Saturday, January 15, 2011

Courage and Conviction Conference 2011


Educational Policy Conference 22, January 27-29, 2011
COURAGE AND CONVICTION
Lessons from our history – Extraordinary plans for the future!
To register: http://www.constitutionalcoalition.org/ 
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
(Below is a partial list of invited speakers and working titles)
Thursday January 27, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Open
Lessons from our History
ERIC METAXAS, author of “Bonhoeffer:  Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” (Named by Barnes & Noble AND Kirkus Book Reviews as Best Books of 2010) speaking on The Education of a Martyr
DAVID KUPELIAN, author of “How Evil Works, Understanding and Overcoming the Destructive Forces that are Transforming America”
Friday January 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. Open
Understanding the Battle … Our Toxic Culture:
De-humanizing individuals
Dr. Judith Reisman, author of “Sexual Sabotage” on Why our Schools and Culture Promote Toxic Sexuality
Barbara Anderson, Minnesota Family Public Policy, The Fed’s push on Schools to Promote Toxic Sexuality: Money and Curriculum
Janet BoyneS, One Person’s Journey Back to Human Dignity
Candi Cushman, Focus on the Family, Bullying and How to Effectively Confront It
Understanding the Battle … Science’s corruption
Dr. John West, Discovery Institute, Science and Religion: Evolution or Purpose – Where does Theistic Evolution fit?
John Calvert, attorney, Defining Terms: Materialistic Science vs. Theistic Science
LUNCH
James WanlIss, physic professor, Post Normal Science in the Classroom
Understanding the Battle … History: Facts or PC’s Fudging?
Don McLeroy, Texas State School Board, History Standards and Freedom
Betty Peters, Alabama State School Board, Federal Standards and Mind Control
Peggy Littleton, former Colorado State School Board, Why Common Core Standards are Bad
Kathy Wilmot, former Nebraska State School Board, How the Feds Intend to Enforce Toxic Secularism
Understanding the Battle … How to Teach Children Healthy Risk
Abby Sunderland, 16-years old, Circling the Globe Solo in a Sailboat – Lessons Learned
FRIDAY DINNER
ANN COULTER, author, lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, syndicated columnist, Why Liberals Never Learn the Lessons of History
SATURDAY – January 29, 2011
Understanding the Battle … What Kind of “Rule of Law”
Produces a Civil Society?
FRANK GAFFNEY, Center for Security, Shariah, the Threat to America
Speaker to be announced The Founder’s Biblical Constitutionalism
Speaker to be announced – We, the People, or I, the Chief Executive?
HONORABLE SENATOR RICK SANTORUM, former US Senator from Pennsylvania, How is Human Dignity treated by the Constitution and Shariah and Why is it Important?
LARRY REED, president, Foundation for Economic Education, The Best Road to Prosperity and Why
LUNCH
NEW! BREAKOUT SESSION for young people ages 9-14 (Runs simultaneously with sessions on “Winning the Battle …,” joining the concluding session “Leaders We Must Know and Emulate”)
DEBBIE BREZINAWhy America is the BEST!
ABBY SUNDERLANDMy Stories and Lessons of Sailing Alone
Winning the Battle – WHY We Must Go Back into the Public Square
JOHN STONESTREET, Summit Ministries, “Opposing Views of Humanity”
DAVID BROG, author of “In Defense of Faith, The Judeo-Christian Idea and the Struggle for Humanity”
NANCY PEARCEY, described as “America’s preeminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual” author of “Saving Leonardo, A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals & Meaning”
Winning the Battle – HOW to go back into the public square
Apologetics: The Arguments of the Secularists and How to Win the Discussion.
KELLY SHACKELFORD, president, Liberty Legal Institute and Free Market Foundation and DICK THOMPSON, president, Thomas More Center, How to Conquer the Public Square
Leaders We Must Know and Emulate
Dr. WILLIAM FORSTCHEN, author of “To Try Men Souls,” “Valley Forge,” and “One Second After,” speaking on Why Character Matters: George Washington
DR. PETER LILLBACK, author of “George Washington’s Sacred Fire,” speaking on Documenting a Biblical George Washington