i founded the clare boothe luce over 30 years ago. our mission was to prepare and promote conservative women leaders. our primary focuss women in college. you see them on the pictures around the wall as well as promoting our best women like today's speaker women who are role models for students. this event cw, has been held monthly for 23 years now. we gather, hear conservative women leaders discuss critical issues and talk over lunch. we've had some great leaders over the0o&5 years. senator marsha blackburn, lela, rose, mollie hemingway and today amanda collins to speak at cw and i'm very happy to introduce her. she'll be talking about the importance of second amendment, especially for women. and her book titled beyond survival. amanda has been a loose center speaker for many years, and she speaks on college campuses at womaevents and law enforcement conferences across the nation advocating for second amendment rights, her book beyond survival reclaiming my life after i survived details her xp release of a brutal assault on her colle