President of Australian do-tank LibertyWorks and Co-founder of CPAC Australia
Andrew is the founder and president of LibertyWorks.org.au, a not-for-profit do-tank advocating classical liberal values and policies, and LibertyFest.org.au, an annual conference series celebrating our liberty where it exists and plotting to expand it where it doesn’t. He has resolved to help a better, more moral society evolve by peeling back the State’s involvement in our economic and personal lives.
Andrew studied business at the Queensland University of Technology, is a past president of Entrepreneur’s Organisation Brisbane and a director or investor in commercial property and IT startup companies. He’s also an avid microlender/donor to third-world businesses through kiva.org, a not for profit organisation that empowers small third-world entrepreneurs with interest-free microloans.
Matt Schlapp is the Chairman of the American Conservative Union, the nation’s original grassroots conservative organization. During his five-year tenure as chairman, ACU has almost tripled in size, expanded CPAC to reach 25 million live viewers and 1 billion Twitter impressions at the most recent CPAC. ACU also hosts dozens of additional events, including Battleground CPACs in the US and international CPACs abroad.
oure is the founder of Black Guns Matter, a campaign aimed at that educating
young people about guns and gun safety while teaching respect for firearms in an
effort to curb gun violence.
“The stigma, especially in an urban environment like Philly, is if you have a gun,
you’re either law enforcement or the bad guy,” Toure said. “What we’re trying to
do is say that just because you have a gun doesn’t make you the bad guy. But
while you have your firearm, which you have the right to have, you have to be a
responsible, card-carrying good guy.”
Toure hopes his BGM campaign will educate others on what it takes to become a
legal gun-owner and the responsibilities that go along with it.