Dr. Brooke Jones is Founder & President of Stronger than Espresso, a non-profit serving communities since 2013. Stronger than Espresso exists so survivors can reclaim what abuse took away, through life-changing emotional healing, restoration and spiritual growth. Brooke, a survivor herself, knows the difficulty healing after trauma and finding freedom. Dr. Jones created the Stronger Women curriculum; a Biblical based course proven to help survivors find healing even years after abuse in their lives. Stronger than Espresso’s healing model certifies facilitators to lead the Stronger Women restorative support groups, incorporates art healing to transform trauma, and provides professional training on trauma healing and best practices responding to domestic violence for faith leaders and mental health professionals. Dr. Jones holds a Bachelors in Entrepreneurship, Masters in Education and a Doctorate in Theology, and lives out her passion and Kingdom calling everyday helping survivors heal after domestic violence and abuse through restorative and prevention programs.

Michael P. Farris is president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom. In January 2017, he became only the second person to occupy that position in the organization’s 23-year history. He brings to the role a remarkably diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, public advocate, pastor, and communicator, and wide recognition for his successful work on both the national and international stage.

Farris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor emeritus of PHC.

He graduated from Western Washington State College, magna cum laude, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University (with honors). At Gonzaga, he was articles editor of the Law Review and winner of the Linden Cup Moot Court Competition. He also earned an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of London.

Farris has specialized in constitutional appellate litigation. In that capacity, he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts of appeals, and in the highest courts of 13 states. He is also the author of numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream, and author of the new Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. His focus was the English Renaissance, and the novels of Walker Percy. He taught composition at LSU and screenwriting at Tulane University, and has written screenplays for and with director Ronald Maxwell (Gods & Generals and Gettysburg). He was elected alternate delegate to the 1996 Republican Convention, representing Pat Buchanan.

He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at Success magazine and Investor’s Business Daily, among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in First Things, The Weekly Standard, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, FrontPage Magazine, The American Conservative, The South Carolina Review, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Commonweal, and The National Catholic Register, among other venues. He has contributed to American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of Faith & Family magazine and a reporter at The National Catholic Register. During 2012 he was editor of Crisis.

The Equality Act, which has already passed in the House, is being considered in the Senate. The Equality Act specifically overrides the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, removing legal protection for Christians who want to exercise ...

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