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Cathie Adams is President of Texas Eagle Forum. She is a regular participant in United Nations meetings around the world and provides reports to Eagle Forum and to Sovereignty International.

She is a strong advocate of the principles of freedom applied especially in the areas of family and education. She knows first-hand how the international community works its "consensus" into public policy in America.


Dan Byfield - serves as president of the American Land Foundation, a private non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of constitutional principles, free enterprise, property rights and liberty. Dan also serves as president of Liberty Matters. With the assistance of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas in 1994, Dan created the American Land Foundation. Dan is the writer and producer of two television video productions documenting the effects of environmental laws on individual freedoms and uses of land in this country. They are "Who Owns the Land? When the Environment Collides With the Constitution" and "Standing Ground: People, Property and Power." Both have been shown on national cable and educational television, including PBS, receiving a communications award for effectiveness. Dan is a graduate of the University of Texas with a journalism degree, specializing in public relations and has a law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston.


Margaret Byfield - was raised on Pine Creek Ranch, a large cattle operation located in central Nevada. It was there that she was introduced to widespread property rights injustice, as her family battled against the U.S. Forest Service in what became the landmark case, Hage v. United States. From Nevada, Margaret moved to Idaho's Treasure Valley to be formally educated at Albertson's College of Idaho, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English and Music in 1989. In 1996, Byfield helped launch Liberty Matters. She serves as Vice President. Margaret also serves as Executive Director of Stewards of the Range, where she helped to formulated the organization's mission and programs. She began the operation of Stewards out of her Boise home.


Michael Chapman is a member of the Board of Directors of EdWatch, the premier "Education Watchdog" in America. He is also founder of American Heritage Research. He uses his extensive collection of rare founding-era books to reveal widespread bias and censorship within America's history curriculum. He has conducted research for state legislators as well as U.S. Congressmen. Michael has spoken at various conferences. He has conducted teacher in-service-training on world-view bias in four states, and has been co-speaker with Minnesota State Senator Bachmann.


Dr. Michael Coffman is a nationally recognized expert on environmental issues, and the United Nations. He is the author of The Birth of World Government and Saviors of the Earth?, as well as numerous columns, and booklets. He appeared in Phyllis Schlafly's video "Global Governance," and is CEO of Sovereignty International.

He is the creator of the widely-used "Biosphere Maps" that vividly illustrate the impact of the Wildlands project. These maps were displayed during the Senate debate about the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, and were instrumental in forcing the Majority leader to withdraw the Treaty from further consideration.

Michael's presentations are precise, authoritative, easy to follow, and provide invaluable information for those who need facts and documentation to convince their elected officials. See his presentation on the Endangered Species Act, and on Taking Liberty.


Dr. Bonner Cohen is a Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute. He has lectured and participated in panels dealing with environmental issues in the U.S. and abroad, and is a frequent commentator on radio and television programs. He was editor of EPA WATCH from 1992 to 1999 and has served as Washington editor for the Earth Times and Environment News.

Together with Steve Milloy, he served as editor of American Values: An Environmental Vision, an anthology published by the Environmental Policy Analysis Network in 1996. Articles by Dr. Cohen have appeared in Forbes, The Weekly Standard, National Review, Investor's Business Daily, Journal of Commerce and other publications. His previous positions include that of research associate at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Foundation for Science and Policy) in Ebenhausen, Germany, and as a German-language lecturer for the United States Information Agency (USIA) in Germany. Dr. Cohen holds a Ph.D - summa cum laude - from the University of Munich, and a B.A. from the University of Georgia.


Tom DeWeese is President of the American Policy Center. He is a nationally recognized spokesman on a range of policy issues relating to freedom and national sovereignty. His DeWeese Report is must reading for thousands of Americans.




Joseph Farah - is founder, editor and CEO of WorldNetDaily and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. He is also the founder and co-publisher of WND Books, a publishing venture that has produced several New York Times best sellers in the last five years. He also edits the weekly online intelligence newsletter Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, in which he utilizes his sources developed over 30 years in the news business.

Joseph Farah made a name for himself with traditional daily newspapers prior to his founding of WorldNetDaily - running the Sacramento Union, directing the news operation of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner for six years and serving as editor in chief of a group of California dailies and weeklies.

