America First Women’s Initiative

The America First Women’s Initiative has excelled over the years in producing consistent policy wins around saving girls sports, eliminating child gender modification, school choice, empowering military spouses, and huge efforts in taking back the national narrative around women’s health and reproductive policy.

As we enter AFWI 2.0, we welcome Stacey Schieffelin, our outstanding new Chair, who ushers in a new area of fighting for T.R.U.T.H.: Transparency, Revitalization and Reaffirmation, Unity, Trust, and Health.

Under Stacey’s leadership, we will expand our coalition, create volunteer opportunities, plan impactful events, and equip America First women with every tool they need to become warriors for our Republic.

This is our moment. Our mission. And we will not fail.

Join us today.

Team

Stacey Schieffelin

Chair, America First Women's Initiative & Chief External Affairs Officer

Madison Rosa

Senior Coordinator of Engagement

Lauren Brasher

Project Manager & Executive Assistant, America First Women’s Initiative

Latest

Speech | March 12, 2026

When Diagnosis Becomes Belief

Can I have a show of hands, how many of you love America? I’m an American. I’m also an Oregonian. My great-great-grandfather is buried in the Rose City Cemetery. And my mother’s parents and grandparents are buried in a small pioneer cemetery tucked away in the hills of the central Willamette Valley.

Statement | March 11, 2026

AFPI Responds to Critics as Food Companies Commit to Removing Synthetic Dyes

Washington, D.C.—Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Stacey Schieffelin, Chair of America First Women's Initiative:

Commentary | March 9, 2026

Food Companies Following Trump Administration’s MAHA Leadership

In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) initiative to remove petroleum-based synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply, a wave of voluntary commitments has emerged from leading food manufacturers, retailers, and industry associations across the country to remove or replace synthetic dyes in their products.

Statement | March 2, 2026

AFPI Celebrates First Lady Melania Trump’s Historic Leadership at U.N. Security Council

AFPI congratulates First Lady Melania Trump on her historic role presiding over today's U.N. Security Council meeting.

Op-Ed | February 24, 2026

A Year of Restoration: What President Trump Has Delivered for American Women

When President Donald J. Trump took the oath of office again in 2025, a renewed sense of hope swept across America, and confidence in America’s potential was reborn. For years, American women felt the weight of chaos: open borders, rising crime, crippling grocery and gas bills, cultural confusion that shamed our daughters for embracing biological reality, and bureaucrats overriding parents’ rights.