WCS 15 Program

WCS 2015 | Your Story: Freedom Alive 1

WESTERN CONSERVATIVE

SUMMIT 2015

SCOTT WALKER

RICK PERRY

CARLY FIORINA

BEN CARSON

ARTHUR BROOKS

RAFAEL CRUZ

SPENCER TILLMAN

KATIE PAVLICH

MIKE HUCKABEE

RICK SANTORUM

JUNE 26 -28 | DENVER, COSixth Annual Rally on the Right

Your Story: Freedom Alive

WESTERNCONSERVATIVE

SUMMIT

Centennial Institute and Colorado Christian University Present

2 WCS 2015 | Your Story: Freedom Alive

FOR YOUR COMFORT AND INFORMATION AT #WCS15 Thats our Twitter hashtag, #WCS15. Tweet your pictures and comments with that tag throughout the weekend.

Questions to speakers will usually be submitted via text and Twitter. Having your mobile phone with you (silenced) will enhance your Summit experience.

Get text updates: To receive real-time updates and announcements via text this weekend, text FREEDOM to 67076.

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Your Stuff: When exiting the ballroom, theater, or workshops after a session, please take personal items with you. Keep your phones, iPads, books, jackets, etc. with you.

For information or help, look for our Event Staff at stations marked Information. Lost & Found is in the Registration Area.

When hungry: Light continental breakfast items, coffee, tea, and water will available in the ballroom Saturday and Sunday. For a full breakfast, please eat before you arrive. Lunch and dinner are on your own during breaks (except for those with special premium passes).

Quick lunch or supper: Coffee, beverages, snacks, sandwiches, and salads are available for sale inside the Convention Center all weekend. Pizza Republica and Whichwich are just outside the 14th Street entrance.

Restaurant Guide: Dozens of choices for every budget are linked under FAQ at WesternConservativeSummit.com.

Getting Around: Golf carts in the concourses run for the convenience of all. Outside there are complimentary pedicabs with Western Conservative Summit signs.

(Drivers appreciate tips!)


Dear Friend of Freedom: Welcome to Western Conservative Summit 2015. Its great to have you with us. Thank you for giving over this weekend to the important work of rededicating ourselves as citizens of a free society. Unborn generations depend on us.

The next three days will be filled with great speakers, powerful ideas, stirring discussions, and networking opportunitiesas well as special times of friendship and fellowship. We hope you will come away having learned important truths, formed valuable contacts, and committed yourself to action.

You are taking part in a new Colorado tradition. Summit 2010, with its theme of Right Turn, Right Now, helped energize the cause of liberty. Summit 2011, Fulfilling Americas Promise, helped delegates think more clearly about personal responsibility. Summit 2012 previewed the election year with the appeal, Calling All Citizens. Summit 2013 heralded Freedoms New Day. Summit 2014 celebrated America at Its Best.

Here at Summit 2015, the rallying cry is Your Story: Freedom Alive. Its a power-packed weekend of personal engagement with what our Constitution calls the blessings of liberty.

Centennial Institute and Colorado Christian University, along with our national host committee, sponsoring groups, and partner organizations, anticipate great things from this mighty gathering of a free people in a nation under God. Let the Summit begin!

Sincerely,

Bill ArmstrongSummit Co-Chairman;President, ColoradoChristian University

John AndrewsSummit Co-Chairman;

Founder, Centennial Institute

CONTENTSProgram Schedule ............................4

Citizen Action Workshops .................6

Special Sessions ...............................8

Spotlight on Our Speakers ..............10

Presidential Straw Poll ...................15

Sponsors & Advertisers ..................16

Six Years of Summits ......................26

About Centennial Institute ..............28

Honoring the Host Committee ........30

Thanking the Business Council ......31

Partners & Exhibitors .....................32

Centennial Fellows .........................34

CCU 1776 Scholars .........................34

About Colorado Christian Univ .......35

Venues & Maps ...............................38

Job & Internship Fair ......................39

2015 NATIONAL HOST COMMITTEE

PRESENTING SPONSORS

Carole & Ed McVaney Jenny & Don HoodCo-Chairs Co-Chairs


FRIDAY, JUNE 26 12:00 pm Noon Registration Open Lobby D 1:00 pm Exhibit Area Open Concourse D 1:30 pm Citizen Action Workshops, Round 1 See Page 6 3:30 pm Citizen Action Workshops, Round 2 See Page 6 4:45 pm Delegates Dinner Break See Page 2 4:45 pm Hosts & Sponsors Vision Dinner (as Ticketed) Hugh Hewitt, The Conservative Challenge for 2016 6:30 pm Doors Open 7:00 pm Summit Opening Night Bellco Theater Rafael Cruz, Why I Chose America Jenny Beth Martin, Calling All Patriots Rick Santorum, How I Would Lead 9:30 pm Rightminded Filmfest & Youth Parties See Page 9

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 8:00 am Exhibit Area Open Concourse D 8:00 am Shabbat Service * All are Welcome Room 607 8:00 am Doors Open & Breakfast Snack Buffet Mile High Ballroom 8:30 am Convening of Summit Session A Mile High Ballroom Tony Perkins, Faith, Family, and Freedom Indivisible Larry Solov, Warren Smith, Nick Adams, Ashley Dobson, Decline of the Mainstream Media Kevin Jackson debates Richard Fowler, Liberalism Hurts the Poor Mike Huckabee, How I Would Lead Carly Fiorina, How I Would Lead 11:30 am Delegates Lunch Break See Page 2 11:30 am Hosts & Sponsors Vision Luncheon (as Ticketed) Guy Benson & Mary Katharine Ham, Why the Left Wants to End Discussion

SUMMIT PROGRAM SCHEDULE


SATURDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUED... 1:00 pm Convening of Session B Rick Perry, How I Would Lead Arthur Brooks, Opening the Conservative Heart Philip Klein & John Goodman, Roadmap to Replace Obamacare 3:00 pm Libertad Vive Hispanic Festival * All are Welcome Bellco Theater Rachel Campos-Duffy, with entertainment and message by Pastor Marcos Witt 3:30 pm Citizen Action Workshops, Round 3 See Page 6 4:45 pm Delegates Dinner Break 4:45 pm Gold & Host & Sponsor Reception & Banquet (as Ticketed) Frank Gaffney, The War for the Free World * Presentation of Stephen Long Award 7:00 pm Summit Gala Evening Ben Carson, How I Would Lead Ronald Lauder, The Fatal Triangle: Israel, Iran, America Scott Walker, How I Would Lead 9:30 pm Rightminded Filmfest See Page 9

