Resources

Education Resources:

• American Stewards for Liberty – fighting back! http://americanstewards.us/

• ICLEI USA – http://www.icleiusa.org/

• Smart Growth America – http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/whoweare.html

• Sustainable Development Virginia – local website for Virginia news by county -  http://sustainabledevelopmentva.ning.com/

• UN – Division for Sustainable Development – http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/whoweare.html

• VA Campaign for Liberty – www.va10thamendment.org

• “Setting the Record Straight:  American History in Black and White” by David Barton

• Frederick Douglass – http://frederickdouglass.org/ – seminars, plays, speeches

• Frederick Douglass – Online Resources – http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/douglass/#External

• The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives website – http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21Index.html

• The New Coalition – website based on Booker T. Washington – http://www.newcoalition.org/

• Black Founders:
  • Glenn Beck’s Black Founders Episode - http://bmia.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/glenn-becks-black-founders-episode/

• Audrey Welborn writing from Roanoke – http://www.welbornfreedomwatch.org

• Bearing Drift –  http://bearingdrift.com

• Citizens Against Government Waste blog – www.swineline.org

• Liberty Uprising – http://libertyuprising.com/

• PolitiFact – http://www.politifact.com/about/ – fact check

• Red State – www.redstate.com

• Right Side News – http://www.rightsidenews.com

• Tea Party for Christians – www.teapartyforchristians.com

• Tertium Quids – http://www.tertiumquids.org/

• Virginia Right – www.varight.com

• A nine week course is based on the book “The 5000 Year Leap” by W. Cleon Skousen. To get a preview of the course go to the National Center for Constitutional Studies website.

• “We Still Hold These Truths” – Book and video from Heritage Foundation, http://www.heritage.org/Initiatives/First-Principles

RTP’s book recommendations:

 

Title	Author
5000 Year Leap, The	W. Cleon Skousen
Atlas Shrugged	Ayn Rand
Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy	Thomas Sowell
Benjamin Franklins Autobiography	www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/
Capitalism and Freedom	Milton Freedman
Enduring Principles of the American Founding, The	Matthew Spalding
Federalist Papers, The (1)	Madison, Hamilton, Jay
Forgotten Man, the	Amity Shlaes
Ideas have Consequences	Richard Weaver
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto	Mark R. Levin
A Patriot’s History of the United States	Larry Schweikart
Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, the	Kevin R.C. Gutzman
Real George Washington, The	Jay Parry, Andrew Allison
Real Thomas Jefferson, The	Allison, Maxfield, Cook, Skousen
Reclaiming the American Revolution:  The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy	William J. Watkins, Jr.
Road to Serfdom, The	Friedrich Hayek
Tocqueville: Democracy in America (2)	Alexis de Tocqueville
We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future	Matthew Spalding

 

(1)   read on-line for free at  www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/

(2)   read on-line for free at: http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2284&Itemid=28

•  “America’s Black Founders” by Nancy I. Sanders  -  Ages 9-15

• “Black Heroes of the American Revolution” by Burke Davis  -  Ages 9-12

• “I Love America” Part 1 – Ages 4-7 – http://www.nccsstore.com/I-Love-America-Part-1/productinfo/ILA1/

• “I Love America” Part 2 – http://www.nccsstore.com/I-Love-America-Part-2/productinfo/ILA2/

• “I Love America” musical CD – http://www.nccsstore.com/I-Love-America-Music/productinfo/ILA/

• “Take Your Hat Off When The Flag Goes By” – http://www.nccsstore.com/Take-Your-Hat-Off-When-the-Flag-Goes-By-CD/productinfo/TYHO/

• A line-by-line examination of the constitution from the Heritage Foundation – http://www.heritage.org/Initiatives/First-Principles

• National Center for Constitutional Studies – seminars, books, study courses, and videos about the Constitution http://www.nccs.net/

• The Cato Institute:  Center for Constitutional Studies – research, publications, legal briefs, speakers bureau – http://www.cato.org/research/ccs/

