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Get ready for the 2012 Elections, with the 2012 Texas Red Conference!  The 2012 Texas Red Conference brings together activists from across the State of Texas to sharpen their political skills, listen to great speakers, and meet and network with each other.

Keynote Speaker: Andrew Breitbart

The Texas Young Republican Federation is excited to welcome the father of citizen journalism, Andrew Breitbart, as our keynote speaker. Andrew Breitbart is publisher of the news portals Breitbart.com and Breitbart.tv. He gained greater notoriety when his second blog endeavor, Big Government, broke the ACORN child sex trafficking scandal. In 2011, Big Government broke the "Weinergate" scandal that lead to the resignation of New York Representative Anthony Weiner. Additionally, Andrew was the primary developer of The Huffington Post and co-wrote the best-selling attack on celebrity culture, Hollywood, Interrupted. Andrew Brietbart will also be hosting a book-signing for his latest book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!, a New York Times bestseller.

 

Activist Education Seminars:

Basic Activist Seminars

• Campaign Basics: How it works and Ways for you to Help a Candidate
• Showing Up at the Party: Primaries and State Conventions
• Getting Heard at Conventions: Robert's Rules
• Republican Party History: Civil Rights and the American Dream - by James Bernsen, Bernsen Consulting

Advanced Activist Seminars:

• Social Media, 2.0: Using Social Media Effectively - by Alice Linahan, Voices Empower
• Fundraising for Your Candidate or Cause - by Keri Mason, Director of Fundraising, Republican Party of Texas
• How to Start and Run a Political Club - By Mark C. Brown, Chairman, Texas Young Republican Federation
• Developing Positive Relationships with the Media - by Kevin Price, Talk Radio Host of The Price of Business
• Ballot Integrity and Ensuring Your Vote Counts - by Catherine Englebrecht, Founder, True the Vote

Location Information: Fellowship Church Education Facilities 9330 N. Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75231 Click here for a map. You can enter from the freeway access road, but the facility is located BEHIND the Best Buy.

Hotel Information: The DoubleTree by Hilton - Dallas Campbell Centre 8250 North Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75206 Click here for a map.

Room Blocks available from February 3-5, 2011 Rates: King and Doubles - $87.20 per night

To make your reservations by phone, please call 1-800-245-8918 The hotel room block is listed under "Texas Red 2012"

 

Register Today!

$45.00 - Young Republican Member. Become a Member of a Young Republican Club Today!
$45.00 - College Republican Member Ticket
$65.00 - Regular, Non-Member Ticket (under 40)
$95.00 - Regular, Non-Member Ticket (over 40)
*** All Prices Include Lunch ***

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Conference Schedule

Friday, February 3, 2012

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

VIP Welcome Reception

Saturday, February 4, 2012

7:30 am - 8:30 am	Conference Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Welcome and Conference Kick-Off
9:15 am - 11:15 am	Activist Education Seminars
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Lunch and Keynote Address
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm	Booksigning
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm	Activist Education Seminars
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Conference Closing Talks

 

About Selected Seminar Speakers

	Kevin Price is an award winning author, speaker, columnist, and radio personality. He has traveled coast to coast and around the world talking about free enterprise, limited government, and private property. He conducted seminars in Poland, Hungary, and the former Soviet Union following the fall of communism, teaching about how those nations could pursue a free market economy.He is the author of Empowerment to the People, which Dick Armey said contributed to the Republican Revolution of 1994. He has twice received the prestigious George Washington Honor Medal in Communications, has years of experience both in public policy and business, and is a former aide to a member of the US Senate. He is the host of the Price of Business on News Talk 1070 AM, KNTH, Home of Bloomberg Radio in Houston, Texas and is a nationally syndicated columnist, with articles frequently appearing in USA Today, Chicago Sun Times, and other major media.
	Catherine Engelbrecht was born in Richmond, Texas and graduated from University of Houston with a B.A. in marketing. She is President of Engelbrecht Manufacturing, a high-precision oilfield machine shop started in 1994 by her and her husband, Bryan. They have two beautiful children, William and Elizabeth. Prior to 2008, Catherine had little involvement in the political arena. She was what could be called a “life activist.” With roles as a wife, a mother, a founder and board member of her church, an officer of her children’s school’s PTO, a city volunteer, and a business owner, she had plenty to focus on. She believed, as many did, that government was best left to “politicians” who could be relied upon to do their best on behalf of the American people. During the Presidential campaign of 2008, she watched as government and politicians made decisions that stood in stark contrast to the American ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. She looked at her children, her aging parents, her business, her church, her country, and she knew she had to do something to help protect them. So, with her family’s support, she stepped out in faith, away from the family business and into full time service working on behalf of all those who believe in the greatness of America and the conservative, Judeo-Christian values on which it was founded. In 2009 she helped found King Street Patriots, a non-profit group with a model for activism that can best be defined as community organizing for conservatives. With guiding principles of American exceptionalism, constitutional governance, and civic duty, King Street Patriots aims to provide a permanent platform from which groups and individuals can strategically mobilize in their communities, their message made exponentially stronger by a loose alliance with fellow Patriots all across the nation.
	Alice Linahan is an active Real Estate blogger turned online newspaper owner, having launched Voices Empower. Alice has played an integral part in holding politicians and the progressive/liberal media accountable by getting real stories out to Americans across the country. She is on track to train boots on the ground, citizen journalists and activists in key battle ground states using social media techniques to find and promote the real stories on the ground. Currently Alice is working on projects at both the state and national level to save our Country from attacks from within our own borders. As a leader with the Nationwide Tea Party coalition, Alice helped implement the ‘Take the Town Halls to Washington’ and led the social media campaign for the highly successful Election Day Tea Party.com. As a fundraising consultant she was part of a team of grassroots activists that were very successful in bringing candidates from outside of Texas in to raise much-needed campaign funds. Alice is currently on the Advisory Board for a new series of e-books by Harper Collins entitled “Voices of the Tea Party”. Alice has been published in such publications as Focus on the Family’s Citizen Magazine and is also a board member of WomenOnTheWall.org an organization working on building a safe and prosperous Texas and America for the next generation.