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 8:00 am Exhibit Area Open Concourse D 8:00 am Doors Open & Breakfast Snack Buffet Mile High Ballroom 8:30 am Convening of Summit Capstone Session Mile High Ballroom Interfaith Chapel * Spencer Tillman, Scoring in the Red Zone Katie Pavlich debates Mark Levine, Gun Control Endangers Us All Steve Moore & Larry Kudlow, Unleashing Americas Prosperity Dick Morris, Conservative Call to Action 9:30 - 11:00 am Conservative Job Fair by Leadership Institute Room 702 - 706 12:30 pm Summit Adjourns * See You Next Year

SUMMIT PROGRAM SCHEDULE


CITIZEN ACTION WORKSHOPSThere is a double round of breakout sessions on Friday afternoon, plus a single round on Saturday afternoon. Seating is first-come, first-served. Take in another session if your first choice is full. Note there are multiple offerings on some topics. See more on subject matter, facing page.

Round 1: Friday 1:30 pm Room 501 Steering Congress to the Right in 2016, with Senate Conservatives Fund & Ken Cuccinelli Room 502 How to Hold Your Legislators Accountable, with Principles of Liberty & Rich Bratten Room 503 Confronting the Ugly Underside of Washington DC, with Tea Party Patriots & Bill Pascoe Room 504 Build and Sustain a Grassroots Machine, with American Majority & Matt Batzel Room 505 Reset the Moral Compass to Win on Social Issues, with Colorado Family Alliance & Citizens for Life Room 506 Protecting the Poor from Global Warming Madness, with Cornwall Alliance & Calvin Beisner Room 507 Want to Engage to Win? with Melanie Sturm of Engage2Win & ThinkAgainUSA Room 702 Energize Your Church for Civic Engagement, with Salt & Light Council & Dran Reese Room 708 Discover the Power of Telephone Town Hall Meetings, with Curt Cerveny & Patrick Davis Room 710 Trump the Race Card, with Frederick Douglass Republicans & KCarl Smith

Round 2: Friday 3:30 pm Room 501 Can People of Faith Regain a Place and Voice in the Public Square? with Maclellan Foundation & Dee Alsop Room 502 Run for Office with Victory Guaranteed (Almost), with American Majority & Matt Batzel Room 503 How to Deal with the Media, with Tea Party Patriots & Diana Banister Room 504 Effectively Using Social Media, with Tea Party Patriots & Matt Frate Room 505 Moving the Middle with Digital Media, with Thought.buzz & Allen Fuller & David Flaherty Room 506 Young Voters Meet the Candidate, with Carly Fiorina (under-30s only) Room 507 Were the Millennials, Give Us a Look, with Turning Point USA & Charlie Kirk Room 702 Learn from C.S. Lewis about Liberty vs. Statism, with David Theroux

Room 708 Social Media Secrets for Winning Online, with American Majority & Aubrey Blankenship Room 710 Conservative Compassion for the Homeless, with Step 13 & Peter Droege

Round 3: Saturday 3:30 pm Room 501 Why I Ran for Speaker and Whats Up in Congress, with Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) Room 502 War of the Worldviews, with Worldviews Calling & Culture & Don Hood

Room 503 Real School Choice vs. Fake Reforms, with Robert Enlow & Bill Moloney Room 504 Voter Fraud: How Obama is Subverting our Elections, with John Fund Room 505 Mobilize to Stop Iran and the Jihadists, with Secure America Now & Allen Roth Room 506 How to Defend Your Gun Rights, with National Association for Gun Rights & Jacob Leis Room 507 Want to Engage to Win? with Melanie Sturm of Engage2Win & ThinkAgainUSA Room 607 Republican National Committee Preview of 2016, with Nick Trainer, Elliott Echols, & Kelsey Jarrett Room 702 Best Practices for Effective Organizing, with Tea Party Patriots local & state coordinators Room 704 Preparing for Your Conservative Career, with Leadership Institute & Patricia Simpson Room 708 Lessons from the Left, with Americans for Prosperity & Anita MonCrief Room 710 How to Win the War for the Free World, with Center for Security Policy & Frank Gaffney

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CITIZEN ACTION WORKSHOP GUIDE: WHATS UP & WHOS ONAlphabetical by topic. See times & locations on facing page

Best Practices for Effective Organizing: The Tea Party is the most important new political force of this decade, and Tea Party Patriots is its leading voice. Learn from TPPs frontline veterans.

Build and Sustain a Grassroots Machine: Permanent issue battles call for a permanent presence by our side with volunteers, coalitions, and monitoring of elected officials. Heres how to do it.

Can People of Faith Regain a Place and Voice in the Public Square? With surveys showing Americans see religious people as part of the problem, a new approach is needed. Briefing by pollster Dee Alsop.

Confronting the Ugly Underside of Washington DC: Why dont politicians vote the way they campaigned? Why do Rs and Ds both ignore us? Get answers from Tea Party Patriots Bill Pascoe.

Conservative Compassion for the Homeless: Learn how Denvers nationally acclaimed success model for turning substance abusers lives around, Step 13 as founded by the late Bob Cote, is moving ahead.

Discover the Power of Telephone Town Hall Meetings: Go way beyond the rote recorded robocall for national, talk-radio-style dialogue with elected officials and thought leaders. Workshop by local experts.

Effectively Using Social Media: Twitter and Facebook can either be a force multiplier or a time sink. Matt Frate of Tea Party Patriots tells how to weaponize your phone for the political wars.

Energize Your Church for Civic Engagement: Why are the people I worship with uninterested or uninvolved politically? Salt and Light Council offers answers and a proven action plan.

How to Deal with the Media: Reporters, editors, and broadcasters arent automatically your adversary or your ally. Learn the proven ways of relating to them from Diana Banister of Tea Party Patriots.

