Rebecca Richards

Rebecca is a former Policy Intern for the Madison Liberty Institute from January 2019 to April 2019. She went on to work for the American Council of Trustees and Alumni as a Program Associate.
Rebecca Richards recently graduated from Baylor University as a University Scholar concentrating in Philosophy and the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core. She spent her junior year studying philosophy and political theory at Oxford University. In the fall of 2018, Becca became a John Jay Fellow. The John Jay Fellowship is an intensive academic residency in which eight fellows study the interface of religion, politics, and philosophy for a semester.
Becca currently lives in Maine.
Articles by the Madison Liberty Institute…

Rexburg 2021 City Council Candidates
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Pioneer Day to Me: Family, Faith, Freedom
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2021 Legislative Update: Week 16
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