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Happy New Year from Sagamore Institute!

Is Western Civilization worth defending? That is the question Sagamore Senior Fellow takes up and resounding answers in the affirmative through his many lectures, books, essays, and video projects. Loconte recently launched The Rivendell Center at Sagamore Institute to promote the cultural inheritance of Western civilization.
We invite you to Loconte’s YouTube channel for a journey through history and the human story, including the impact of the Judeo-Christian tradition on the American political order: https://loom.ly/mvclIAg

Learn more about the Rivendell Center at our website here: https://loom.ly/yY1fHf4

Joseph Loconte I'm Joe Loconte, NYT bestselling author and historian. Please subscribe! Joseph Loconte, PhD, is a Presidential Scholar in Residence at New College of Florida and the C.S. Lewis Scholar for Public Life at Grove City College. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum. He is the author of...

Wishing everyone a holiday filled with joy and peace!

We are so proud of our friends at Purposeful Design for their lifechanging work. Check out the IBJ feature and podcast at the links below!
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Senior Fellow for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Jay Chaudhary, recently began publishing his thoughts to Substack. To learn more about Jay and follow along with his work as a Senior Fellow at Sagamore, follow the link here: https://loom.ly/rwQEW4c

Welcome! Towards an Abundant Mental Health Future

Sagamore Institute is excited to announce that the Honorable Lisa Hershman will join its Board of Trustees in January. Hershman is a recognized thought leader in business transformation and has held numerous leadership roles in private sector industries. From 2018 to 2021, Hershman served as Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. She was the third highest-ranking Pentagon official and the highest-ranking woman ever confirmed to the Department of Defense at the time.

As a fiscal sponsor of the Tenderness Tour, Sagamore is helping to raise funds for a documentary about Richard Propes and the story behind the tour. The Tenderness Tour raises money to help eliminate medical debt for families in Indiana. After beating both bladder and prostate cancer in 2023, Richard's tour has only gotten more ambitous and exciting. To learn more about the Tenderness Tour, visit their website here: https://loom.ly/brfeXIE

The annual Indiana Conference on Citizenship inspires and prepares Hoosiers to actively participate in our democracy and advocate for the wellbeing of our state and nation.

Yesterday we gathered with more than 100 friends at the Indiana State Museum to discuss the threat of misinformation to civic dialogue.
We were lucky to hear from John Gable from AllSides followed by an informative panel discussion with local media experts Tim Swarens, Arika Herron, Francesca Jarosz Brady, and Dr Paul Cook. Be on the lookout for more from Sagamore Institute on how we can build media literate citizens in the coming months.

Wish you could stay up to date with all of the various happenings at Sagamore?
📨Our monthly e-newsletter is a great place to start! You can catch up on past editions AND register to receive future editions right to your inbox here: https://loom.ly/zoWYii4

Subscribe to Newsletter - Sagamore Institute To Build & Implement Solutions to Society's Biggest Problems. Sagamore Solutions is a monthly e-newsletter featuring efforts to advance our core mission: to build and implement solutions to society's biggest problems. Each month, we showcase Sagamore Fellows and Partners who are putting ideas into a...

Last month we celebrated the release of our newest publication, Workforce 2040: Pathways to Prosperity. We invite you to view the entire gallery of event photos here: https://loom.ly/cYIotrY

As work continues onto the next phase of our Workforce 2040 Project, stay up to date on all things WF2040 here: https://loom.ly/i-QVLQA

Congratulations to former Sagamore board member Don Palmer on receiving the Sagamore of the Wabash award for his lifelong commitment to the betterment of Indiana. The Sagamore of the Wabash has been given by Indiana governors since 1942 to individuals who exemplify wisdom, public commitment, and a concern for the well-being of others. It was particularly special for Sagamore co-founder and former Indiana Senator Dan Coats to present the award.

Sagamore Institute is excited to welcome Jay Chaudhary to the team as Senior Fellow for Mental Health and Community Wellness. Chaudhary has served as director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction for the last 5 years, where he has championed significant improvements in mental health and addiction services including the nationally recognized rollout of the 988 Crisis and Su***de Lifeline.

“Sagamore is solutions oriented in its research and this new role - which will include figuring out how the public, private, academic and philanthropic sectors work together to promote thriving families, nurturing communities, and high-quality mental health care - is a natural extension of the Institute’s important work,” Chaudhary said.
Thank you to the Valinhos Foundation (Julie Veldman Harris) and Steve Simon for their support of this new position.

Read the full press release here: https://loom.ly/HRjHakA