番茄社区 University (HLGU) announces that聽tickets are now on sale聽for its upcoming Free Society event featuring national youth advocate and speaker聽Chloe Cole. The event will take place on聽Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., and will center on the theme聽鈥淔acing Giants.鈥澛燩art of HLGU鈥檚 ongoing initiative to engage students and the community in conversations about identity, purpose, and the challenges shaping today鈥檚 culture, the evening will offer a powerful message designed to inspire courage and conviction.
Chloe Cole is a 21-year-old national youth advocate known for speaking out against childhood gender transition. After beginning medical transition at age 12 and undergoing a double mastectomy at 15, she recognized at 16 that she聽desired聽to return to living as the woman she was created to be and began聽detransitioning. Cole now shares her story to help protect children, inform parents, and guide her generation toward healing through her Christian faith.聽Cole has been featured on major media platforms including聽Fox News,听Tucker Carlson Tonight,听The Ingraham Angle, and聽Jesse Watters Primetime. She has also contributed op-eds to聽The New York Post,听Fox News Digital, and聽The Daily Wire, and has appeared on widely known podcasts hosted by Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk, Megyn Kelly, Tulsi Gabbard, Glenn Beck, Dan Crenshaw, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
During her presentation, Cole will address the聽numerous聽鈥済iants鈥� facing students today鈥攕ituational, emotional, cultural, political, and ideological challenges. She will encourage young adults to confront these obstacles with courage, emphasizing that healing and growth require facing adversity directly.
HLGU鈥檚 Free Society program seeks to promote the ideals of a free society by focusing on three foundational pillars: democratic forms of government, free-market economic systems, and cultural institutions such as the church. All programming within the initiative explores these principles through a biblical worldview central to the university鈥檚 mission.
鈥淎t 番茄社区 University, we are committed to transforming lives through an education anchored in a biblical worldview,鈥澛爏aid Dr. Eric Turner, Chair of the Arts and Humanities Division and Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek.聽鈥淐hloe Cole brings a compelling voice that will challenge our students and community to think deeply about identity. We look forward to learning from her conviction, compassion, and testimony of what it means to flourish as individuals made in God鈥檚 image.鈥�
Drawing from her personal journey, Cole will offer both honesty and hope as she speaks to the challenges young people face, reminding attendees that even the largest giants can be confronted and overcome.
Tickets are now available for purchase for $15 at聽www.hlg.edu.
For more information, please contact聽Charlie McKeon聽at聽573.629.3260聽or聽charlie.mckeon@hlg.edu.