Indiana Family Institute 2024 Annual Dinner – Keynote Speaker Riley Gaines
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Monday, September 16th
Dinner 6:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30pm) | VIP Reception 5:00 p.m.
IMMI Conference Center, 18880 N. East St, Westfield, IN.
Keynote Speaker
This year we will be joined by keynote speaker Riley Gaines, who became a prominent conservative figure after speaking out against men competing in women’s sports. In 2022, Riley was forced to not only compete against a biological male, “Lia” Thomas, who was swimming in UPenn’s women’s team at the NCAA Championship, but she and all her teammates were forced without warning or consent to undress in front of the man and were subjected to discrimination by the NCAA. Riley went on to tie with Lia at the championship and has since been one of the most powerful voices to speak out against the injustice of men competing in women’s sports. You can watch a video about her experience here. She has challenged the rules of the NCAA, USA Swimming, International Olympic Committee (IOC), and other governing bodies.
Riley later founded the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, where she and her colleagues make real and lasting change in the area of women’s rights. They have worked to legally define ‘woman,’ protect Title IX, and defend women’s rights to single-sex spaces and equal opportunities.