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It has been nearly six months since the military coup in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Conditions inside the country continue to worsen with over 5,000 people currently detained and nearly 1,000 killed. Civil liberties and freedoms are evaporating as the military consolidates power.While the initial U.S. response to the coup was swift, there is much left to be done. There is strong bipartisan agreement on the need to ramp up U.S. sanctions, issue an atrocity determination, and ensure adequate humanitarian assistance.Join us for a discussion of concrete actions to support the will of the Burmese people and to hold the military accountable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Heritage’s Joseph Loconte, Tina Descovich, Patti Hildalgo Menders and Priscilla Rahn for an exciting virtual townhall about how today’s parents can use the principles of the American Founding to preserve freedom for their children and for generations to come.Parents today—especially mothers and the organizations they lead—are working mightily to instill these principles in their children: ideas about justice, equality, and freedom. This townhall will focus on what we can learn from the ability of the Founders to work through their differences and create the Constitution, a blueprint for self-government, that could endure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Education policy professionals won’t want to miss this 30-minute Policy Pulse discussion on why Washington should not be micromanaging student discipline policies. Parents and teachers—the adults closest to a student—should be making decisions about discipline based on behavior, not the color of a child’s skin.Your child’s teacher has a responsibility to protect children from harm. However, the Biden Administration is considering bringing back an Obama Administration policy that limited parent and teacher influence over maintaining order in classrooms. The Federal Commission on School Safety rescinded this policy in 2018 after speaking with local education leaders around the country about best practices in terms of school safety. The Obama-era policy disregards student behavior and coerces school officials to maintain quotas of students who are disciplined based on a student’s race or ethnicity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

U.S. dominance in Space is being challenged by China, Russia, and a host of other aspiring competitors. Keeping our nation on top of all others increasingly relies on the ingenuity, development, and capabilities offered by the civilian sector. National security professionals won’t want to miss this chance to hear from rising leaders on the cutting edge of the aerospace industry. Join us to dig into the technologies that will win the struggle for the “final frontier.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A surge in political violence has rocked the nation of Colombia in recent months, threatening to destabilize the democratically elected government of President Ivan Duque. A report by the Center for a Secure Free Society indicates that recent protests have been co-opted as tools of asymmetric warfare by narco-funded leftist guerillas and terrorist gangs affiliated with the despotic regimes in Venezuela and Cuba.At the same time, Professor Celina Realuyo has followed closely the domestic grievances that have fueled the protests, including the government’s response to the pandemic, socioeconomic disparities, and citizens’ insecurity concerns.Policy professionals won’t want to miss this discussion on the crisis and the concrete steps the United States can take in response. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Innovation depends on solid patent rights and intellectual property. The U.S. was once a world leader in securing those rights, enabling centuries of advancement from Edison’s light bulb to today’s mobile technology. Unfortunately, America’s “gold standard” patent system has been replaced. Today, China and Europe secure more reliable and effective patent rights and are reaping the benefits.Patent systems drive economic, military, and medical progress, and the loss of reliable and effective patent rights threatens America’s economic growth and national security.Join us to learn about the legal and policy developments that weakened the U.S. patent system and why restoring it should be a top priority. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1972, Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments, heralding a new age of equal opportunities for females in academics and athletics. After five decades of progress for women in education, Title IX’s legacy is endangered by a new gender ideology that makes being female a matter of self-identification rather than biological reality.  This new ideology is erasing women’s opportunities in athletics and transforming single-sex spaces into mixed-sex spaces, depriving both males and females of their right to privacy. The Biden Administration is making aggressive attempts to enshrine this ideology in public schools, and the Supreme Court has declined to clarify that biology matters in school settings. These policies erase the progress of women and girls, and parents are now pushing back. Policy professionals won’t want to miss this crucial discussion on Title IX and the battle for biological reality in American schools.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the United States still in the grips of an opioid crisis, the number of overdose fatalities has increasingly been driven by a narcotic even more potent than heroin: the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Fentanyl and its analogues are 50-100 times more powerful than morphine; even minute amounts can lead to death. Fentanyl is often added to heroin or cocaine because it is less expensive to produce. China exports the drug (or its precursor chemicals) to Mexico, and the cartels smuggle it into the United States. Law enforcement has struggled to halt that flow, and the recent crisis at the southern border has only exacerbated this issue.  Don’t miss this critical conversation on fentanyl what to do about it with three public officials who have been on the front line of the fight.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Heritage Foundation is honored to host former Vice President Mike Pence for our signature event on U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific. Heritage’s annual B.C. Lee Lecture on international affairs was endowed by the Samsung Group in honor of its founder, the late B.C. Lee, to focus on the U.S. relationship with the Indo-Pacific. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freedom of speech and free exercise of religion are at the heart of the American understanding of liberty. Even before our Founding, people flocked to our shores to escape religious persecution and live more freely. Judge David Stras joins us for a special address, reflecting on how his grandparents’ harrowing experiences during the Holocaust shaped his own beliefs and influenced his views on religious freedom, free speech, and the importance of the First Amendment.   Following his address, we will be joined by two commentators to discuss these issues as well as the recent rise in antisemitism in this country. We hope you will join us for this timely discussion.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.