• The Constitution Translated for Kids by Cathy Travis

• American Policy Center – http://americanpolicy.org/

• American Thinker – http://www.americanthinker.com

• Big Government – http://biggovernment.com/

• Breitbart – www.breitbart.com

• The Blaze – www.theblaze.com

• Heartland Institute – http://www.heartland.org/

• Hillsdale College http://www.hillsdale.edu/

• The Drudge Report – http://www.drudgereport.com/

• Tertium Quids – http://www.tertiumquids.org/

• Fox News – www.foxnews.com/

• Freedom Advocates – http://freedomadvocates.org

• Freedomworks – http://www.freedomworks.org/

• Freedom of Information Act information for Virginia www.opengovva.org

• Hot Air – www.hotair.com

• National Center for Policy Analysis – http://www.ncpa.org/

• NZ Patriot – www.nzpatriot.com

• Politico – http://www.politico.com/

• Real Clear Politics – http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

• Virginia Campaign for Liberty – http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/VA/

• Wall Street Journal – www.wsj.com

• Americans for Fair Taxation – www.fairtax.org/

• Citizens Against Government Waste – http://www.cagw.org/

• National Inflation Association – http://inflation.us/

• US Government Spending – www.usgovernmentspending.com

• Zero Hedge – www.zerohedge.com

• Al Jazeera – http://english.aljazeera.net/

• Asia and Middle East  – http://www.asianews.it/

• Europe – http://www.neurope.eu/

• Russia – http://english.pravda.ru/

• United Kingdom – http://www.bbc.co.uk/

• American Council for Immigration Reform – www.ancir.org

• American Principles Project – http://www.americanprinciplesproject.org/blogs/tags/immigration/

• Numbers USA – www.numbersusa.com/

• Heritage Foundation –  http://www.heritage.org/Initiatives/American-Leadership

• The Reagan Institute – http://thereaganinstitute.com/ – ethics in public service, public policy, candidate recruitment, campaign & advocacy skills

• American Majority – http://americanmajority.org/

 

• Federal Elections Commission – http://www.fec.gov/ – Federal campaign finance laws

• For the Congressional races in VA, see http://www.vpap.org/candidates/federal/

• How to host a tea party debate – http://teapartydebates.org/

• Senate C-Span  – http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

• Virginia 10^th Amendment website – http://va10thamendment.org/

• The legislative action arm of American Family Association – http://www.afaaction.net/Default.aspx?state=VA&chamber=H#10

• Govtrack.US – A civic project to track congress – http://www.govtrack.us/

• Repeal Amendment – http://www.repealamendment.org/   – this is the Virginia Tea Party’s signature legislation for the 2011 GA.

• US Senate – www.senate.gov

• US House – www.house.gov

• Congress.org – news and blog site – http://www.congress.org/ 

•  Cuccinelli Compass – http://www.Cuccinelli.com

• Virginia redistricting – http://dlsgis.state.va.us/

• Presidential executive orders, memoranda, proclamations - http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders

• Virginia Association of Counties – www.vaco.org/

• Virginia State Board of Elections – http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/

• Chester Patriots –  www.wst-chester.com
• Just Liberty (Hanover County) – http://justliberty.org/
• Goochland Tea Party – http://goochlandteaparty.org/
• New Kent Tea Party – www.newkentteaparty.com
• East Henrico Tea Party Patriots – http://easthenricoteapartypatriots.org/
• 912 Richmond – www.912richmondva.com
• Patrick Henry Tea Party (Beaverdam) – www.patrickhenryteaparty.com
• Powhatan Taxpayers Alliance – http://www.powhatantaxpayersalliance.org
• Richmond Tea Party – www.richmondteaparty.com
• Virginia Campaign for Liberty -  www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/VA/
• Virginia Tea Party Patriots (Virginia Tea Party Federation, Statewide) – www.virginiateapartypatriots.com

• Heritage Foundation Young Leaders Program – http://www.heritage.org/About/Internships-Young-Leaders/Young-Leaders-Program
• Young America’s Foundation – www.yaf.org – college student initiatives and activism, speakers, recommended book lists, videos, and more – http://www.yaf.org/CampusProjects.aspx
• Young Americans for Liberty – http://www.yaliberty.org/
• Students for Liberty – http://studentsforliberty.org/