Greetings, !
We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speaker at Summit 2026 will be Helen Pluckrose. Helen is an independent author and journalist living in London, England. For the past decade Helen has been publishing and leading programs and initiatives that challenge authoritarianism and illiberal actions - both on the right and on the left.
After 15 years in support services with the elderly, Helen went on to study (at the PhD level) the relationship between women and the church in the late medieval period. When ideological interference ended her academic career, Helen participated in a humorous exposure of scholarship in the Grievance Studies Affair. She went on to found and lead CounterWeight, an organization that helped those suppressed and silenced by ideological workplace programs and practices.
Helen is a tireless advocate and defender of liberalism - but as importantly, she engages opponents with wit, grace and humility.
To help us get to know Helen, we will be highlighting one of her blog posts from https://www.hpluckrose.com/ and providing a Pluckrose quote each month in the Compass.
This month’s Pluckrose Blog to read: Why Liberalism Isn’t Centrism (and Never Was): Liberalism is a radical commitment to liberty (Nov 2025)
Given the venomous nature of the cultural wars that have engulfed business, government, educational institutions and churches, many of us feel like adopting a centralist position and trying to stay out of conflict. However, in this post Helen argues that “Our task is to keep liberalism alive as the moral center of a free society. This is not a wishy-washy commitment to 'centrism.' It is a radical commitment to liberty.” | 
