Author and filmmaker Ann McElhinney discusses her recent book, “Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer.”

It is a poignant story of defenseless victims, callous government officials and willful media blindness.

Her remarks were recorded at the January 2017 Conservative Women’s Network luncheon, a monthly event co-sponsored by CBLPI and The Heritage Foundation.

“One independent group can change history,” Tom Fitton tells attendees at the December 2016 Conservative Women’s Network luncheon.

Mr. Fitton is President of Judicial Watch, an educational foundation dedicated to uncovering documents of government actions and exposing government corruption when it occurs. He discusses a few of the scandals his organization uncovered using the Freedom of Information Act law, and he looks ahead at the decisions about government reform that the Trump Administration will need to make to bring sunshine into government processes.

The Conservative Women’s Network is co-sponsored by CBLPI and The Heritage Foundation. It meets monthly in Washington DC.

Writer and author Melanie Kirkpatrick discusses a few historical stories from her latest book on Thanksgiving at the Conservative Women's Network luncheon. The event was recorded on November 18, 2016.

Asserting that terrorism has nothing to do with religion, explains Katharine Gorka, president/co-founder of the Council on Global Security, is to ignore the very real conflict within the Muslim world. This is not a conflict of our making, nor is it ours to solve, but without a doubt the United States has an important role to play.

Her remarks were recorded at CBLPI's North Carolina Women's Summit in Raleigh on October 1, 2016.

Note: For more information on this issue, read her policy paper at

http://cblpi.org/god-vs-sociologists-religion-in-terrorism/

Author and commentator Kate Obenshain discusses restoring liberty at the North Carolina Women's Summit's closing dinner banquet in Raleigh on October 1, 2016.

A panel discussion by North Carolina women leaders: Becki Gray, Vice President for Outreach at the John Locke Foundation; Tami Fitzgerald, North Carolina Values Coalition; and Joyce Pope, Vice-President of the John William Pope Foundation.

The discussion was recorded at CBLPI's North Carolina Women's Summit in Raleigh on October 1, 2016.

Panel participants Alissa Lopez (Gettysburg College), Kathleen McGimpsey (Duke University), Andrea Vacchiano (Rutgers University), and Elizabeth Campbell (Virginia Tech) discuss activism initiatives on their campuses.

The panel presentation was recorded at CBLPI's North Carolina Women's Summit in Raleigh on October 1, 2016.

Using a CD tamper-proof packaging metaphor, Marji Ross discusses the fine balance between liberty (free speech) and security (government enforcement). After 9/11/2001, the pendulum swung toward government security and away from personal liberty. Will it swing back?

Marji, who is president of Regnery Publishing and a member of the CBLPI board, gave the presentation at the July 2016 Conservative Women’s Network luncheon, a monthly event in Washington DC co-sponsored by CBLPI and The Heritage Foundation.

Actress Stacey Dash speaks candidly about life, the entertainment industry and politics at a gathering of DC-area interns and young women professionals. Q&A with the audience follows her prepared remarks.

The event, which announced her book, There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative, was recorded June 9, 2016, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington DC.

Hannah Smith discusses the successful First Amendment legal defense in two recent Supreme Court cases: Hobby Lobby Stores, and Little Sisters of the Poor. She also discusses the High Court's nomination process.

Hannah is Senior Counsel at The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Her remarks were recorded on June 24, 2016, at the Conservative Women's Network luncheon, a monthly event co-sponsored by the Luce Institute and the Heritage Foundation.