Apr 14, 2010
Lynchburg, VA – A spectrum of leaders, organizations and individuals are coming together to celebrate The Awakening 2010. Sponsored by the many organizations that comprise the Freedom Federation, The Awakening 2010 kicks off at 5:00 p.m. ET on April 15 and concludes the evening of April 16 with a Liberty and Justice Rally on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Freedom Federation is a federation of multiracial, multiethnic and multigenerational faith-based and policy organizations and leaders committed to plan, strategize, and mobilize to advance shared core values to preserve freedom and promote justice.
The plenary and breakout sessions will include discussion of values, messaging, and mobilization across racial, ethnic, gender, and generational lines. Over 20 tracks or panels will cover a wide variety of topics, including healthcare; messaging and mobilization of the African-American, Hispanic, and minority communities, as well as women and youth; public office seekers; political speech and campaigns; public policy; pastors and nonprofit organizations; technology; community organizing; religious liberty; public education; abortion; marriage and family; social justice; the U.S Supreme Court nomination; Israel; the Middle East and Jihadism; military readiness; the role of government; and much more. The Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Moshe Ya’alon, has prepared a special message specifically for The Awakening. A list of speakers is available at www.FreedomFederation.org where you can register free online.
The Freedom Federation’s advanced technological platform will be debuted at the event. This platform allows independent organizations and individuals to network, blog, create events, find events, and mobilize people who share similar core values. The Awakening 2010 is not just a typical white male conservative gathering. It is a unique combination of many voices coming together as part of a new and broad movement connected by shared values.
Mathew Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, remarked: “The Awakening is a celebration of a new movement composed of many voices echoing across racial, ethnic and generational lines. Our shared values unite those concerned with social, economic, national defense, domestic and justice issues. Political parties may seek to divide us, but our values unite us.”
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.