FreedomFest 2017

Bob Chitester has more than fifty years of experience in television management and program development. He is president and CEO of Free To Choose Network, Inc., Chitester Creative Associates, Inc. and managing partner of Free To Choose Enterprise. These companies produce television programs for public television, educational videos, web sites, CD-ROM and print materials and curriculum materials for high schools and colleges. In 1977 Mr... Read More →

As Director of Policy Studies at DKT Liberty Project, Lisa Conyers works on topics including welfare, inequality, and civil liberties. She has traveled the globe, reporting on welfare dependence and its effects on recipients, the relationship between religiosity and criminal behavior... Read More →

Gregory Gudenkauf is the Major Gifts Officer at Opportunity Village, an organization that arranges employment opportunities for men and women with disabilities. He is responsible for OV’s gift planning program and raising funds for OV’s Capital Campaign. Before joining Opportunity... Read More →

John Papola, dir. (27 min)  Wednesday 12:15 pm; Friday 2:30 pm FREEDOM ON TRIAL is a courtroom drama that takes viewers into the heart of the everyday issues that arise when an employer’s desire to hire more employees runs into the barrier of minimum wage laws, and when the... Read More →

Erin Mae Miller, dir. (57 min) Friday 1:30 pm Compassion fueled the creation of America’s welfare system, a safety net that rescues some of the most vulnerable among us. Our current system spent more than $1 trillion in social spending last year, which would be a worthwhile... Read More →