How to Defend Your Gun Rights: Radical anti-gun policy is on its way! Learn what to expect, what to do about it, and traps to avoid. Take action with the National Association for Gun Rights.

How to Hold Your Legislators Accountable: Whether in Colorado or any state, the Principles of Liberty scoring system can give citizens powerful leverage against the backsliding of government insiders.

How to Win the War for the Free World: Frank Gaffney, our friend from the Hugh Hewitt Show and every Summit since 2010, outlines the needed American response to growing global jihad and disorder.

Learn from C.S. Lewis about Liberty vs. Statism: Discover an unsuspected ally in our fight against progressivism in defense of natural law, Judeo-Christian tradition, and the American founding.

Lessons from the Left: ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief tells about working inside the progressive movement and how she came to embrace economic freedom.

Mobilize to Stop Iran and the Jihadists: Obamas weakness abroad makes constant public pressure and firm resolve in Congress impera-tive. Get involved via the citizens group SecureAmericaNow.com.

Moving the Middle with Digital Media: We hear it said the right must catch up with the left in technology, but what does that really mean? Allen Fuller and David Flaherty report on new strides.

Preparing for Your Conservative Career: Whether younger or older, aiming to work on a legislative staff, in think tanks or nonprofits, get great leads and tips from Leadership Institutes Patricia Simpson.


CITIZEN ACTION WORKSHOP GUIDE CONTINUED:Protecting the Poor from Global Warming Madness: How real science, sound economics, and Christian ethics condemn the alarmists statist response to climate change and offer a better way for everyone.

Real School Choice vs. Fake Reforms: Whats to be done in your community as scores stagnate and the educrats credibility keeps sink-ing? Workshop hosted by The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

Reset the Moral Compass to Win on Social Issues: A veteran organizer for family and faith tells how to recruit influencers, break through others apathy, find entry points, and strategize for success.

Republican National Committee Preview of 2016: Inside briefing on the coming election cycle with political education director Nick Trainer, national youth director Elliott Echols, and digital guru Kelsey Jarrett.

Run for Office with Victory Guaranteed (Almost): Evaluating whether to launch your candidacy, and if you do, how to reach voters and campaign effectively. How-to with Matt Batzel of American Majority.

Social Media Secrets for Winning Online: Straight talk about what the right is doing right (and wrong) on the crucial playing field of Twit-ter and Facebook. Practical tips on graphics, content, and messaging.

Steering Congress to the Right in 2016: The presidency isnt the only prize, and the GOP isnt the only player. Briefing by former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who runs the influential Senate Conservatives Fund.

Trump the Race Card: Its possible to change the narrative, possible to share your conservative views with minorities and not come over as racist. Frederick Douglass Republicans have the answer.

Voter Fraud: How Obama is Subverting our Elections: Renowned investigative reporter John Fund literally wrote the book on both the horrid Holder Justice Department and the lefts assault on ballot integrity.

War of the Worldviews: Worldviews shape politics, economics, and culture with little awareness by most of us. Learn to spot and counter them with briefer Don Hood, a Colson Centurions graduate.

Want to Engage to Win? Come learn practical communication skills to spread our morally superior formula and reclaim our political cul-ture, one impressionable person at a time. Trainer: Melanie Sturm.

Were the Millennials, Give Us a Look: How do high school and college students see the issues and ideologies shaping our time? Char-lie Kirk, barely 20, reports on his Turning Point USA movement.

Why I Ran for Speaker and Whats Up in Congress: Florida veterinarian Ted Yoho upset a longtime congressman in the 2012 GOP pri-mary and hasnt stopped making waves since. Come hear his story.

Young Voters Meet the Candidate: If youre under 30 and concerned about the future, come to this townhall-style open forum with presi-dential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.


MOVIE TO MOVEMENTRightminded Filmfest

Friday 9:30pm * Room 503 * Popcorn & LemonadeFour short films to inspire and amaze you* Sing a Little Louder* New Flavor* Crescendo* Catch

Saturday 9:30pm * Room 503 * Cookies & MilkGripping family drama of World War II* Little Boy

YOUTH PARTIESAfter the kickoff session, over-30s may head for the movies, the lounge, or the hay. But for this years record contingent of Millennials, the evening is young. The fun is just starting.

BOOK SIGNINGSConcourse D, Next to the CCU Bookstore

Friday 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.KCarl Smith, Frederick Douglass Republicans: The Movement to Re-Ignite Americas Passion for Liberty

Friday 9:00 9:30 p.m.Rick Santorum, Bellas Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation

Saturday 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Nick Adams, The American BoomerangMike Huckabee, God, Guns, Grits and GravyWarren Cole Smith, Restoring All Things: Gods Audacious Plan to Change the World Through Everyday People and Prodigal Press: Confronting the Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media

Saturday 12:00-12:30 p.m.Carly Fiorina, Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey

Saturday 3:00 3:30 p.m. John Goodman, A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for AmericaPhilip Klein, Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of HealthcareHugh Hewitt, The Queen: The Epic Ambition of Hillary and the Coming of a Second Clinton EraGuy Benson and Mary Katharine Ham, End of Discussion: How the Lefts Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate

Saturday 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. John Fund, Obamas Enforcer: Eric Holders Justice Department and Whos Counting: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at RiskHelen Raleigh, Confucius Never SaidKevin Jackson, Sexy Brilliance & Other Political Lies

Sunday 12:15 12:45 p.m.Steve Moore, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of StatesDick Morris, Power Grab: Obamas Dangerous Plan for a One Party NationKatie Pavlich, Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women and Fast and Furious: Barack Obamas Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-UpSpencer Tillman, Scoring in the Red Zone: Leading Successfully When the Pressure Is On

Young Conservatives Reception * Ages 21-30 * Friday 9:30pmRedAlertPolitics.com and Centennial Institute thus, invite you to the Mile High Ballroom for dessert, socializing, and music by In Tandem. Open to all WCS15 registered delegates between 21 and 30.

Red Carpet Media Party * Ages 20 and Under * Friday 9:30pmJoin upstairs from the Bellco Lobby as soon as the theater session is over. Registered delegates of WCS15, ages 20 and under, are welcome. Music, new friends, a chocolate fountain, cheesecake, and photo ops.


