Hosted by National Health Freedom Coalition

On October 19th and 20th, over twenty leading health freedom organizations and forty additional organizations and participants representing millions of health freedom-conscious Americans came together at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.  They discussed urgent concerns for health freedom and strengthened collaboration within the health freedom movement.

The event opened and closed with the Health Freedom Voting Member organizations convening in a circle Round, beginning the first day with introducing their organizations and closing by giving their response to the weekend work. The great success of this year’s Congress is again attributed to all leaders participating in, what is known as, Open Space dialogue sessions throughout the weekend; as well as attending an evening social media hands-on workshop; hearing “Stories of Freedom, Stories of Courage”; and attending the Health Freedom Awards Banquet with Keynote Brian S. Hooker, scientist turned CDC Whistle-blower Communicator. Click Here to view entire Congress Program. Each aspect of the Congress inspired and motivated leaders to work together to strengthen the entire health freedom movement. Two resolutions were passed by the 2015 Health Freedom Congress. Click to read the 2015 resolutions passed and the names of the endorsing organizations for each resolution –Resolutions: 1   |   2   

The Open Space Sessions were remarkable and were facilitated by Denise Lewis Premshak of Voice for HOPE, who adeptly walked leaders through the Open Space activity. Sessions gave leaders an opportunity to voice their priorities, develop focus groups, state their unique perspectives on issues before them, and then report back to the larger group with their comments and recommendations referencing the “golden nuggets” that emerged in dialogue. These wonderful words and phrases were written on colored papers and posted for all to see. Click Here to see photos of some of the nuggets brought forward.

We live in a world of technology and social media, and leaders are eager to use it to leveragetheir message for the benefit of all people. Dana Gorman, founder of Thriiive.com, provided an exciting evening of hands-on guidance, demonstrating how leaders can expand the reach of their message by knowing how to use social media platforms for networking with, linking to, and collaborating between groups. Leaders also learned more about the power of @tags, hashtags and memes! We’re inspired to use technology to help Americans know their health freedoms and how to take action to protect them.

Three brilliant and moving Health Freedom Stories!  Celebrating those who stand up for health freedom, the Stories provided inspiration to those working for freedom, strengthened relationships, and encouraged collaboration.  Thank you to Camilla Rees and Leo Cashman (Story of Applied Action: Digital demonstration on WiFi exposures and practices to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of EMFs), Atina Diffley (Story of Courage: How the 2013 Minnesota Book Award winner, an organic farmer-educator, successfully led a legal and citizen campaign against the notorious polluters, Koch Industries, to create an Organic Mitigation Plan for organic farms in Minnesota), and Tami Goldstein (Story of Courage: The unimaginable obstacles faced by the mother of a vaccine-injured child during her daughter’s journey through autism to functioning recovery) for speaking their truth.

The event culminated with the Health Freedom Awards Banquet and with the passionate address by Brian S. Hooker,world leader, scientist, and advocate for scientific integrity at the CDC and vaccine safety. Brian Hooker’s presentation was stunning, giving leaders the insight and courage they need to leverage the cause of human, civil and parental rights in the area of informed consent and vaccine safety.  Health Freedom Awards were presented at the banquet to four outstanding health freedom leaders: Jim Jenks, Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation, Nevada Coordinator; Pete Kennedy, JD, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Raw Milk Advocacy; Frank Wallace, Wyoming Food Freedom; and Brian S. Hooker. Inspiring acceptance speeches were given by health freedom heroes:  Jim Jenks of Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation via an inspiring pre-recorded video of Jim speaking to us from Nevada and Kirk Bashaw, the President of Sunshine, accepting the award on his behalf; Pete Kennedy of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, accepting on behalf of himself and of Frank Wallace of Wyoming Food Freedom; and Brian Hooker before his Keynote speech.

The 2015 Voting Members and attendees forged alliances and collaborative plans to ensure the vision of health freedom in our country. We encourage you to know and support these organizations and join in the health freedom movement.

View more photos from the 2015 Congress here.