Unwoking the UN: How a Ragtag Band of Christians Stopped a Global Right to Abortion…and Much Else with Austin Ruse

Join us for an exclusive and thought-provoking evening with friends at the Luce Center in Herndon, Virginia, on Friday, July 25, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

Austin Ruse will speak on “Unwoking the UN: How a Ragtag Band of Christians Stopped a Global Right to Abortion…and Much Else.”

Ruse spent many years in the New York magazine world, working at senior levels at Fortune, Forbes, The Atlantic Monthly, and even Rolling Stone. After a religious and political conversion, he left that world and volunteered his time with a Catholic priest in New York City, waiting for the main chance to combine religion and politics in his professional life. That chance came in the summer of 1997 when he met a Canadian team that had raised money to open a pro-life lobbying group at the United Nations; C-Fam was born, and Austin was one of its first employees. He quickly rose to the office of president, a position he has held since 2000. Austin is a writer who has published four books and more than 1,000 columns and essays, mostly at Crisis Magazine, where he is a contributing editor.

This event is part of our President’s Club series, designed to foster camaraderie and intellectual engagement among our members. To learn more about joining the President’s Club, click here. Become a member of the President’s Club here.

A selection of wines and gourmet lite fare will be served. Attire is business or cocktail.

Event details:

5:00 p.m. | Doors Open

5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Reception

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Programming

We look forward to spending this evening with friends.