STELLAR SUMMIT SPEAKERS*NICK ADAMS is a best-selling Australian author, political commentator, and columnist forTownhall.com. He serves as a policy fellow at the Centennial Institute and has appeared on major television and radio programs including The OReilly Factor and The Sean Hannity Show.

KEN CUCCINELLI is a former Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2013. He was a Virginia state senator for eight years and now heads the Senate Conservatives Fund.

*GUY BENSON is the political editor of Townhall.com and hosts his own Sunday night radio program, The Guy Benson Show. He has appeared as a political analyst on CNBC, Fox News, and The Blaze TV. His new book, co-authored with Mary Katharine Ham, is End of Discussion.

*ARTHUR BROOKS is president of the American Enterprise Institute and a frequent guest on national television and radio talk shows. He has authored 10 books, most recently the forthcoming The Conservative Heart, along with hundreds of articles on culture, economics, and politics that have been published widely by national publications.

RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY, often seen on Fox News Outnumbered and ABC The View, is national spokesperson for the Libre Initiative, advocating for the economic empowerment of Hispanics through limited government and entrepreneurship. She and her husband, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) have seven children.

*BEN CARSON is the former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has become a prominent news commentator and political voicenow in the 2016 presidential race. Among his countless honors, Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008, and has written six best-selling books.

RAFAEL CRUZ is a pastor, the father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and a Cuban immigrant with a powerful story of faith, family, and freedom. The political partnership between Rafael Cruz and his famous senatorial son has become a rising force in conservative politics.

* Spoke at Previous Summit


STELLAR SUMMIT SPEAKERS

CARLY FIORINA became the first woman to lead a top 20 U.S. company when she was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005. She was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from California in 2010 and recently became an announced candidate for president in 2016.

FRANK GAFFNEY is president of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC, which he founded in 1988. He previously held high-level posts in the Department of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, 1983-88. Gaffney has spoken at every Western Conservative Summit since 2010.

ASHLEY DOBSON is the editor of RedAlertPolitics.com. The native Texan and SMU journalism graduate has worked at the Dallas Morning News, and Wilmington StarNews. Known for her karaoke skills, she may show them off during WCS15 at the Centennial Institute booth.

*MIKE HUCKABEE is running for President in 2016 after having served as the 44TH governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 and finishing second nationally in the 2008 Republican presidential primary. He is the author of several best-selling books and hosted his popular Fox News talk show, Huckabee, from 2008 to 2015.

JOHN GOODMAN is one of the nations leading thinkers on health policy. A senior fellow at the Independent Institute, Goodman has authored nine books and was called the father of Health Savings Accounts by the Wall Street Journal.

*MARY KATHARINE HAM is editor-at-large of HotAir.com, a contributing editor to Townhall.com, and a Fox News contributor. Previously with The Weekly Standard and The Heritage Foundation, she is a four-time speaker here at WCS. Her new book, co-authored with Guy Benson, is titled End of Discussion.

*HUGH HEWITT is a professor of law at Chapman University and hosts The Hugh Hewitt Show, nationally syndicated by Salem Radio Network. The Harvard graduate and former Reagan staffer has authored several books, most recently The Queen: The Epic Ambition of Hillary. He will be a distinguished visiting professor in residence at Colorado Christian University in the fall of 2015.



STELLAR SUMMIT SPEAKERSPHILLIP KLEIN is managing editor of The Washington Examiner. He holds a masters degree in journalism from Columbia University and formerly served as commentary editor of The Washington Examiner and as a Washington correspondent for The American Spectator.

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY is an American cowboy singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western and country music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums and is also the author of New Mexicos state ballad.

STEVE MOORE is a distinguished visiting fellow, Project for Economic Growth, at The Heritage Foundation. He founded and served as president of the Club for Growth from 1999 to 2004, and formerly worked as a member of the Wall Street Journals editorial board.

LARRY KUDLOW is a CNBC senior contributor and nationally syndicated columnist. He is the host of The Larry Kudlow Show, a contributing editor of National Review, and was the associate director for economics and planning during President Reagans first term.

RONALD LAUDER was appointed United States Ambassador to Austria by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and has become an internationally prominent businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader. He serves as president for both The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation and the World Jewish Congress.

MARK LEVINE hosts a daily national radio show in 40 cities and is a frequent contrarian voice on Fox News. The Harvard and Yale graduate (not to be confused with righty talker Mark Levin) has worked for Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and for the Congressional Black Caucus.

*JENNY BETH MARTIN is the co-founder and national coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, the nations largest tea party organization with more than 3,400 locally affiliated groups nationwide. She was named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential Leaders in 2010.



STELLAR SUMMIT SPEAKERS*DICK MORRIS, returning to WCS for the fourth time, led Bill Clintons 1996 re-election campaign and has handled the winning campaigns for more than 30 senators or governors. Well known from cable news and his daily radio show, as well as numerous political books, he is now a weekly columnist for both the New York Post and The Hill.

*WARREN SMITH is vice president of World News Group and host of the radio program Listening In. Previously, Smith served as associate publisher of World Magazine and has over 20 years of experience as a writer, editor, marketing professional, and entrepreneur.

LARRY SOLOV is the president and chief executive officer of Breitbart News Network. A graduate of Stanford University and the UCLA School of Law, Solov was previously a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman.

*KATIE PAVLICH is the news editor at Townhall.com and a regular Fox News contributor, most notably as an alternate co-host on The Five. A New York Times best-selling author, she won Blogger of the Year honors at CPAC in 2013 for her coverage of the Fast and Furious scandal.

TONY PERKINS is president of the Washington, D.C. based Family Research Council. Previously he was a television news reporter and a four-term state representative in Louisiana. Perkins is also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a former police officer.

*RICK PERRY is making his second run for president after having served as the 47TH governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. The longest-serving governor in Texas state history, he was also chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008 and 2011.

*RICK SANTORUM, who served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and finished second nationally in the 2012 Republican presidential primary, recently announced another run for the White House. He launched the conservative non-profit Patriot Voices in 2012 and has authored four best-selling books.




*SCOTT WALKER, widely mentioned for the presidency in 2016, is the 45TH governor of Wisconsin and the only governor in American history to win a gubernatorial recall election. He erased a $3.6 billion budget deficit without raising taxes and restructured the states unsustainable relationship with its powerful unions.

