Coming up at the Pittsburgh Marriott North

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The Role of the Declaration of Independence in Constitutional Interpretation

featuring Honorable David J. Porter ’88

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA, 16066

Register Here

Individual ticket price: $30.00

Table sponsorships are available!

Table Sponsor: $500.00 – includes 10 seats, recognition on the table, & ‘thank you’ in program and from stage

Questions? Email Olivia (Whiteman) McGalla at McGallaOC@gcc.edu

Bio:

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Continuing with the pursuit of teaching the next generation of American Leaders, the Institute for Faith & Freedom hosts a quarterly luncheon program: Foundations of American Leadership Series. These talks, now held at Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry Township, PA, highlight some of the most important American leaders throughout our nation’s storied history. Talks have ranged from Benjamin Franklin to Whittaker Chambers and from Bill Clinton to James Madison. These talks provide a valuable forum for the Institute for Faith & Freedom to discuss important figures that stood for the same principles that the Institute seeks to espouse. The series has drawn hundreds of guests and features prominent scholars and thought leaders from across the country. At the Institute for Faith & Freedom, we view a love for truth and a love for liberty as inseparable allies. Liberty cannot long flourish in the absence of truth, and truth is not affirmed where liberty denied. In fact, America’s extraordinary achievement lies in the essential combination of both truth and liberty. Providing the popular Foundations of American Leadership Series fosters an environment for the study of liberty and truth in the lives of historic figures. Please consider joining us for our next Foundations of American Leadership Series. And we invite you to browse our archives of past lectures as well. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Missed our prior lecture? No problem. View it below:

“Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump & the Fight for America’s Heartland”

featuring speaker Salena Zito

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

“Benjamin Rush: The American Revolution’s Indispensable Doctor”

featuring speaker Joseph Loconte, PhD

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

“The Slaughter of Innocents: The Victims of Socialism”

featuring speaker George Harbison

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

“Evaluating American Presidents: the Five Worse and Five Best — for a Lot of Reasons!”

featuring speaker Dr. Larry Schweikart, Author & Historian

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

“From JFK to Today: The Power & Purse of Public Unions”

featuring speaker Nathan McGrath ’04, Esq., President & General Counsel,

The Fairness Center

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Eisenhower: From Soldier to Statesman

Richard (Dick) Jewell ’67, J.D., President Emeritus of Grove City College

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Wisdom and Wit: The Lasting Legacy of Calvin Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Near Assassinations: Two Presidents, Reagan and Trump

Dr. Paul Kengor

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Our Speaker Policy: The Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College invites speakers from a variety of perspectives, including within the wider tent of the conservative movement—a movement that regrettably has become fractured and difficult to define and find consensus. No speaker is perfect nor meets each and every individual’s purity test. All are flawed and fallen. An invitation to a speaker is NOT to be construed as an endorsement of that speaker. Speakers and their views do not constitute official policy of the institute or of Grove City College. The Institute for Faith & Freedom encourages debate and a vigorous exchange of ideas. We do not disinvite because of disagreement. We are firmly against cancel culture.

View Our Prior Lectures