The core of American government is, as the Declaration of Independence states, “to secure these rights” — namely, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Today, a dizzying array of ideas and influences counter to foundational American Values threaten our inalienable rights and our democratic republic system of government. American First Policy Institute’s Center for American Values will advance messaging, policies, and litigation that respect and protect life, uphold God-given liberties, preserve freedoms of expression, and restore basic ideals and values that propel a prosperous society. In the same vein, the Center for American Values also features the “Second Chances Project,” which aims to address America’s incarceration problem through a faith-based lens and confront the root causes of crime: broken families and a lack of faith.
White-Cain And Bondi: Here’s Why One Christian Coach’s Religious Freedom Case Is So Important To All Americans
Pastor Paula White-Cain and Pam Bondi
Happy First Birthday AFPI!
The Pro-Life Movement Is the Real Pro-Woman Movement
Brooke Rollins, Paula White-Cain, & Alveda King
Team Biden’s strategic plan to erase womanhood
Bethany Kozma and Lauren Baldwin
Biden’s HHS Undermines Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Lauren Baldwin
Free speech and the Bible on global trial
By Bethany Kozma and Lauren Baldwin
National Marriage Week
Lauren Baldwin
The Biden Administration has Given up on Black America and Our Dreams
Dr. Alveda King, Jack Brewer, and Ken Blackwell
BREWER And YATES: Putting America First Requires Resisting China’s Systemic Racism
Jack Brewer and Steve Yates
Promising to nominate a Black woman would be illegal in any other setting
Brooke Rollins
Vaccine Update: Religious Exemption Database
Garrison Grisedale
Op-Ed: A call to renew the Black-Jewish bond
Kiron Skinner & Paul Packer
Op-Ed: We should all be able to agree on equality
Brooke L. Rollins and Pastor Paula White-Cain
An Examination of the First Year of Biden’s Presidency
Op-Ed: The hard truths of abortion and the sanctity of human life
Paula White-Cain
On 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving, the Biden Administration attempts to destroy religious freedom
Bethany Kozma
Loudoun County is putting children in harm’s way
Bethany Kozma
Op-Ed: Woke Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Fail Inmates, Communities
Jack Brewer in Newsmax
Drake Franklin is from Gainesville, Georgia, and serves as AFPI’s Southeastern Development Director & Policy Analyst. Drake most recently served as the Executive Director of Evangelicals for Trump for the Trump-Pence 2020 presidential campaign. In this role, he managed 62 prominent advisory board members and numerous national surrogate relationships. He also worked closely with national and state-level GOP campaign staff to implement several initiatives, including a targeted voter contact program and a robust digital presence while managing and executing over eighty in-person and online events all across the nation. Franklin previously served as a White House Intern in the Presidential Correspondence Office, where he assisted the writer’s team in researching, drafting, and dispatching proclamations, greetings, and letters on behalf of the president. Franklin currently resides in Washington, D.C. When he’s not studying, he enjoys running, boxing, and spending time with friends.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
Joseph P. Kennedy
Garrison Grisedale is from Morgan Hill, California, and serves as a Policy Analyst for the Center for Opportunity Now and the Center for Second Chances at AFPI. Previously, Garrison served as the Speechwriter to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson and as the Deputy White House Liaison for HUD. After his time in the Trump Administration, Garrison moved to Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, where he spent a season as a fly-fishing guide at a fly-out lodge located in Katmai National Park. Prior to his time in Washington, Garrison attended Hillsdale College in Michigan and majored in Political Science. Garrison currently lives in Arlington, Virginia, and can usually be found fly fishing (and teaching his friends!) in his spare time.
“What has been, will be again; what has been done, will be done again; There is nothing new under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Javon Price is from Fairfax, Virginia, and serves as a Policy Analyst in the Center for Opportunity Now, the Center for Second Chances, and the Center for American Security for AFPI. Price most recently worked in the United States House of Representatives as a Staff Assistant for Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida, Previously, Price interned for the White House Domestic Policy Council and the Office of American Innovation. He also interned for the Republican Governors Association and the Republican Attorneys General Association. Additionally, Price is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he studied International Politics with a focus on Security. Price is a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served in the Reserves from 2017-2020. He left the Air Force as a Senior Airman (E-4). When Price is not focused on politics or his studies, he enjoys watching the Dallas Cowboys compete every Sunday. Outside of football season, he is a huge fan of the Georgetown Hoyas Basketball Team and the Washington Nationals.
“The future is for those who prepare for it today.”
Malcolm X
Paula White-Cain was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and serves as the Chair of the Center for American Values at AFPI. Currently, White-Cain serves as Senior Pastor at City of Destiny. For the past 37 years, White-Cain has worked across the world in almost 200 countries, ministering, fighting for religious freedom and humanitarian rights, and advocating for the voiceless. White-Cain also served as an advisor to President Donald J. Trump in the Office of Public Liaison’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative. Prior to her work at the White House, she co-founded one of the fastest growing and largest churches in the nation, which currently has over 28,000 members. She served as pastor of this church for 22 years, and during that time, Paula White Ministries was launched and became a global media and outreach ministry. She is married to legendary singer/songwriter Jonathan Cain of the iconic Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Journey and recites his daily motto of Don’t Stop Believin’ while riding horses and having the time of her life with her family.
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Maya Angelou