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Brownstone Supper Club Philadelphia! July 11, 2024 – Amy Wax
2024-07-11 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Las Bugambilias, 15 S 3rd St, philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
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July 11 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm $50.00
Brownstone is thrilled to announce its fourth monthly Supper Club in Philadelphia!
We are very excited to introduce our community to this month’s guest, American legal scholar and neurologist Amy Wax. She is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Her work addresses issues in social welfare law and policy, as well as the relationship of the family, the workplace, and labor markets.
At Supper Club Philadelphia, Professor Wax will discuss Penn’s case against her with as much detail as she can, the problems in our K-12 education system, and the general tide of censorship and corruption that is sweeping nearly all of the academy.
Our venue, the festive Las Bugambilias in Philadelphia’s famous Old City district, offers a buffet of all-you-can-consume Mexican food, margaritas, beer, and wine — all included. Join us for a night of eating and drinking, meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. Dress is whatever makes you happy – casual is great, fancy is also wonderful.
LOCATION & PARKING
Las Bugambilias, at 15 S. 3rd St. is near the corner of 3rd and Chestnut Sts, right off the I-95 and 676 highways.
One outdoor parking lot is immediately adjacent to the restaurant ($25) and a large indoor lot is around the corner on 4th and Chestnut Sts. ($20-30)
Street parking is usually easy to find in the evenings as well (pay at kiosks or through the MeterUp parking app).
WHERE TO STAY
In the 3-block radius around the restaurant you’ll find several 3- and 4-star hotels, with nightly rates starting as low as $89.
Apple Hostels offers affordable rooms at a location near the venue (33 Bank St). One of our guests last month stayed at the hostel and highly recommends it.
QUESTIONS/ADDITIONAL INFO
Please contact Debbie Lerman or Logan Chipkin with any questions or to request more information.
debbielerman@yahoo.com
chipkin.logan@gmail.com

Brownstone Supper Club, June 26, 2024: Leslie Manookian (Health Freedom Defense Fund)
2024-06-26 17:30 - 21:30 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed dinner club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, featuring Leslie Manookian, the founder and president of Health Freedom Defense Fund.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Our special guest this month is Leslie Manookian, the founder and president of Health Freedom Defense Fund. Her organization is fresh from an epic victory in a Los Angeles appeals court: the vaccine mandate for school employees was rejected. The grounds are hugely significant: the court said the Covid vaccine mandate did not meet the standards of Jacobson (1905). This is the first major court case in 120 years to curb this power.
You must come to hear a first-hand account of the case, the arguments, and implications of this huge victory. Keep in mind that Leslie was also behind the court case that struck down the transportation mask mandate. That was a massive victory And now we have another one.
We are so honored to welcome her. You will NOT want to miss this!

Porcupine Freedom Festival
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-23 | Roger’s Campground, 10 Rogers Campground Road, Lancaster, NH, 03584, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe Porcupine Freedom Festival is an annual liberty camping event organized by Free State Project. This year, 2024, marks the twenty-first PorcFest.
Brownstone Institute is a diamond sponsor again. Visit us at the main tent!
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Brownstone Supper Club Philadelphia! Thursday, June 6, 2024 – Diane Soucy
2024-06-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Las Bugambilias, 15 S 3rd St, philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
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June 6 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm $50.00
Brownstone is thrilled to announce its upcoming monthly Supper Club in Philadelphia!
We are very excited to introduce our community to this month’s guest, medical freedom advocate and founder of the Activities for Daily Living Center in Philadelphia Diane Soucy.
Diane is works closely with Health Freedom, Pennsylvania to fight legislative battles for medical freedoms in the state. She is also the Founder and CEO of Activities for Daily Living Center, providing support and services to individuals with autism and their families.
Diane will discuss a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense and a group of parents in November of last year (recently dismissed by a judge but looking for ways to pursue), which challenges a Philadelphia law that allows minors to consent to vaccination without their parents’ knowledge. Incredibly, in addition to allowing children 11 and older to consent to vaccination, in 2021 the Philly Department of Public Health enacted an additional regulation that allowed children to consent to the Covid vax that was only available under emergency use authorization.
Our venue, the festive Las Bugambilias in Philadelphia’s famous Old City district, offers a buffet of all-you-can-consume Mexican food, margaritas, beer, and wine — all included. Join us for a night of eating and drinking, meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. Dress is whatever makes you happy — casual is great, fancy is also wonderful.

