there for us to build community with, we just need to position ourselves to find them.
During this interview, Amber shares what led her to homeschool, how she discovered her need for a new homeschooling group (she was already, and continues to be, a member of several other homeschooling groups) and she details exactly how she started her homeschool group.
In this episode:
4:30 About Amber and her life in corporate america
6:00 How Amber grew her home business organically
8:00 What led Amber to homeschool her children
10:00 How she overcame the fear that she wasn’t capable of homeschooling her children
15:00 What led her to start her homeschool group (a must-hear for moms of African American children!)
18:00 Why community is important
22:00 Starting the Community
29:00 Homeschool communities and African American boys
32:30 Mechanics of how Amber started her homeschool group (exactly what she did and her thought process)
39:30 Recommendations for getting started
44:00 What to do if you can’t find a group you need
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10/16/19 • 49 min
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