PROFILES IN COURAGE – FALL 2025 VIDEOS

Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Tracey Lee, Ken Sasmor

Profiles in Courage explore the nature of courage and profile individuals who risked their personal safety for the greater good. The course will also examine what motivates these unique individuals.

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PROFILES IN COURAGE
What is Courage?

Presenter: Tracey Lee
Presentation Date: September 15, 2025

The stories of past courage can define the elements of courage – they can teach, they can offer hope, and they can provide inspiration. For our Profiles in Courage course, Quest members will be presenting profiles of individuals that they have chosen to exemplify courage, who they admire, and whose place in the course of recent history is important.

This introductory session will give a framework, drawn from philosophy and psychology, regarding the elements of courage and how we judge courageous acts. With this background we’ll be able to view the individual examples of courage with an eye to how we can understand their impact and learn from them.

PROFILES IN COURAGE
Liz Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson

Presenter: Wayne Cotter
Presentation Date: September 29, 2025

Courage was in short supply on January 6, 2021, as well as during the hearings that followed. However, two courageous women, representing two different generations, stood out from their Republican colleagues.

Liz Cheney was a high-ranking Republican member of Congress serving at the U.S. Capitol when a violent mob laid siege to the building on January 6. Later that year, she served with distinction as Vice Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a life-long Republican, was only 24 when she found herself a behind-the-scenes witness to Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of a court-affirmed presidential election. Moreover, she became the pivotal witness before the January 6th Select Committee, despite intense pressure on her not to cooperate.

In this session, we’ll profile these two women and dig deep into their courageous battle to uphold the rule of law.