LOCATION & PARKING
Las Bugambilias, at 15 S. 3rd St. is near the corner of 3rd and Chestnut Sts, right off the I-95 and 676 highways.
One outdoor parking lot is immediately adjacent to the restaurant ($20-25) and a large indoor lot is around the corner on 4th and Chestnut Sts. ($20-30)
Street parking is usually easy to find in the evenings as well (pay at kiosks or through the MeterUp parking app).

WHERE TO STAY
In the 3-block radius around the restaurant you’ll find several 3- and 4-star hotels, with nightly rates starting as low as $89.
Apple Hostels offers affordable rooms at a location near the venue (33 Bank St). One of our guests stayed at the hostel and highly recommends it.

QUESTIONS/ADDITIONAL INFO
Please contact Debbie Lerman or Logan Chipkin with any questions or to request more information.
debbielerman@yahoo.com
chipkin.logan@gmail.com

Brownstone Supper Club, May 22, 2024: Sheila Matthews-Gallo
2024-05-22 17:30 - 22:00 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThis month Brownstone Institute Supper Club welcomes Sheila Matthews-Gallo
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Sheila Matthews-Gallo is co-founder of AbleChild, a Connecticut-based national parental-right organization with a focus on childhood ADHD misdiagnosis and the dangers of inappropriate pharmaceutical treatments. AbleChild provides a safe haven, resource center, and support network for parents facing issues surrounding subjective psychiatric labels assigned, and drug “treatment” prescribed.

Brownstone Supper Club Philadelphia! Thursday, May 2, 2024 – Tracy Thurman
2024-05-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Las Bugambilias, 15 S 3rd St, philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
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Brownstone is thrilled to announce its second monthly Supper Club in Philadelphia!
Our first Philly event was a huge success, and we look forward to making this a monthly get-together for friends of the Brownstone Institute.
We are very excited to introduce our community to this month’s guest, food freedom advocate Tracy Thurman.
Tracy is an advocate for regenerative farming, food sovereignty, and decentralized food systems. She works with Barnes Law and the 1776 Law Center to safeguard our right to purchase truly healthy meat and raw dairy, and to protect farmers’ rights to sell their products directly to informed customers without government interference. Tracy will present her research on how food freedom and medical freedom are inextricably linked and will discuss the case of Amos Miller, the Amish farmer facing prosecution by federal and state agencies for making food the way his customers request it, rather than the way the State demands.
Our venue, the festive Las Bugambilias in Philadelphia’s famous Old City district, offers a buffet of all-you-can-consume Mexican food, margaritas, beer, and wine — all included. Join us for a night of eating and drinking, meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. Dress is whatever makes you happy – casual is great, fancy is also wonderful.
LOCATION & PARKING
Las Bugambilias, at 15 S. 3rd St. is near the corner of 3rd and Chestnut Sts, right off the I-95 and 676 highways.
One outdoor parking lot is immediately adjacent to the restaurant ($25) and a large indoor lot is around the corner on 4th and Chestnut Sts. ($20-30)
Street parking is usually easy to find in the evenings as well (pay at kiosks or through the MeterUp parking app).
WHERE TO STAY
In the 3-block radius around the restaurant you’ll find several 3- and 4-star hotels, with nightly rates starting as low as $89.
Apple Hostels offers affordable rooms at a location near the venue (33 Bank St). One of our guests last month stayed at the hostel and highly recommends it.
QUESTIONS/ADDITIONAL INFO
Please contact Debbie Lerman or Logan Chipkin with any questions or to request more information.
debbielerman@yahoo.com
chipkin.logan@gmail.com

Brownstone Supper Club, April 17, 2024: Chris Martenson
2024-04-17 17:30 - 22:00 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed dinner club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, featuring Chris Martenson.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
This month we are excited to host Chris Martenson, former Vice President at SAIC, worked for Pfizer, and created the viral video series, The Crash Course, which has been viewed by millions of people and translated into 4 languages. He is a world-class communicator and dot-connector, a sought-after writer and speaker, and is the host of the online resilience community at peakprosperity.com.

