Action 4 Liberty's Purpose
(A) Purposes: This Corporation is a non profit corporation The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are to promote social welfare by study, research, lobbying pertaining to its field of interest, and education regarding public policy, including, but not limited to, education of the public, its leaders, the media, and government officials on the formulation of public policies, laws, and regulations favorable for the well being of the United States in important areas involving fiscal budgetary, social, domestic, defense, and foreign policy issues, consistent with the text and meaning of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the formulation of state and local public policies, laws, and regulations consistent with the state Constitution and within the meaning of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, as now enacted or hereafter amended, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that also qualify as Section 501(c)(4) exempt organizations.
To this end, the corporation shall publish studies in print or on the internet,
communicate with the public, mobilize civic action, and otherwise and in any manner participate in the educational and lobbying of taxpayers, individuals and government officials. All funds, whether income or principal and whether acquired by gift or contribution or otherwise, shall be devoted to said purposes.
The Corporation intends, inter alia, to promote public understanding concerning the importance of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of federal and state government remaining faithful to their respective responsibilities, duties, and limitations. These purposes of the Corporation are to be accomplished as follows:
(1) By Engaging in analysis, study, research, and writing, and by distributing the results thereof to the general public, including its civic and business leaders, its elected and appointed officials, the media, and other interested individuals and organizations, through various means of communications, including letters, briefings, reports, studies, monographs, audio, video and computer technologies, and other educational materials and media;
(2) By Supporting policies and programs at the national state, and local levels, inchuling the adoption, rejection, repeal or modification of laws, ordinances, and regulations in furtherance of the above-stated purposes;
(3) By promoting its purposes before federal, state, and local legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government as well as regulatory agencies;
(4) By sponsoring and supporting public discussion of these issues through groups, forums, panels, lectures, symposiums, seminars, debates, and other similar events to which interested individuals and organizations and members of the public will be invited; and
(5) By working with other organizations and individuals in furtherance of the above-stated purposes.
President - Erik Mortensen
Erik Mortensen (Mort) is a businessman and former State Representative. He ran and operated a restoration company in the southern Twin Cities metro and sold the company in 2018. Mort is currently employed in the propane industry as an operations management director. In 2020, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and led the resistance against COVID tyranny in the state government. Mort authored the Never Again Bill, Stop Vaccine Mandates legislation and a one year income tax hike to give back the budget surplus.
Mort resides in Shakopee, Minnesota with his wife and two children. He's an avid sportsman and experienced cold weather, backcountry outdoorsman.
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Founder & Development - Jake Duesenberg
Jake co-founded Action 4 Liberty in 2013 with lay minister, Jack Rogers. His professional experience is in financial services, which led him to get back involved in politics in 2012 when major fiscal and monetary issues faced the country. Although economics is his passion in politics, Jake is also an avid outdoorsman so gun issues are very important. The entire team at Action 4 Liberty are very strong supporters of the 2nd Amendment.
Jake served 12 years in the Army as an infantry officer. He served overseas with the Minnesota Red Bulls in the Balkans and Iraq. He currently resides in Lake Elmo, Minnesota with his wife and children.