How does culture actually change?
I thought winning was enough. I was wrong. This changed everything:
Watch David Bereit’s keynote delivered to 1,100 leaders at the 2026 Alliance Defending Freedom Summit
Four years after the legal victory of a generation overturned Roe v. Wade, there are more abortions in America, not fewer. That contradiction forced a reckoning: after 25 years on the front lines, everything I thought I knew about how lasting change happens was insufficient ... or wrong. So I went searching for the real answer, through 30 of the most consequential transformations of the last century, expecting 30 different explanations. I found ONE — the same pattern, every single time. It explains what’s been happening all around us. And it raises a new question: what do we do with this knowledge?
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This keynote was 15 minutes. The investigation behind it is years deep and far from finished. The hard work is still ahead: expanding and sharpening the thinking, stress-testing these ideas against reality, and discerning how we build a better future for our children and children’s children.
I don’t have all the answers. And I can’t do this work alone.
That’s why I’m inviting serious people into this quest as it unfolds publicly — leaders, builders, philanthropists, parents, concerned citizens. Vigorous discussion. Honest disagreement. Shared discovery. And step by step, a clearer picture of the path to changing our world — for good.
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David Bereit is the founder of the 40 Days for Life movement, the largest internationally coordinated pro-life mobilization in history. He has spoken to more than 1 million people across 650 cities and 20 nations, and serves as Executive Director of the Life Leadership Conference.
