9/12 Candidate: Peg Luksik | U.S. Senate
Posted by pa on June 27, 2009 under 9/12 Candidates | 
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Married to James Luksik, Peg is a Mom with six children and resides in Johnstown, PA.
Peg earned a BS in elementary and special education from Clarion University of PA, graduating Magna cum Laude in 1976. In 1997, Peg was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humanities by Stonehill College in MA.
In 1977, Peg taught remedial education with learning disabled and/or emotionally disturbed students from elementary to college levels. Her teaching career continued through 1982.
From 1983 through 2006, Peg founded and was chairman of Mom’s House, Inc., a nationally recognized non-profit organization serving single parents and children.
Peg’s adult life has been dedicated to family oriented and educational issues including acting as Advisor to the Presidential Commission on the Family; grant reviewer for US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement; and was Founder of Pennsylvania/National Parent Commission.
In 1991, Peg was author of “Love, Mom” and in 1995, she authored “Outcome-based Education, the State’s Assault on our Children’s Values, with Pamela Hobbs Hoffecker (Huntingdon Press).
In 1997, she was host of “The Learning Curve”, a nationally broadcast live, weekly television program on NET television network .
Peg entered politics in 1990 when she was a candidate for Govenor in the Republican Primary in PA. In 1994 and 1998 Peg was an Independent Candidate for Govenor of PA and was an educational consultant to the Free Congress Foundation in Washington, DC.
From 2007 to the present, Peg has been Public Affairs Director for the Pro-Life Coalition of Pa and was a political consultant and campaign manager for William Russell for Congress.
Peg is well known in PA as a “no nonsense” political activist who advocates strong family values, the sanctity of life, conservative fiscal policies and a strong national defense.
Quoting Peg:
“As I have travelled the state in these past few months, I have been shocked by the level of anger I am finding. Anger at politicians who promise everything and deliver nothing. Anger at Washington for spending away the future of our children. Anger at fellow citizens over the apathy that got us here. And anger at ourselves for believing that everything was okay when we should have realized that it wasn’t.
As people continue to lose jobs, and the economy continues to crumble, it’s easy to get caught up in assigning blame – and then trying to get back at the person who gets the assignment. Understandable, but counter-productive. No amount of blame will change a single thing that got us to this position. But action can.
So, let’s resolve to change the old saying. Let’s not get mad, let’s get active. America is counting on us.”
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