WHAT’S IN PROJECT 2025 will be an in-depth look at the contents of Project 2025. This class is offered at The Church of the Palms on Saturday, September 28 from 10-12 pm. Registration is required (space limited; see below) and the class is open to the public.
‘Project 2025’ is the Heritage Foundation’s document that follows Christian nationalism ideology/ strategy with the purpose of changes in our governance, elimination of standing departments/agencies and severing some US citizens rights that are bestowed in the Constitution. It is the platform the Republican party has issued as its “Manifest Leadership” (document presented to every Republican president since 1981). Amanda Tyler, JD, Executive Director of BJC, a non-for-profit 88-year-old organization working for separation of church and state, gives one of the more clarifying summaries of Project 2025. “What’s different about Project 2025 is the sweeping nature of its plan. It would really rewrite the federal government and change policies in so many different areas at once in a way that it would hasten our journey down that road to authoritarian autocracy.”
Whether the election brings to the USA a Democrat or Republican president, Project 2025 is already making governance and policy changes. Their work will not cease after the election.
Klinkenborg will present a brief history of how “Project 2025” came to be and share the stated core elements of government changes, elimination of departments, and loss of liberties for US citizens, etc. The class will have a break with refreshments and a Q & A to follow the presentation.
Kay is a member of Church of the Palms, having retired to AZ in 2018. She has facilitated numerous classes on social justice issues: White Supremacy, White Privilege, North American Indigenous Genocide, Anti-racism, Implicit Bias, ‘Othering’ used as marginalization of BIPOC, Caste Systems, Doctrine of Discovery and Imperial Colonialism, etc. Since Fall of 2023 she has been presenting: White Christian Nationalism & Project 2025 to a variety of organizations. Most recently her presentation on ‘Project 2025’ was given for The Secular Coalition of AZ in August; it was taped, and it is on their You Tube channel.
Currently, a Spiritual Director and member of Spiritual Directors International, author, poet, Kay continues her passion for adult education. She is a retired RN; Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and a Clinical Member of AAMFT. She was an adjunct-faculty for University of Illinois-Springfield prior to retirement. She resides in Sun City with her husband, Max Klinkenborg.
REGISTRATION CALL: THE CHURCH OF THE PALMS OFFICE at 623-977-8359 Mon-Thurs from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm; DEADLINE REGISTRATION: 1:00 pm on SEPTEMBER 26. Walk-ins for the class will not be admitted; space limited.