Our America Initiative

Our America Initiative
FormationDecember 2009
Type501(c)(4)
PurposeOUR America Initiative seeks to broaden the parameters of the public policy debate of current topics in the national arena. We look to enlighten the population about civil liberties, free enterprise, limited government, and traditional American values. It is our aim to increase the amount of discussion and involvement regarding all-important issues.
HeadquartersSalt Lake City, Utah
Location
Websiteouramericainitiative.com
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The Our America Initiative was a 501(c)(4) political advocacy committee formed by Gary Johnson, the former Republican politician who served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003.[1] The 501(c)(4) committee was created in December 2009, when Johnson hired strategist Ron Nielson of NSON Opinion Strategy[2] to help organize a 501(c)(4) committee.[3] The two have worked together since 1993, when Nielson ran Johnson's successful gubernatorial campaign.

Johnson served as the Honorary Chairman for the Our America Initiative. The focus of the organization is to speak out on issues regarding topics such as government efficiency, lowering taxes, winning the war on drug abuse, protecting civil liberties, revitalizing the economy and promoting entrepreneurship and privatization.

The mission statement of the Our America Initiative: "OUR America Initiative seeks to broaden the parameters of the public policy debate of current topics in the national arena. We look to enlighten the population about civil liberties, free enterprise, limited government, and traditional American values. It is our aim to increase the amount of discussion and involvement regarding all-important issues."[4]

  1. ^ New Mexico Governors Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. State of New Mexico – Commission of Public Records ~ State Records Center and Archives, 2005.
  2. ^ "NSON Opinion Strategy".
  3. ^ Gary Johnson Launches Our America Initiative. Independent Political Report, December 12, 2009.
  4. ^ About the Initiative. Our America Initiative 501(c)(4), December 2009.