Dear John,
The Claremont Institute is proud to announce that applications for the 2022 Speechwriters Fellowship will open May 1st.
Over the course of the Columbus Day weekend (October 7-10), at a resort in the Washington Metropolitan Area, fellows will engage in a theoretical and rhetorical study of the dominant political themes that continue to animate the American political debate today: America’s founding principles, natural law, equality, American identity, globalism, multiculturalism, identity politics, and the administrative state--all with the aim of equipping fellows with the tools for a robust defense of the American Way of Life.
Classes will be led by a combination of Claremont scholars and former presidential speechwriters.
Who should apply: Speechwriters currently serving in the executive or legislative branches of state or federal government. Speechwriters and aspiring speechwriters working in the private or non-profit sector may also apply. We also welcome speechwriters working in business, tech, education, and media.
Past fellows include speechwriters for President Donald J Trump, chief speechwriters for the Secretaries of Treasury, State, Justice, Defense, Housing and Urban Development, Environmental Protection Agency, as well as speechwriters for members of the Leadership in both the House and Senate. View the list of our 2021 fellows.
As Abraham Lincoln wisely observed, “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.” This program is created for the purpose of providing the missing argument in the battle to win public sentiment by teaching and promoting the principled reasoning of our Founding and the statesmanship required to vindicate that reasoning in public speech and, ultimately, in practice.
As always, thank you for your support in making this program—and all of our programs—a success.
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