Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, this event has been postponed. Should the event be re-scheduled in the future, we will announce event details when they become available.
Join the Family Action Council of Tennessee for an exciting evening, including dinner, with popular author and speaker Ken Blackwell on Thursday, March 1 at the Racquet Club of Memphis.
Mr. Blackwell is well known for his passionate and articulate defense of conservative values and public policies. His address, “Our Human Rights: Gifts from God, Not Grants from the Government”, will be both inspirational and informative.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and dinner begins at 6:30 PM.
The cost is $25 per person.
For more information call: (615) 591-2090
Ken Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council. He serves on the board of directors of the Club for Growth and the National Taxpayers Union. He is also a member of the public affairs committee of the NRA. Mr. Blackwell is a columnist for the New York Sun, a contributing editor for the conservative news and opinion site townhall.com, and a frequent public affairs commentator for the Salem Radio Network.
In 2004, the American Conservative Union honored Mr. Blackwell with the John M. Ashbrook Award for his steadfast conservative leadership. Past recipients of the award include president Ronald Reagan and Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.
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His public service includes terms as Mayor of Cincinnati, Undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
In 1994, he became the first African-American elected to a statewide executive office in Ohio when he was elected State Treasurer. He subsequently was elected Secretary of State, and in 2006, was the Republican nominee for Governor.
He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Xavier University (OH), where he later served as a vice president and member of its faculty. In 1992, he received the Xavier University Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has been a fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Ken Blackwell and co-author Ken Klukowski most recent book is Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America.
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