INTERVIEW | How Forge Leadership Network Is Training, Mentoring Young Conservatives

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Adam Josefczyk, the co-founder and president of the Forge Leadership Network, says the network, which was founded in 2015, "exists to mentor, train, and connect the next generation of conservative leaders" who are 18 to 25 years old. "We equip them in timeless principles, practical skills, and the legislative process in order to help them become the next statesmen and stateswomen in office, defenders of the Constitution and law, culture-shapers in ministry, and innovators in the marketplace," Josefczyk adds. The Forge Leadership Network has also "trained 500 young conservatives, ages 18 to 25," and has also "mentored the top 250 of those," according to Josefczyk. Josefczyk joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to further discuss the Forge Leadership Network, two upcoming leadership summits in Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, and how many students and young professionals the network has worked with since its founding. Colorado Wants to Force Her To Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfk1q-EXNDE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if we could actually combine mentors who were both principled and effective and actually
0:06.4	bring those mentors into relationship with these young people who were looking not even
0:10.9	sure that they were looking for those mentors but needed them.
0:19.2	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, May 18th.
0:23.1	I'm Samantha Sheris and that was Adam Josephic.
0:27.0	The president and co-founder of the Forge Leadership Network.
0:31.5	Adam joins us today to tell us more about the Forge Leadership Network, what inspired
0:35.6	him to start it back in 2015, why he saw a need for it, and much more.
0:40.2	We'll get to my conversation with Adam right after this.
0:44.9	And I'll never forget just being fearful for my life, letting phone calls, emails, protests
0:49.5	outside the shop.
0:50.5	I remember sleeping on the floor of my bedroom, seeing the headlights driving by, just wondering
0:56.4	if someone was going to carry out on some of the threats that I had seen in emails.
0:59.8	Here I am on this journey, hopefully to protect not only my right to speak freely but everyone's
1:04.0	right to do just the same.
1:06.4	You've just listened to a sneak peek from our brand new documentary about Laurie Smith.
1:11.0	She's a web designer who the state of Colorado wants to force into creating LGBTQ websites
1:16.6	and other content that directly violates her beliefs.
1:19.9	We spoke with her and with Christian Baker Jack Phillips about their cases and about
1:24.2	what's at stake for the First Amendment.
1:26.9	You can find the documentary on the Daily Signals YouTube channel or in the show notes
1:30.7	for this episode.
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