Archive for September 2023
‘We Can Do Hard Things’
Empower Mississippi Senior Vice President Wil Ervin’s closing remarks at Unleash Mississippi.
Read MoreAgency: An Approach to Empower All Americans to Pursue Their Dreams
Empower Mississippi Founder and CEO Grant Callen sits down with Ian Rowe, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute.
Read MoreA Path Forward: Taking the Next Steps in Criminal Justice
Empower Mississippi Senior Advisor Forest Thigpen discusses next steps in criminal justice with Ja’Ron Smith, former White House Advisor and Bradley Lum, Deputy Commissioner of Workforce Development at MDOC.
Read More2023 Rise Awards
Empower Mississippi 2023 Rise Award recipients are: Speaker Pro Tem Jason White, Representative Trey Lamar, Representative Nick Bain, Senator Josh Harkins, Senator Chris Johnson, Dr. Donna Akers, Mr. Bill Billingsley, Dr. Stephanie Harper and Mr. Tommy Wilson.
Read MoreWhat’s Next? Capitalizing on Mississippi’s Pro-Growth Momentum
Empower Mississippi Board Chair Gerard Gibert sits down with Jon Caldara, President of Independence Institute; Russ Latino, CEO of Magnolia Tribune; and Jonathan Williams, Chief Economist and Executive VP of Policy at ALEC.
Read MoreInvesting In Opportunity: The Power of Education Savings Accounts
Empower Mississippi Senior Vice President Wil Ervin is joined by EdChoice President and CEO Robert Enlow and Arkansas State Senator Breanne Davis for a discussion about ESAs.
Read More‘We Believe in the Innate Dignity of Every Person’
Grant Callen’s opening remarks at Unleash Mississippi 2023.
Read MoreRecord crowd attends Unleash Mississippi
Unleash Mississippi, Empower Mississippi’s third annual policy summit was a huge success! This event brings together state leaders and policy experts for a solution-centered discussion on how to tackle our biggest challenges and help all Mississippians rise. In our education discussion we heard from EdChoice President & CEO Robert Enlow and Arkansas State Senator Breanne…
Read MoreWhat is Education Freedom?
Within the last year, more than 10 states have chosen to empower parents with more education freedom, and states like Texas and North Carolina, appear poised to follow suit in the coming months. Education freedom is a concept that refers to the ability of parents to select the best educational opportunity for their children.…
Read MoreWorking Hard or Hardly Working?
This week we celebrate Labor Day, a day set aside to honor the American worker. This is a time meant to reflect on the value and dignity of work. Many celebrate this day, perhaps ironically, by taking a day off, and, for many of us in the South, this time of year is meant for…
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