Please join us for an evening of fellowship among friends of liberty, featuring keynote speaker Mike Rowe.
Mike Rowe
Writer, narrator, producer, recording artist, Emmy-Award
winning TV Host, New York Times Best Selling author, and the CEO of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Joseph G. Lehman
President, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
An engineer by training, Joe joined the Mackinac Center in 1995 and was named president in 2008. During his tenure, Michigan has seen numerous free-market policy advances in education, labor and state fiscal affairs. He and his wife are founders of Midland County Habitat for Humanity.
Champions of Freedom Award
Ed Levy Jr.
The Mackinac Center’s Champions of Freedom Award honors a lifetime of faithful dedication to the principles of freedom and self-reliance. At this year’s Evening with the Mackinac Center, we will honor Ed Levy Jr., who embodies this ideal.
Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor Award
Terry Bowman
The Mackinac Center’s Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor Award recognizes individuals who have risked their safety, economic security, or reputation for the cause of freedom and have done so in an effort associated with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. This year, we will honor Terry Bowman.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6:00 pm | Museum Access
6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm | Dinner and Program
The Henry Ford Museum
20900 Oakwood Boulevard
Dearborn, MI 48124
Cocktail Attire
Patriot Sponsor
Google
Freedom Sponsor
Haworth Helps
Liberty Sponsors
Awareness Analytic Partners
Emagine Entertainment
HRPro/ BenePro
Kevin Rinke
Warren & Carol Ann Rose
Prosperity Sponsor
Artisan Tile, Inc.
Opportunity Sponsors
Acton Institute
Jim & Spring Clarke
Jack Elder
The FCJ Fund
Institute for the American Worker
Rod & Patrice Lockwood
Richard McLellan
NetChoice
Quick Reliable Printing
Vantage Plastics
Bill and Teryl Watch
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This event is $275 per attendee and RSVP is required by April 17, 2025. Register online here.
For guests wishing to spend the night in Dearborn the evening of the event, a special room rate of $219 plus taxes and fees has been arranged at
The Henry, Autograph Collection
Fairlane Plaza, 300 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, MI 48126
Please visit the booking website to make your hotel reservation.