TED YOHO is a United States congressman, representing Floridas 3RD congressional district as a Republican since his primary upset victory against a 24-year GOP incumbent in 2012. A member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, he has been a veterinarian for the past 28 years.

MARCOS WITT is a five-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor. He is the founder of CanZion Producciones and CanZion Institute, has written 10 books, and sold over 27,000,000 copies of his records in Mxico, the United States, and Latin America.

BYRON YORK is a syndicated columnist, Fox News contributor, and chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner. He previously worked as White House correspondent for National Review and was a columnist for The Hill.

SPENCER TILLMAN is a former NFL star who played running back for eight seasons for the Houston Oilers and San Francisco 49ers after winning All-America honors with the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Tillman later worked as a CBS Sports studio analyst for 17 years.

LEGACY QUARTET, including CCUs own Steve Taylor, Dean of the School of Music, has inspired every Western Conservative Summit since 2010.

THE PREAMBLE SONG from Schoolhouse Rock Live! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI).All authorized performance materials are also supplied by: MTI. 421 W. 54th St., New York NY 10019. Phone 212.541.4684. www.MTIShows.com

COLORADO CHILDRENS CHORALE has performed with acclaim around the world since its founding in 1974. Over 500 singers, age 7 to 14, participate annually.

CCU UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS expertly produced this program book and all WCS15 collateral. Designers, Tim Roesch & Bethany Bender. Bios by 1776 Scholar Nate Grasz.

TERRIFICALLY TALENTED


*KEN BUCK was elected in 2014 as a Republican U.S. congressman from Colorados 4th district after having served as Weld County District Attorney.

*JILL VECCHIO, MD, is a board-certified radiologist, a radio commentator, and a Centennial Institute fellow in health policy.

*CORY GARDNER was elected in 2014 as a Republican U.S. senator

from Colorado after having served in Congress and the state House

of Representatives.

JOHN FUND, veteran of more than 20 years on the Wall Street Journal

editorial page, is now a National Review columnist and an editor at The

American Spectator.

RICHARD FOWLER, former director of Young Democrats for America, reaches 8 million people with his weekly radio show and is often seen on cable news.

*KEVIN JACKSON runsTheBlackSphere.net as home for his books,

columns, blogging, cable appearances, and a daily radio show out of Florida.

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*Spoke at Previous Summit

WASHINGTON EXAMINER / WESTERN CONSERVATIVE SUMMIT STRAW POLLWhos your choice to succeed Obama? Again this year, Summit delegates are invited to vote their preference in the next race for the Presidency. Our first straw poll in 2011 went to Herman Cain. The 2012 vice-presidential winner was Marco Rubio. The presidential preference winner in 2013 was Ted Cruz, and in 2014 it was Ben Carson. For 2015 we welcome The Washington Examiner as official sponsor of the poll.

Every WCS15 delegate will find a Straw Poll Ballot in your registration packet. Voting is open all weekend, and well tabulate the results just before adjournment on Sunday noon. Your badge is your voting credential. A poll-watcher will punch it to indicate you have voted. Extra ballots available at the polling places.

Voting stations are located at the Centennial Institute booth near Mile High Ballroomand at the Registration desk near Bellco Theater. May the best man or woman win!

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SIX YEARS OF THE WESTERN CONSERVATIVE SUMMIT

SUMMIT 2010: Over 900 of us gathered on July 9-11, 2010, near (but not in) Lone Tree, Colorado, whose city fathers comically disavowed the whole thing. The theme was Right Turn, Right Now, which echoed all the way to Congress four months later. If you were there, you will remember great moments including these:

Michele Bachmann, congresswoman from Minnesota, roused the summiteers with her Friday keynote on defending liberty. Arthur Brooks of AEI, author of The Battle, focused his warning on the threat to free enterprise from big government. Colorado Springs columnist Michelle Malkin joked that the rollicking crowd at Saturday lunch was no angry mob. Freedom is inborn since were each precious to God, proclaimed author and Hollywood actor Joseph C. Phillips. The election stakes are either a free-dom revival or economic ruin, warned Fox News contributor Dick Morris at Sunday brunch.

SUMMIT 2011: We gathered over a thousand strong for the second annual rally in the Rockies on July 29-31, now in downtown Denver to accommodate more delegatesand to bask in national media at-tention as four presidential hopefuls came to woo them. Fulfilling Americas Promise was the theme, and highlights included:

Rick Santorum, former senator from Pennsylvania, flashed with passion and principle as he made his case on Friday for the GOP nomination against Obama. Rick Perry, governor of Texas, spelled out the economic freedom agenda and Tenth Amendment federalism he hoped would propel him to the White House. Former UN Ambassador John Bolton, contemplating a presidential candidacy, reviewed the threats to America in a dangerous world. Dennis Prager of Salem Radio keynoted the Saturday luncheon as we paid tribute to Ronald Reagans centenary, 1911-2011. Saturdays Summit Banquet was enlivened by author Mark Steyn appealing for America to reject decline. Bringing the Summit to a climax, yet another White House hopeful, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, rocked the houseand then swept the Denver Straw Poll.

SUMMIT 2012: Two of the same thing may be a coincidence, but three make a trend. Convening on June 29-July 1 at yet another larger venue, summiteers topped the 1,500 mark and enjoyed new fea-tures including Citizen Action Workshops and the Right Movies. The theme was Calling All Citizens, with election-year urgency in the air.

Glenn Beck, author and radio host, energized a record crowd at the opening banquet. Then Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, made the case for Second Amendment rights as insepa-rable from all our American freedoms.Two Western governors got us started on Saturday morning: Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona and Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming. William J. Bennett, author of America: The Last Best Hope, inspired the Saturday luncheon. Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, the first foreign leader to address a Western Conservative Summit, unsparingly laid out the Islamist threat to our civilization.

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SUMMIT 2013: The theme was Freedoms New Day, helping conservatives rebound from electoral disappointments and amping up the energy for an off-year earthquake among Colorado voters. Our fourth annual rally on the right set another attendance mark with 2,000 delegateson hand.

