Thanks to everyone who has joined one of our events this Summer. Our dinners featured fantastic discussions and provided launching pads for growing our Principles First community around the country.

Recap of South Carolina Principles First Dinner (June 29)
Our South Carolina dinner in Charleston kept the bar high after our first dinner in Michigan. We packed the room at the Segra Club at Riley Park, home of the Charleston RiverDogs, and heard from International Space Station Commander Terry Virts, former Congressman Joe Walsh, Gabriel Sterling from the Georgia Secretary of State's office and former U.S. diplomat Chris Richardson.

After a great evening of principled discussion about the challenges facing our country and the choice this November, we capped it all off with a Fourth of July themed performance by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra to fireworks on the field!

Recap of Nashville Principles First Dinner (July 3)
Just a few days after Charleston, we were back at it in Tennessee at the Hillwood Country Club, where we heard from our host, former State Senator Steven Dickerson (R-TN), the 80th Attorney General of the United States Hon. Alberto Gonzales and bestselling author and cancer-destroyer, Nancy French! It was another packed house with fantastic food and fantastic company. The ranks of the principled are strong and growing in Tennessee.

Recap of RNC Event - Duty, Honor & Country (July 17)
We made a bit of a splash at the Republican National Convention. Over 100 of us gathered in Milwaukee at the historic Pabst Brewery to champion the core principles underlying the concepts of duty, honor and country. Principles like the rule of law, decency and a commitment to the Constitution.
 

• USA TODAY: 'The Republican Party is sick': Outside RNC, 'political orphans' resisting Trump seek path
• ASSOCIATED PRESS: Trump's GOP detractors will meet mere miles from the Republican National Convention
• POLITICO: Meanwhile, never-Trump Republicans turn up the temperature
• NPR: Both parties need to communicate with voters at this moment
• WBUR: The values of Trump's GOP
• WISN12: Conservatives, Independents speak out against Trump on Day 3 of Convention
• WPR: Never Trump Republicans search for a home at the RNC

We were joined by a long list of fantastic speakers: Brittany Martinez (Republican strategist), Amanda Stewart Sprowls (Haley Voters Working Group), Stephanie Sharp (Women4US), Kendal Unruh (Former Colorado GOP Platform Committeewoman), former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Charlie Sykes, Joe Walsh, and George Conway.

Recap of Autocracy in America: A Warning and a Response Event at NYU - July 23, 2024
Principles First teamed up with State Democracy Defenders Action and Democracy Forward for a bipartisan discussion on the rising threat of autocracy in America. We brought together leading thinkers and hundreds of Americans from across the ideological spectrum, with the goal of addressing the autocratic threat in our nation. Convening co-chairs for the event included Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ty Cobb, Norm Eisen, Bill Kristol, Heath Mayo, and Skye Perryman. Thanks to all who joined us and made this a great event!