The event was organized by Heather Smith, a teacher for the Youngstown City School District, and featured remarks from former LifeWise volunteer and teacher Rachel Snell, lead organizer for ACTION of Mahoning Valley Shane Russo, and Zach Parrish of the Secular Education Association followed by a question-and-answer period for the audience.

Smith, Snell, Parrish and Russo all took issue with the LifeWise programming being during the school day, a block of time that they argue is taxpayer-funded and that students shouldn’t be removed from. They also said that young children have difficulty differentiating between actual classroom material and LifeWise’s external material when it is presented to them during school hours whether it is on campus or not.