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# Michael Kane
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/michael-kane/
- Published: 1999-01-02T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-30T18:51:34.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual

**Michael Kane** is an American teacher and activist based in New York. He is the founder of [Teachers for Choice](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Teachers-for-Choice) and Director of Advocacy for [Children's Health Defense](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Childrens-Health-Defense).[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) He previously worked for [American Values 2024](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Values-2024).[\[3\]](#fn3)

## History

On July 21, 2025, attorneys representing Kane from the Alliance Defending Freedom, Children's Health Defense and Nelson Madden Black filed a [petition](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/content/files/2025/07/Kane-v.-City-of-New-York---Writ-of-Certiorari-to-SCOTUS.pdf) to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to review lower court decisions around the firing of public workers in New York City who declined to take a [COVID-19 vaccine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine) on religions grounds.[\[4\]](#fn4)

Kane and Children's Health Defense CEO Mary Holland co-authored a [letter](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/content/files/2025/07/Letter%5FSenator%5FMoreno.pdf) to United States Senator Bernie Moreno requesting his assistance in convening hearings in the United States Senate focused on workers across American fired for declining a COVID-19 vaccine.[\[2:1\]](#fn2) The letter was sent July 23, 2025, and published by Teachers for Choice on July 29.[\[5\]](#fn5)

## Videos

- November 7, 2023: "[NBA Mandates With Hall of Famer John Stockton, Referee Ken Mauer + Former Sen. Scott Jensen](https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/nba-mandates-with-hall-of-famer-john-stockton-referee-ken-mauer--former-sen-scott-jensen/)" published by Children's Health Defense (CHD)

## Interviews

- May 28, 2025: "[A Teacher’s Choice: Fired for Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine, feat. Michael Kane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80K7XWx-4yA)" on the *Back to the People Podcast* with Nicole Shanahan

## External links

- [Substack](https://substack.com/profile/58700168-ny-teacher-michael-kane)

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1. *Michael Kane.* Children’s Health Defense. Retrieved January 4, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230104010224/https://childrenshealthdefense.org/authors/michael-kane/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Holland, M., & Kane, M. (2025, July 23). *Letter to Senator Moreno.* White Rose Intelligence; Children’s Health Defense. <https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/content/files/2025/07/Letter%5FSenator%5FMoreno.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. Argo, M. (2023, August 14). *Michael Kane Joins American Values 2024.* Substack; The Kennedy Beacon. <https://web.archive.org/web/20231107183110/https://thekennedybeacon.substack.com/p/michael-kane-joins-american-values> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. Kane, M. (2025, July 21). *KANE v ADAMS: Unvaxxed NYC Teachers Petition SCOTUS Against Eric Adams to Get Their Jobs Back.* Substack; Teachers for Choice. <https://teachersforchoice.substack.com/p/kane-v-adams-unvaxxed-nyc-teachers> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *CHD Asks Senator Moreno to Convene Senate Hearings on Fired Unvaccinated Workers.* (2025, July 29). Substack; Teachers for Choice. <https://teachersforchoice.substack.com/p/chd-asks-senator-moreno-to-convene> [↩︎](#fnref5)