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Tami Fitzgerald

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Tami Fitzgerald

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Tami Fitzgerald is the executive director of the NC NC Values Coalition. She has spent a lifetime serving and protecting pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious liberty values.

Over 5 years ago, Tami was moved by the risks posed against the causes of life, family, and liberty by increasingly aggressive liberal activists and an attitude of political correctness. In response, she felt called to create the non-profit organization known as the North Carolina Values Coalition. The coalition was established with the goal of influencing elections by electing pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious liberty candidates. Since its inception, Tami and the NC Values Coalition have been on the front lines of North Carolina's major social and political battles.

Tami lives in Raleigh with her husband Craig, is the mother of two, and the grandmother of three.

Articles by Tami Fitzgerald


The First Amendment Applies to Students, Too

Feb 21, 2014 · Jenna A. Robinson and Tami Fitzgerald · No Comments on The First Amendment Applies to Students, Too

N.C. student groups have been undermined by policies that encroach on free speech and freedom of association.

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