The former nationally syndicated daily talk-show host has written for such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Jerusalem Post, National Review, TV Guide, Reason, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, and a host of other national, international and regional publications.

His latest book is called Stop The Presses: The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution. He has written or collaborated on more than a dozen others, including Rush Limbaugh's No. 1 best seller "See, I Told You So." His previous book, "Taking America Back," was first published in 2003, and again in paperback in 2005. NBC television, New World Entertainment, and other media giants have sought his expertise as a media consultant. Farah's many journalism awards include honors for reporting, to writing headlines, to honesty and courage in journalism, to editing and newspaper design.


Fred Kelly Grant is on the Board of Directors, and the Litigation Chairman for Stewards of the Range. His legal career has taken him from Idaho to Chicago to Washington, DC, and now, back to Idaho. He is widely recognized as an expert on land and property rights issues. He is a consultant to the Owyhee County Natural Resources Committee, and to the Board of County Commissioners on land use planning, and federal lands issues.

Fred is an excellent teacher and has led a series of seminars on how to organize your community to become an effective political force.


Duncan Hunter

Duncan Hunter was elected to Congress in 1980 from a California District with twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans. He was Chairman of the House Armed Forces Committee until the Democrats won the majority in 2006. He is now ranking member of the Committee. Duncan is a declared candidate for President in 2008. He is campaigning vigorously across the country, and chose to stop off at our conference this year to meet some of his strongest supporters.

Hunter resides in East San Diego County with his wife Lynne where they, like many of their neighbors, just completed re-building their Alpine home after it was lost in the October 2003 wildfires. In 2006, Duncan and Lynne celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary; they have two sons, Duncan Duane, who served two tours in Iraq in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Sam Hunter, a business student at San Diego State University.


Cliff Kincaid - is Editor of the Accuracy in Media (AIM) Report. A veteran journalist and media critic, Cliff concentrated in journalism and communications at the University of Toledo, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and came to Washington through a national journalism program headed by conservative author and journalist M. Stanton Evans. At his college newspaper, Cliff won an award for editorial writing from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Cliff has appeared on the Fox News programs Hannity & Colmes and The O'Reilly Factor, where he debated O'Reilly on global warming, the death penalty, and the homosexual agenda. He was a guest co-host on CNN's Crossfire (filling in for Pat Buchanan) in the 1980s, where he confronted the then-Libyan Ambassador to the U.N. with evidence of Libyan involvement in international terrorism. Through his America's Survival, Inc., organization (www.usasurvival.org), he has been an advocate on behalf of the families of victims of terrorism and has published reports and held conferences critical of the United Nations. Cliff contributes to the American Legion Magazine and appears regularly as a Washington contributor on the "For the People" Liberty Broadcasting program. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Chronicles, Human Events, Insight, and other publications. He served on the staff of Human Events for several years and was an editorial writer and newsletter editor for former National Security Council staffer Oliver North at his Freedom Alliance educational foundation. He has written or co-authored nine books on media and cultural affairs and foreign policy issues.

Cliff is married and has three sons.


Henry Lamb is the founding Executive Vice President of the Environmental Conservation Organizaton, Chairman of Sovereignty International, and publisher of eco•logic Powerhouse, and eco•logic Powerhouse on-line.

He has attended nearly two-dozen U.N. meetings in Geneva, Bonn, Buenos Aires, Kyoto, and The Hague. He is a columnist for WorldNetDaily, and his work appears in numerous newspapers, publications, in other on-line publications, as well as in eco•logic Powerhouse.




Joanne Nathan - With a background in business, and for the past 18 years enjoying motherhood, Joanne is also a California coastal landowner who experienced firsthand the abuse of power by Santa Cruz County agencies. Born in South Africa, to parents who later immigrated to the United States , Joanne grew up understanding the importance of a free society. As a Director and participant of Freedom 21 Santa Cruz, she works to disseminate clear and simple information in order to advance the vital principles of individual liberty and private property.


Allen Quist is Professor of Political Science at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. He is a widely recognized writer and speaker in Minnesota and throughout the United States. Allen Quist is author of five books, the most recent being America's Schools: The Battleground for Freedom. Quist authored the best-selling book, FedEd: The New Federal Curriculum and How It's Enforced, which has sold 17,000 copies. He explains the federal No Child Left Behind legislation and programs such as International Baccalaureate, he describes the math and reading wars,and he discusses the effects of international agreements on our schools. Quist writes about the preservation of America's sovereignty, our commitment to self-evident truth and unalienable rights, and our resolve to pass this liberty on to the next generation.

