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America at 250: Strength, Sacrifice, and the Future of Freedom Summit - A Journey Through America's Past, Present, and Future
Thursday, June 11
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Topic
Faculty/Speaker
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6 PM – 8 PM
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Reception at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Museum. Enjoy light snacks and drinks as you tour the museum and explore the new temporary exhibit with artifacts from America’s founding.
Faculty/Speaker
Michael Maibach
Friday, June 12
Time
Topic
Faculty/Speaker
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7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
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Event Registration and Breakfast
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8:30 AM – 8:40 AM
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Welcome and Introductions
Faculty/Speaker
Leigh Vlasblom
Shelly Norden
Time
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
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Keynote Speaker
Time
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
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Socialism and Communism: What Too many Americans Support ("Equitable" Systems, Economic Models, Capitalism, Constitutional Republic, Declaration of Independence)
Faculty/Speaker
Ken Pope
Time
10:30 AM – 11 AM
Topic
Q&A and Break
Time
11 AM – 12 PM
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Foreign Influence in Education: Our Elected Representatives, Education Community, and Citizens are Unaware of the Level of Foreign Influence in our K-12 Education System
Faculty/Speaker
Jennifer Richmond
Brandy Shufutinsky
Time
12 PM – 1 PM
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Lunch and Networking
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1 PM – 2:30 PM
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Moderated Panel Discussion: Surviving Totalitarian Regimes - Understanding the Present by Looking at the Past (Communism, Socialism, Failed Ideologies, Cambodian Killing Fields, Venezuela's Socialist State)
Faculty/Speaker
Jennifer Richmond
Daniel Di Martino
Xi Van Fleet
Time
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
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Civics 1: Historical Overview 1620-1776 - Mayflower Compact to the Declaration of Independence (American Founding, Greco-Roman Republicanism, Judeo-Christian Moral Philosophy, Enlightenment Political Theory, Self-Governance, Revolution)
Faculty/Speaker
David Aldred
Time
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
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Break
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3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
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The Ongoing cost of Freedom: What a Few Sacrifice to Defend the Nation
Faculty/Speaker
Jennifer Richmond
Ken Pope
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4:45 PM – 5 PM
Topic
Wrap Up of Day Two
Faculty/Speaker
Shelly Norden
Leigh Vlasblom
Saturday, June 13
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Topic
Faculty/Speaker
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8 AM – 8:30 AM
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Breakfast and Welcome
Faculty/Speaker
Leigh Vlasblom
Shelly Norden
Time
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
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Civics 2: Case Study - The Nullification Crisis: Roots of Disunion (State's Rights Debate, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Nullification Crisis, Federalism, Constitutional Interpretation, Dissent)
Faculty/Speaker
David Aldred
Time
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
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American Institutions: Our Justice System - Are they an Insitution in Crisis? How Do We Restore Trust? (Governing Principals, Equal Under the Law, Lawfare, Government Oversight, Judges or Political Operatives)
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10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
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Break
Time
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
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American Institutions: Our Education System - Are They an Institution in Crisis? How Do We Restore Trust? (Teaching the Teachers, University System, K-12 Education, Foreign Funding, Ideological Agendas)
Faculty/Speaker
Brandy Shufutinsky
Time
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Topic
American Institutions: Our Media - Are They an Institution in Crisis? How Do We Restore Trust? (Traditional and Legacy Media, Traditional Roles vs Modern Roles, Lap Dog Mentality vs Attack Dog Mentality)
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12:45 PM – 1:15 PM
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Lunch
Time
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
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American Institutions: Our Federal Government - Are They an Institution in Crisis? How Do We Restore Trust? (Bureaucratic / Administrative State, the "American Aristocracy", Politics of Destruction, Regulation State)
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2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
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Principals and Virtues that Must Shape America's Future - To Maintain and Reinvigorate the Repubic
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3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
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America at 500: A Vision Worth Preserving. - What Must Endure and Change to Achieve 500 Years as a Constitutional Republic