HLGU鈥檚 next Free Society event will feature David Nekrutman on Wednesday, March 20 at 3 pm in The Loft inside the Foster Student Center. David will be speaking and answering questions on what is going on in Israel. This event is free and open to the public.

David Nekrutman is the Executive Director for , a ministry dedicated to creating resources that 聽empowers Christians to discover the Hebraic roots of their faith as well as provide humanitarian aid to single Ethiopian mothers and Christian Arab families living in Israel. In April of 2023, he launched creating the first ever Bible curriculum that fuses critical thinking and Hebraic understanding for the home-school high school community.

For his contribution in advancing the relationship between Jews and Christians, Israel鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of World Religions has recognized David Nekrutman as a Goodwill Ambassador of Jewish-Christian Relations for the State of Israel. Besides graduating from Oral Roberts University in 2018 with a Masters in Biblical Literature and authoring , David Nekrutman was recently selected for The Chosen Season 4鈥檚 Jewish Advisory Board.

This event is part of the Free Society Speaker Series that HLGU hosts in partnership with the Moorman Foundation.

Born in a punishing society devoted to the worship of Kim Jong-Il, Yeonmi Park is a leading voice of oppressed people around the world. Growing up in Hyesan, North Korea, it was normal for Park to see dead bodies as she walked to school, and to be so hungry that she ate wild plants. After watching a pirated copy of Titanic, the veil of tyranny began to fall. Having caught a glimpse of a free world, Park realized that her experience of life wasn鈥檛 the only one鈥攁nd that she might one day find a way out.

In 2002, Park鈥檚 family suffered a crucial blow when her father was arrested and sent to prison camp. In 2007, Park鈥檚 sister escaped with a friend before she and her mother followed her to China. But before they could locate her, Park and her mother were sold separately to Chinese human traffickers. She recounts the story of finding freedom in South Korea in her searing memoir In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl鈥檚 Journey to Freedom, and in the insightful, moving talks based on her experiences.

An insightful and candid speaker, Park is fast becoming a leading voice of oppressed people around the world. At the Oslo Freedom Forum and the One Young World Summit in Dublin, she became an international phenomenon, delivering passionate and deeply personal speeches about the brutality of the North Korean regime. Her address to One Young World on the horrors of detention camps, political executions, and sex trafficking has been viewed over 320 million times.

鈥淵eonmi Park is an inspiration to those who truly care for and value freedom,鈥� says Dr. Eric Turner, Christian Studies Division Chair at HLGU. 鈥淎s a North Korean defector, her story reminds us of the importance of maintaining free societies where everyone who is made in the image of God can flourish.鈥�

Park has been named one of BBC鈥檚 鈥淭op 100 Global Women,鈥� as she delivers passionate and deeply personal speeches. Park鈥檚 story brings the importance of free society topics to life in a raw, genuine, and powerful way. The fundamentals of freedom that Park says must be fought for are often ones taken for granted. In her viral talks, Park urges audiences to recognize鈥攁nd resist鈥攖he oppression that exists in North Korea and around the world.

鈥淵ou will not want to miss hearing from Yeonmi and her captivating testimony of perseverance and grace,鈥� Turner says.

For more information about this event and the Free Society Speaker Series at HLGU, email FreeSociety@hlg.edu.

This event is part of the Free Society Speaker Series that HLGU hosts in partnership with the Moorman Foundation.

Ferrarini specializes in expanding the reach of sound economic education regionally, nationally, and internationally. Since 2017, Ferrarini has been the Robert W. Plaster Professor of Economic Education at Lindenwood University. She is a member of the economics faculty in the Plaster School of Business and Entrepreneurship, while also serving as a senior research fellow in the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise. The mission of the Hammond Institute parallels free society principles promoted by Free Society programming at HLGU.

Ferrarini works with the School of Education, creating training programs for educators to teach economics and financial literacy. In addition to a plethora of accolades, Ferrarini has also co-authored several books, including Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, which has been used in business classes at 番茄社区 University.

鈥淒r. Ferrarini鈥檚 visit to campus is an awesome opportunity for HLGU students to be immersed in free society principles presented by an esteemed professor,鈥� says Dr. Jonathan Walker, Assistant Professor of Business Education at HLGU. 鈥淒r. Ferrarini鈥檚 professional expertise and abundance of relevant experience in education and economics makes her an ideal Free Society speaker.鈥�

During her visit to HLGU, Dr. Ferrarini will discuss 鈥淢arkets vs. Government: Why Differences Matter.鈥� The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the Free Society Speaker Series at HLGU, email FreeSociety@hlg.edu.

This event is part of the Free Society Speaker Series that HLGU hosts in partnership with the Moorman Foundation.

Ferrarini specializes in expanding the reach of sound economic education regionally, nationally, and internationally. Since 2017, Ferrarini has been the Robert W. Plaster Professor of Economic Education at Lindenwood University. She is a member of the economics faculty in the Plaster School of Business and Entrepreneurship, while also serving as a senior research fellow in the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise. The mission of the Hammond Institute parallels free society principles promoted by Free Society programming at HLGU.

Ferrarini works with the School of Education, creating training programs for educators to teach economics and financial literacy. In addition to a plethora of accolades, Ferrarini has also co-authored several books, including Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, which has been used in business classes at 番茄社区 University.

鈥淒r. Ferrarini鈥檚 visit to campus is an awesome opportunity for HLGU students to be immersed in free society principles presented by an esteemed professor,鈥� says Dr. Jonathan Walker, Assistant Professor of Business Education at HLGU. 鈥淒r. Ferrarini鈥檚 professional expertise and abundance of relevant experience in education and economics makes her an ideal Free Society speaker.鈥�

During her visit to HLGU, Dr. Ferrarini will discuss 鈥淢arkets vs. Government: Why Differences Matter.鈥� The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the Free Society Speaker Series at HLGU, email FreeSociety@hlg.edu.