LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Former congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard will speak at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit hosted by the Centennial Institute public policy think tank at Colorado Christian University. The 14th annual Summit is June 9-10 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
Tulsi Gabbard is a combat veteran with deployments to the Middle East and Africa. She currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves working as a Civil Affairs officer. She first served in elected office in the Hawaii State House of Representatives when she was 21 years old. Due to the attacks on 9/11, she enlisted in the Army National Guard. In 2004, Tulsi gave up an easy re-election campaign and volunteered to deploy to Iraq with the 29th Brigade Combat Team where she served in a medical unit.
After returning home in 2006, she worked in the U.S. Senate as a legislative aide to the late Senator Danny Akaka, who was Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. She then volunteered for a second Middle East deployment as a Platoon Leader. Having experienced first-hand the true cost of war, and in memory of her brothers and sisters in uniform, she ran for Congress at 31 years old, vowing to honor their lives and sacrifice. Tulsi prevailed in a difficult election and went on to serve for eight years in Congress as a member of the Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs Committees, where she dealt with highly sensitive national security issues. She has always done her best to put country before party and approaches every issue, domestic and foreign, through the lens of what will best ensure the safety, security, and freedom of the American people.
“At a time when Western Civilization is being denigrated by the left, we want to remind attendees that it is our strong Western roots that make America the free nation that it is today,” said Jeff Hunt, director of the Centennial Institute and Co-Chair of the Western Conservative Summit.
2023 speakers announced to date include women’s sports defender Riley Gaines, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, 2024 presidential candidate Larry Elder, conservative luminary Yoram Hazony, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, bestselling author and nationally-syndicated radio host Eric Metaxas, former congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, Representative Lauren Boebert, PragerU personality CJ Pearson, among others. Attendees will also be able to participate in unique workshops on various public policy and cultural subjects.
One of the largest annual gatherings of conservatives outside of Washington, D.C., the Western Conservative Summit educates Americans on the key issues facing the West and the nation, equips individuals to stand for faith, family, and freedom and trains up the next generation of conservatives.
Registration, summit schedule and other information for attendees are available here.
