Acton Institute
Alaina Kwiatkowski is currently serving as a Conference Coordinator at the Acton Institute since September 2023, after completing an internship in the same organization earlier that year. In addition to this role, Alaina holds the position of Board President for the Jamestown Patmos Library Board of Trustees, where responsibilities include leading policy and millage committees. Previous experience encompasses various roles, including Team Leader for the Calvin University Student Senate, Campaign Manager for Lindsay Kronemeyer for State Representative, and Campus Activist Apprentice for Protect Life Michigan. Alaina's research capabilities were demonstrated through positions at First Liberty Institute and Calvin University, focusing on political science projects. Alaina has a bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Calvin University, completed in 2023.
Acton Institute
The Mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles. Founded in April, 1990, the Acton Institute is named in honor of John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902), 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham and the historian of freedom. Known as “the magistrate of history,” Lord Acton was one of the great personalities of the nineteenth century. Widely considered one of the most learned Englishmen of his time, Lord Acton made the history of liberty his life’s work. Indeed, his most notable conclusion of this work is that political liberty is the essential condition and guardian of religious liberty. He thereby points to the union of faith and liberty, which has been the inspiration for the mission of the Acton Institute.