Brownstone Supper Club Philadelphia! April 4, 2024 - Debbie Lerman
2024-04-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Las Bugambilias, 15 S 3rd St, philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
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Brownstone is thrilled to announce that its famed Supper Club is coming to Philadelphia!
Hosted by Brownstone Fellow Debbie Lerman and Managing Editor Logan Chipkin, join us at a fabulous Mexican venue with friends of the Brownstone Institute.
For those who have desperately wanted to attend Brownstone’s Supper Club but live closer to the Delaware Valley area than to Connecticut, this event is for you.
For those from farther away, come for the Supper and stay for the weekend! If there is enough interest, we will make this a monthly event.
Our venue, the festive Las Bugambilias in Philadelphia’s famous Old City district, offers a buffet of Mexican food, margaritas, beer, and wine — all included. Join us for a night of eating and drinking, meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. Dress is whatever makes you happy – casual is great, fancy is also wonderful.
This month, our guest speaker is our very own Debbie Lerman, who will talk about the Censorship and Propaganda Industrial Complex that was both exposed and vastly expanded during Covid.
LOCATION & PARKING
Las Bugambilias, at 15 S. 3rd St. is near the corner of 3rd and Chestnut Sts, right off the I-95 and 676 highways.
One outdoor parking lot is immediately adjacent to the restaurant ($20) and a large indoor lot is around the corner on 4th and Chestnut Sts. ($20-30)
Street parking is usually easy to find in the evenings as well (pay at kiosks or through the MeterUp parking app).
WHERE TO STAY
In the 3-block radius around the restaurant you’ll find several 3- and 4-star hotels, with nightly rates starting as low as $89.
Apple Hostels offers affordable rooms at a location near the venue (33 Bank St).
OLD CITY ACTIVITIES
If you decide to make it a weekend, or even come Thursday morning to explore the area before dinner, you’ll find more interesting sites in ‘America’s most historic square mile’ that we can list here.
A few highlights include:
Elfreth’s Alley – one of the oldest continuously inhabited residential streets in the U.S., dating back to 1703
Independence Hall – tours are interesting and moving, as you get to see where our founding documents were debated and signed
Ben Franklin Museum – if you’re going to focus on one founding father, Ben Franklin is a great one!
Museum of the American Revolution – excellent exhibits that do a better job than most of bringing history to life
Penn’s Landing – a walkway along the Delaware River with great views, food and activities
QUESTIONS/ADDITIONAL INFO
Please contact Debbie Lerman or Logan Chipkin with any questions or to request more information.
debbielerman@yahoo.com
chipkin.logan@gmail.com

Brownstone Supper Club, March 20, 2024: Aaron Kheriaty
2024-03-20 17:30 - 22:00 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed dinner club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, featuring Aaron Kheriaty.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
This month we are excited to host Aaron Kheriaty, author of The New Abnormal and plaintiff in the most important free speech case in US history.

The Rally to Reclaim Free Speech
2024-03-18 09:00 - 17:00 | Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1 First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20543, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe States of Missouri and Louisiana and the individual plaintiffs in Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden) – as do plaintiffs in Kennedy/CHD v. Biden – allege that the Biden Administration impermissibly coerced and pressured social media companies to deplatform and shadowban users and censor truthful content regarding COVID, regulatory failures, vaccines, and other content with which the Biden administration disagrees. The District Court (W.D.La.) ruled that the Biden Administration had to stop many of its actions, even while the case was still being heard, but that ruling is stayed until the Supreme Court reaches its decision.
SCOTUS’s ruling in this case will have far-reaching implications for the free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment that Americans have enjoyed since the Founding Fathers. Justices will hear oral arguments while freedom-loving advocates for free speech and no censorship gather outside to exercise our free speech rights. Let your voice be heard!

Pan-African Epidemic/Pandemic Working Group
2024-03-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Gardener Conference Room, Great Hall, Ghana
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This event is supported by Brownstone Institute.

Brownstone Supper Club, February 21, 2024: Mary Holland (CHD) - Sold Out, very sorry
2024-02-21 17:30 - 22:00 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed dinner club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, featuring Mary Holland.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
This month we are excited to host Mary Holland, the long-time head of Children’s Health Defense, who will provide a 20-year perspective on medical freedom and its future.

FLCCC Educational Conference 2024
2024-02-02 - 2024-02-04 | Sheraton Mesa, 860 N Riverview, Mesa, AZ, 85201, United States
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Brownstone Supper Club, January 17, 2023: Tiffany Justice
2024-01-17 17:30 - 22:00 | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed dinner club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, featuring Tiffany Justice.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Our special guest this month is Tiffany Justice, founder of the famed and highly effective Moms for Liberty. Tiffany is a wife and mom of four school-aged children. In 2016 she stepped up to serve for 4 years on the School District of Indian River County, FL School Board. She believes that kids in public school deserve innovation and parents have the right to know the union interference and government bureaucracy that is keeping that innovation from happening in their children’s district.
She will speak about her journey and trials, including the incredible media smears. We are so honored to welcome her.