Opening night sizzled with Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and congressional candidate Mia Love of Utah. Saturday ranged from the intellectual brilliance of social scientist Charles Murray and historian Victor Davis Hanson to the inspirational wit of Jonah Goldberg. Political star power showed up with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Florida Rep. Allen West, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who drew several standing ovations and won the 2016 straw poll.

SUMMIT 2014: Beginning to be known as the CPAC of the summertime, the CPAC of the heartland, we convened again on July 18-20 to celebrate America at Its Best. Evening rallies at the glittering Bellco Theater swelled overall turnout to 3,500, some of whom even had rhythm when the Blue Bear mascot showed up and breakdancing broke out.

Opening night featured Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Mike Lee, and Dr. Ben Carson, the eventual straw poll winner. Sarah Palin and Sen. Tim Scott electrified Saturday, with Dennis Prager, Jim DeMint, and Sen. Ted Cruz lighting up that nights show. Allen West again capped Sunday with a rousing call to action.

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SPREADING OUR WINGS: SUMMIT 2015

So is the Western Conservative Summit here to stay? Ask this years expected 4,000

delegates from 40 states. Ask the national conservative groups that lined up as sponsors.

Ask the political schedulers who now approach us, not vice versa, about booking a senator

or congressman or governor to speak. Ask C-SPAN and the other major media outlets that

cover WCS each summer.

Such is our growth in both prestige and numbers that this year weve fully moved into

the Colorado Convention Center, and weve again stretched the week to include a Young

Conservatives Leadership Conference in recent days over at CCU. So welcome to WCS15,

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SUMMIT CONVENER: CENTENNIAL INSTITITUTEWHAT WE ARE

Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University was established in 2009 under the direction of John Andrews, former president of the Colorado Senate.

We are a think tank, sponsoring research, events, and publications to enhance public understanding of the most important issues facing our state and nation.

We provide an open forum where current issues are tested against the timeless principles of the American founding.

By proclaiming Truth, we aim to foster faith, family, and freedom, to teach citizenship, and to renew the spirit of 1776.

WHAT WE ARE NOT

We analyze public policy, but we are not a lobby. We frame alternatives and advocate civic engagement, but we do not endorse candidates or ballot issues.

We encourage competitive politics and constitutional debate, but we are not for or against any political party.

We mentor students, but we are not an academic department. We serve the God of the Bible, but we are not exclusive in our outreach to Americans of all beliefs and viewpoints.

THE INSTITUTE AND THE UNIVERSITY

Centennial Institutes work is guided by the strategic objectives of Colorado Christian University, as set forth by President Bill Armstrong, among which are:

To be seekers of truth and to debunk spent ideas and those who traffic in them.

To impact our culture in support of traditional family values, sanctity of life, compassion for the poor, Biblical view of human nature, limited government, personal freedom, free markets, natural law, original intent of the Constitution and Western civilization.

To be a magnet for outstanding students and prepare them for positions of significant leadership in the church, business, government, and professions by offering an excellent education in strategic disciplines.

Centennial Institute is funded by designated contributions from friends, not from CCU general revenues or tuitions.


ARMING CITIZENS FOR THE BATTLE OF IDEAS

Centennial Institute programs provide an open forum where current issues can be tested against the timeless principles of the American founding. The aim is to help citizens engage thoughtfully with the responsibilities of self-government.

SPEAKER SERIESSarah PalinJohn StosselChristina Hoff SommersBill KristolCal ThomasBrigitte GabrielBrent BozellLarry ReedPamela GellerAmb. Marilyn WareAmb. Michael OrenJames DobsonGov. Dick LammSen. Hank BrownGov. Bill RitterGov. John Hickenlooper

Iranian Christianstestify at Issue Monday

DEBATE SERIESBan Hydraulic Fracturing?Candidates for GovernorCan We Legislate Virtue?Legalize Marijuana?Tea Party vs. Occupy MovementGlobal Warming: How Real?Immigration: Which Way America?Head On: Daily on Colorado Public Television

CONFERENCESYoung Conservatives Leadership ConferenceSeek the Welfare of the CityDefending Democratic CapitalismColorado Forum on Western CivilizationWorkshop for Mountain States Legislators

ISSUE MONDAYCommon Core No More?Persecuted Christians in IranUkraine EyewitnessesImpact of ObamacareConservatives of All ColorsHomegrown JihadTo Fight Poverty, Strengthen Marriage

POLICY BRIEFSAgainst Assisted SuicideCost of Renewable Energy MandatesMedical Direct PayHydraulic Fracturing PrimerEndangered Species Act Follies


2015 NATIONAL HOST COMMITTEE

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Colorado Christian University

Underwriting the Western Conservative Summit

Carole McVaney (Co-Chair)Ed McVaney (Co-Chair)Don Hood (Co-Chair)Jenny Hood (Co-Chair)Gail & Gary ArmstrongKendall & Geoff BaileyCharlene & David BaileyLis & Jeff CoorsSharna & John CoorsFred FielderJohn FoxDon HarwellLaura & Jim JohnsonGlenn JonesHal Kepner

Sherri & Buz KoelbelHal KrauseRonald LauderJerry LewisScott LoweryMary Pat & Dick McCormickLinda & Doug McDonaldKim & Tom MonsonJohn MorkHank & Bill NelsonMelissa & John NewkirkCarol & Jim PerrySue & Walt RakowichKathy & Eddie RhodesCarol & John Saeman

Don SieckeConley SmithDavid SondheimerMelanie SturmAndrew Vander PloegJoe RickettsLucy & Jim WallacePatricia & Brian WatsonJulie & Bill WhiteMarie & Grant WhitesideThe Williamson FamilyBardie Wolfe & Gerry OlowBradley FoundationEl Pomar FoundationNational Christian Foundation

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With Contributions and Personal Involvement,Making Possible Centennial Institutes Growing Impact

Presentation Sponsors This Weekend Include:Worldviews Calling & Culture for Friday Vision Banquet

Red Alert Politics for Friday Young Conservatives ReceptionMovie to Movement for Rightminded Filmfest

Tea Party Patriots for Saturday Gold Photo ReceptionNational Christian Foundation for Saturday Award Banquet

Leadership Institute for Sunday Job FairWashington Examiner for the 2015 Denver Straw Poll