Prof. Quist served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1983 to 1988. In the Minnesota House, he served as Chair of the Social Services Subcommittee and also served on the House Education Committee. Prof. Quist played an influential role in legalizing home schools in Minnesota. He was the Republican-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Governor in 1994, and was one of seven delegates elected from Minnesota to the White House Conference on Families in 1980.




Craig Rucker is the Executive Director of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and coordinates the work of Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, an affiliate group of college students on campuses around the country. These young people attend U.N. meetings to promote the Freedom 21 Alternative to Agenda 21.




Phyllys Schlafly is a founder of Eagle Forum. She has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo. She has been a leader of the pro-family movement since 1972, when she started her national volunteer organization now called Eagle Forum. In a ten-year battle, Mrs. Schlafly led the pro-family movement to victory over the principal legislative goal of the radical feminists, called the Equal Rights Amendment. An articulate and successful opponent of the radical feminist movement, she appears in debate on college campuses more frequently than any other conservative. She was named one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century by the Ladies' Home Journal.

Mrs. Schlafly's monthly newsletter called The Phyllis Schlafly Report is now in its 38th year. Her syndicated column appears in 100 newspapers, her radio commentaries are heard daily on 460 stations, and her radio talk show on education called "Phyllis Schlafly Live" is heard weekly on 45 stations. Both can be heard on the internet.


Michael Shaw is a founder of Freedom 21 Santa Cruz. He was a participant in the first Local Agenda 21 initiative in Santa Cruz, California. He saw the flaws in the initiative, and decided to try to counter the impact of sustainable development in his community. The organization he helped to create has become a leader in developing strategies for local organizations. He developed the Freedom 21 Platform and Action Plan, and the powerful booklet, Understanding Sustainable Development - Agenda 21 - A Guide for Public Officials.


David Stall is a professional city manager with three decades of public service and a broad knowledge of local government and skill. A native of California, David has made Texas his home since 1975. Seven years ago he, and his wife Linda, settled in the small rural community of Fayetteville.

Three years ago David and his wife Linda attended a Trans-Texas Corridor Public Hearing in Columbus, Texas. They were shocked at a plan devised by the Governor, approved by the Legislature, and quickly set into motion by the Texas Department of Transportation. They were equally disturbed that the public knew so little about the massive Trans-Texas Corridor and its potential impact on all Texans. Two days later they formed an organization Linda dubbed CorridorWatch and within 24-hours CorridorWatch.org appeared on the Internet.

Since then David and his wife have been working to increase public awareness and understanding of the Trans-Texas Corridor. With CorridorWatch they provide a statewide network of communication for citizens and local government officials with shared concerns and they provide resources to identify and address a wide range of potential economic, social, political and environmental impacts.

Using the power of the Internet this grassroots organization has rapidly attracted thousands of members from 199 counties across Texas.


Amanda Teegarden is co-founder of Operation Information and Oklahomans For School Accountability, grassroots conservative research organizations. She has visited and written about the public hearings in Texas on the TTC-35, the Kansas City Smartport Offices, the Kansas City Mexiplex; attended the North America Works II Conference ("Building the Security and Prosperity Partnership") held in Kansas City, MO. She and other Oklahoma citizens have formed OK-SAFE, a coalition joining the national Conservative Caucus.i


Patrick Wood

Patrick M. Wood - founded The August Corporation in 1975 and began publishing activities in 1978. Wood was the publisher of "The Trilateral Observer," which he co-edited with Professor Antony Sutton, formerly a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution at Stanford University. Wood now publishes The August Review, and is a frequent speaker at national events.


Jim Worthing is an outstand musician whose most recent album features patriotic songs, including his own "Soul of Liberty." He was lead singer with the Cumberland Boys for ten years, featured at Opry Land. He has appeard at the Grand Ole Opry, and virtually every other important country music venue. He performed at the 2007 C-PAC conference in Washington, DC, and is in demand by churches everywhere to perform his distinctively styled gospel music. Visit his website to learn more, and to listen to his music.



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