Ottawa Impact

For nearly 250 years, Americans have defended this nation and the principles upon which it was founded: the belief that our rights come from God, not government… and that freedom is worth protecting. 🇺🇸

That freedom was never guaranteed.

It was secured by ordinary Americans who stepped forward in extraordinary moments. Men and women who loved their country enough to serve it. Many who never came home.

Today, we remember them.

We honor the fallen who gave their lives defending this nation.

We remember the families who carried the burden of that sacrifice. And we thank the veterans and military families whose service continues long after the battlefield.

President Ronald Reagan once said:

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

Those words matter because freedom is not self-sustaining.

Every generation must choose whether it will protect what it has inherited.

That responsibility now belongs to us.

The people of Ottawa County understand the importance of loving and defending this country. We understand that liberty requires courage, responsibility, and citizens willing to stand for truth even when it is difficult.

America remains a beautiful nation because generation after generation chose sacrifice over surrender, courage over fear, and service over self.

May we never forget those who made that possible.

May God continue to bless the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Join Shane Winnings and Turning Point USA at GVSU’s Clock Tower for bold, honest conversations with students stepping up to the mic!

11am–2pm on Thursday, April 23.

Join students with TPUSA at the GVSU Clocktower for PROVE ME WRONG with Shane Winnings on Thursday, April 23, from 11am to 2pm! 🇺🇸

The Clocktower is located close to the Kirkoff Center and the Mary Idema Pew Library.

Prove Me Wrong featuring Shane Winnings is Thursday, April 23rd at 11:00 am at the Clock Tower‼️ Don’t agree with him? Come prove him wrong at GV!🇺🇸 RSVP now at the link in bio!🔗

An incredibly informative documentary on Marxist DEI in the United States military during the first term of President Donald J. Trump . Free to watch today. Do you want to know more about DEI? This is a great resource.

During the same time period as this documentary unfolds, parents in Ottawa County were connecting the dots on the local activity of UC Berkely's GARE--the Government Alliance on Race and Equity--which was embraced by past county administrators and county commissioners, culminating in the creation of Ottawa County's DEI Department.

While President Donald J. Trump worked to curb the spread of DEI near the end of his first term, President Biden, with the help of GARE, institutionalized Marxism's DEI across federal departments on his first day in office.

Protecting our nation and children from the spread of DEI on the national and local level was one of the reasons Ottawa Impact was created.

On the first day a new Ottawa County Board of Commissioners took office in 2023, Ottawa County's new Board closed Ottawa County's Marxist DEI Department. On the first day of President Donald J. Trump's second term in 2025, he abolished DEI in the federal government.

As political winds ebb and flow--and we live in a state where DEI has been infused into state bureaucracy through an alliance of Governor Whitmer and GARE, as well as DEI ideology being promoted by Michigan's State Board of Education--it remains critically important for families to understand its dangers to our nation.

Leaders and citizens with discernment remain critical to the flourishing and survival of our nation. 🇺🇸

The Heritage Foundation

After courageously resisting the divisive political mandates being implemented on bases around the country, Matt Lohmeier was fired from his command, without pension, and made a public example of as a non-compliant officer under the Biden administration. Watch the documentary chronicling his story—free for the next 24 hours: https://x.com/Heritage/status/2045131269562876008