Donor Levels: $5,000 * $10,000 * $25,000 * $50,000Inquiries: [email protected]


CENTENNIAL INSTITUTE BUSINESS COUNCILThe Generous Friends of Freedom Who Anchor Our Annual Fund

Wil Armstrong (Co-Chair)Kaye Lynn Fote (Co-Chair)June Weiss (Treasurer)Andy & Judy AndersonRobert AndersonScott AndersonGary Armstrong Gwynne AutreyDavid BaileyGeoff BaileyMichael & Brenda Baller Bob Beauprez Jerry & Marty BerglundLaFawn BiddleRobert BlackwellDan BoydEd BozarthCharles BregaDan & Shelly BurnettBradley CalkinsLinda ChowdryRobert ClarkJay ClearyBob CollinsColorado Family ActionTerry ConsidineJeff Coors John & Sharna CoorsGreg CottrellDeborah DonnerJamie & Meg DukeRay DuncanChuck FarmerJacob EberhartDavid Fagin

Rob FairbankFrederick FielderCharlie Fote John FoxJoan FrancisFoster Friess Charles GallagherAnson GarnseyJim GeddesTodd GervasiniJim & Jody GoffTed HarmsDon HarwellDonald P. HodelDon HoodMichael HornMargie & Dave HunterWilliam HyblBud IsaacsJake JabsJames JohnsonKent JohnsonMark JohnsonGlenn JonesHal Kepner Buz & Sherri KoelbelEric KoeplinMicah KohlsHal Krause Steve LaffeyTery LarrewRonald LauderTerry LeprinoDick LewisJerry Lewis

Gary LooKalleen & Bob MaloneDavid MarrScott MartinDick McCormickDoug McDonaldTim McTavish Ed & Carole McVaneyTed Millice Gari & Bo MitchellTom & Kim MonsonSusan & Chaz MuellerWayne MurdyRalph NagelLarry NaultHank & Bill NelsonJohn Newkirk Bill PaulsJim & Carol PerryDonald PetersonTom PetrieTony PhiferKim & Rich PlumridgeWalt RakowichMichael ReagorEddie & Kathy RhodesJoe RickettsRandall RobinsonJohn Saeman Don & Margo SchlupJohn SchabackerDarrel SchmidtHarry & Debbie SchmidtDean SchoolerDavid Schultheis

Business Council Members Participate in Special Briefings and Other BenefitsMembers Donate $2,500 or More. Inquiries: [email protected]

Butch SealScot SellersDon Siecke Conley SmithJohn A. F. SmithKeene SmithDavid SondheimerDean StevinsonJames & Carol StiehrMelanie SturmSteve SwalmRichard ToddThom Tougas Dick & Pat TuckerMatt TynanAndrew Vander PloegFred VierraBarney VisserJames WallaceMarilyn Ware Robert WarrenBrian WatsonBill WhiteGrant WhitesideMichelle Sie WhittenThe Williamson FamilyDon WingerterMike & Stacy WingfieldBardie Wolfe & Gerry OlowJoseph WoodfordAnschutz FoundationBradley FoundationEl Pomar Foundation

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SUMMIT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

UNSUNG HEROES

Centennial Institute and Colorado Christian University thank each of these organizations for their generous assistance in promoting and presenting Western Conservative Summit 2015.

Please visit them in our exhibit area this weekend and on the Web in weeks to come. Become involved with the important work they are doing.

Centennial Institute warmly thanks the members of our WCS 15 production and promotion team.

Caleb Bonham and the Caleb Bonham Show Michael Collins and Be Story Driven Jim Czupor and InterPro Group Paul deBerjois and Color Bandit Photography Kirsten Fedewa and Fedewa Consulting Randy & Dawn Grubb and Legacy Productions

Approval Voting USA CAIRCO/FAIR Colorado Federation of College Republicans Colorado Hispanic Republicans Colorado Jewish Republicans Colorado Republican Business Coalition Colorado Union of Taxpayers Colorado Womens Alliance Firearms Coalition of Colorado Honor Bell Foundation Independent Womens Network Jeffco Prays Jeffco Students First

Jeffco Tea Parties Leadership Program of the Rockies Lincoln Club of Colorado Mountain States Legal Foundation National Draft Ben Carson Committee Party of Choice Principles of Liberty Reagan Club of Colorado Red Team Cyber Security Salt & Light Council Steamboat Institute Wyoming Catholic College

Jeff Hunt and Avinova Media Group David Imber and Show Pro Jan Kary and Associates Lynne Patton and Shadowlight Theater Terah Shaffer and Yes Events Printing by Cottrell and OneTouchPoint

(as of June 1, 2015)


Jeff Hunt and Avinova Media Group David Imber and Show Pro Jan Kary and Associates Lynne Patton and Shadowlight Theater Terah Shaffer and Yes Events Printing by Cottrell and OneTouchPoint

SUMMIT EXHIBITORS

The American spirit of enterprise, initiative, and association that so impressed Tocqueville is on full display in our exhibit area. You will find valuable resources there. Exhibitors views are their own, however; provision of space does not constitute an

endorsement by Centennial Institute or Colorado Christian University. Exhibitors include many of the partner organizations listed on facing page, along with the following:

SUMMIT PRESENTING SPONSORS

Advancing Colorado All American Hearing American Conservatives of Color American Energy Alliance American Majority Americans for Prosperity Bott Radio Network Breitbart News Network CCU College of Adult & Graduate Studies Christians United for Israel Cobalt Media Colorado Citizens for Life Colorado Eagle Forum Colorado Republican Committee Colorado Right to Life Conservative Breakfast Association Cornwall Alliance for Stewardship of Creation Darryl Glenn for US Senate Friedman Foundation Heartland Institute Heritage Action for America

Heritage Foundation Independent Institute John Jay Institute KNUS Radio Leadership Institute Liberty Toastmasters Market4caster.com MediaDC National Association for Gun Rights National Christian Foundation National Rifle Association NeUventure on Wall Street Republican National Committee Rocky Mountain Energy Forum Summit Ministries Tea Party Patriots Time Share Exit Team Turning Point USA University of the Rockies Vital for Colorado Women of Cameroon

(as of June 1, 2015)


