Stephanie Reis
Stephanie Reis is the Virginia director for Act for America. The Republican Women of Clifton in Virginia invited Reis to discuss Islam in 2013. Announcements for the event noted that the guest speaker would discuss “how she believes the Hijab [Islamic head covering] is a catalyst for Islamic terrorism.” In 2010, as part of her […]
Carl Goldberg
Carl Goldberg is a member of the Arizona chapter of ACT for America. He is a self-styled “Islam expert” and is known for his speeches misrepresenting Islam to wide audiences. According to an announcement for an October 2013 ACT event, Goldberg would prove that “Islam is not just a religion but also a totalitarian and […]
Dorrie O’Brien
Dorrie O’Brien is the leader of the Grand Prairie Texas chapter of ACT For America. After attending a lecture by O’Brien, reporter Chelsea Schmid wrote, “What exactly constitutes radical Islam versus regular Islam, however was not mentioned in the presentation, nor was the speaker able to expound upon the idea.” Schmid continued, “When asked by […]
Debbie Anderson
Debbia Anderson is the head of the Minneapolis chapter of ACT for America. During a speech by ACT leader Brigitte Gabriel at the Mankato City Center in Minneapolis, Minn., Anderson handed out a “fact sheet” on Islam that she authored in which she alleged, “Despite Islam’s 1400 year history of Imperialism, land appropriation, genocide, cultural […]
Richard Swier
Richar Sweir is the director of the Sarasota, Fla. chapter of ACT for America. In 2011, Swier called world history textbooks that discuss Islam “anti-American.”
Scott Saunders
Saunders is affiliated with the Virginia Beach VA. chapter of ACT for America. In a September 2013 email opposing a local mosque, Sauders wrote, “My objection has to do with the 6th Amendment and the security of our city, state and nation. Unfortunately, Islam is unlike other recognized religions, i.e., it is not just a […]
Constance Gavras
Constance Gavras is the director of the Illinois chapter of ACT for America. He oopposed a mosque in Illinois because, “A lot of these mosques are directly connected to terrorist organizations.”
Guy Rodgers
Rodgers is the executive director and chief financial officer of ACT For America. He was formerly a former consultant for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and former national field director for Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition. In 2010, Rodgers contended that “Muslims should be treated differently because their legal system is inherently flawed.”
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Bradley Foundation is a private, Wisconsin-based tax-exempt family foundation with a stated mission to “protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism.” It is one of the chief funders of the right-wing, supporting groups such as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Hudson Institute, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, […]
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism
Type: Private Family Foundation Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism is a family-controlled charity founded in 1988 by Jay Sekulow, who also co-established the anti-Muslim constitutional law firm the American Center for Law and Justice with televangelist Pat Robertson. CASE has no public website and its board comprises four members of the Sekulow family, namely his sons, […]