REAL IMPACT TOWNHALL PODCAST
Friday, July 21 @ 7PM (PST)
Real Impact's Townhall can be viewed on Friday, July 21 at 7PM on the following platforms:
SPEAKER BIOS
REBECCA FRIEDRICHS
FOR KIDS AND COUNTRY
Rebecca Friedrichs is part of a movement to restore the voices and authority of parents and teachers in America's schools.
As a twenty-eight-year public school teacher, she was forced to fund unions whose politics and divisive tactics degraded her profession, our schools, and our national character.
Her lawsuit, Friedrichs v California Teachers' Association, brought with ten other teachers, was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in January 2016, and blazed the trail for ending forced unionism for all teachers and government employees in the United States.
Her book, Standing Up to Goliath, is Rebecca’s expose of corrupt and abusive unions. And she’s a producer of the documentary Whose Children Are They?.
Rebecca and her husband Charles, founded For Kids and Country through which they educate and empower Americans to abandon unions so we can restore our republic.
Rebecca’s editorials can be found in outlets nationwide. She appears regularly on radio and television. She’s a Prager University host, and she was the second speaker on the opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
Most importantly, Rebecca is a lover of Jesus Christ, the wife of Charles and mother of two grown sons Kyle and Benjamin.
GINA GLEASON
Executive Director, Real Impact
Gina has been the ministry leader of Real Impact for over 13 years. The primary focus of Real Impact is to educate, equip, and encourage Christians to take a stand on the important cultural issues. The emphasis is on alerting the Christians about local community policies, state and federal legislation, providing and creating election resources. Her work includes helping churches establish and organize similar church ministries, which includes hosting online web trainings. Most recently, Gina began hosting the monthly Real Impact Townhall podcast and has interviewed numerous influential guests.
Gina has also been the leader of several California state-wide initiatives. Most recently, the campaign to defeat Proposition 1 on the November 2022 ballot. This constitutional amendment enshrines a woman’s right to late-term abortion.
Married for over 45 years, Gina and her husband John have been blessed with three children and six grandchildren.