CENTENNIAL INSTITUTE FELLOWS

CCU 1776 SCHOLARS

Nick AdamsAnglosphere Studies

Richard V. AllenNational Security Jay Ambrose Media & Journalism

James C. Bennett American Heritage

Linda ChavezImmigration Policy

Frank FranconeLaw & Politics

John GuandoloIslam & the West

Mark HillmanState Policy

Hunter AkowskiErin AmsberryElisabeth ArmstrongBeau BallardKaty BalliJared CummingsEllen Densmore

Brad HughesWorldviews & Economics

Krista KaferEducation

Stephen Keating New Media

Charles KingBusiness & Law

Mike Kopp Politics & Policy

Vincent McGuire Citizenship

Kevin MillerFreedom & Virtue

William MoloneyConservative Thought

Lacresha Ffrench Ali GordonNate GraszJack HarveyBrandon HersheyBeth HudsonKelli Klaus

Jane Norton Public Policy

Paul PrenticeEconomics

Helen RaleighImmigration Policy

Sosamma Samuel-BurnettGlobal Justice

Gregory SchallerConstitutional Government

Steve ShumakerPolitical Thought

Kelly SloanEnergy & Environment

Lee StrobelApologetics

Kate LouthanJordana Mancini*Joseph MaroneyMadeline MarrMary McNeil**Brenna MooreAbby Realsen

Ken SummersLegislative Affairs

Spencer SwalmLegislative Affairs

Don SweetingContemporary Thought

Jill Vecchio, MDHealth Policy

Greg WalcherEnvironment &Natural Resources

William WatsonWestern Civilization

The Centennial Institute Fellows energize our work on state and national issues by serving as a policy advisory board and an intellectual resource bank. Several are attending the Summit this weekend.

Could the Fellows be helpful in furthering your conservative goals?

Learning-by-doing in the arena of politics, public policy, issue advocacy, leadership, and the battle of ideas is the privilege of Colorado Christian University students who intern with Centennial

Institute, helping us do a lot with a little. The 1776 Scholars, as they are called, this year included:

*Attends Emory University

** Attends Academy of Art University

Bradford Richardson**Allie RidgwayStephanie RoutzahnZoe Schaller+Josh SherwoodStanton SpauldingMolly Tynan++Evan Verbal

+Attends Oklahoma Christian University

++Attends Benedictine College


Your hopes for our nation and our world dont rest on one person. They rest on thousands of men and women who can lead courageously and live out their faith. Colorado Christian University is one of the few institutions that is helping to meet your hopes. Every day, we equip students whose impact goes far beyond our campus.

Faithful Leadership: Students become politicians, CEOs, doctors, and teachersfurthering their impact on future generations. Social Impact: CCU supports traditional family values, the sanctity of life, limited government, free markets, and the original intent of the Constitution. Compassionate Service: Countless opportunities to serve in the community and around the world help students develop a lifetime habit of service.

These promising, young leaders will better the future for your children and grandchildren. CCUs Lakewood Campus Redevelopment project, which began in 2014, will continue to equip these students. Undergrads and faculty will experience new state-of-the-art classrooms, residence halls, and student life center. A new chapel will promote spiritual growth and fellowship like never before.

Campus Redevelopment will cost over $120 million, but it will spur invaluable change in our community and world. We need your help to make it happen.

For more information, visit www.ccu.edu/campaign.

Construction on New Residence Hall

To learn more information about Colorado Christian University please visit

www.ccu.edu or see the Colorado Christian Connection magazine available this weekend.

CCU Students on Campus

CCU TEACHES TIMELESS CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES


A community committed to learning and faith, going beyond boundaries in academics and engagement,nestled between snowy slopes and the Mile High CityCOLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYS COLLEGEOF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES.

A dynamic community thats centered on Christ and changing the world Unique leadership opportunities include: The Centennial Institute & the Western Conservative Summit Focused on the importance of young Christian leaders in the public square Invested professors get to know students beyond the classroom walls A robust internship and job placement program provides students with the training they need and graduates with exceptional job opportunities Every day, students are transformed by our unique integration of faith and learning

DO YOU KNOW A HIGH SCHOOL OR TRANSFER STUDENT WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROMTHE CCU EXPERIENCE?

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Degrees that equip youfor the business of making a

BETTER WOR LDAt Colorado Christian University we believe that education taught

with biblical and moral principles is key to raising up leaders who

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COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER, INTERIOREast end, Blue Bear, is toward downtown * West end, Bellco, is toward mountains


COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER, VICINITY

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Western Conservative Summit sponsors, partners, and exhibitors may have just the job

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wizards at Leadership Institute suggest the handshake that can open your career horizon.

Throughout Weekend CAREER COUNSELING & RESUME TUNEUP

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WANT TO HELP KEEP FREEDOM ALIVE? Write the Centennial Institute into your story.

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CENTENNIAL INSTITUTE8787 W. Alameda AvenueLakewood, Colorado 80226

[email protected]

Director: John AndrewsAssistant Director: Jeannie Jasper EdwardsMembership Director: Antonette SmithAdministrator: Keri BrehmTreasurer: June WeissInternships: Greg Schaller

Amid concerns that our country has lost its way in liberalism and secularism, Centennial Institute upholds the spirit of 1776 and maps the way toward American renewal for 2076 and beyond. We invite you to become a member and join the effort.

As Colorado Christian Universitys think tank, we research policy issues, sponsor forums and debates, mentor the 1776 Scholars, publish Centennial Review, and host the annual Western Conservative Summit. We stand for truth, exactly as Americas founders did. Thats uncommon these days. Wont you stand with us?

Build on your Summit experience by staying involved with Centennial Institute throughout the year. Sign up for our free publications by postal mail or e-mail. Attend our lecture and debate series and participate in Issue Monday each month. Invite one of our Fellows to speak before your group. Help us create internships or political learning opportunities for CCU students, the next generation of young leaders.

And please consider a financial contribution to sustain all these vital activities. Your support will help Centennial Institute in the battle to restore liberty and limited government and renew Americas moral core.

Please join today. Memberships start at just $35,and contributions are tax-deductible.

Summit Leadership Team (left to right): June, Keri, John, Jeannie, Antonette

WCS 15 Program

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