By Emily Addison · Contributing Writer
Charlie Kirk founded TPUSA along with Bill Montgomery in 2012. TPUSA was founded with the mission of educating and training Americans to promote freedom. It has grown to have over 3,500 clubs in American schools.
Grove City College’s Turning Point USA chapter had its first meeting of the year from 7 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 10 in Staley Hall of Arts and Letters Room 110.
The college’s TPUSA chapter was founded in the 2025-2026 school year. President Moira Donovan started the chapter in response to Kirk’s assassination.
Donovan said she did not want Kirk’s work to be silenced.
“I want to give students confidence to stand up and speak up for what they believe in a God-honoring way,” Donovan said.
Kirk’s assassination impacted three in 10 Americans to take some form of action according to a Barna survey.
“Grove City has such a conservative student body. … I remember seeing so many things on the sidewalk the days after (Kirk’s death),” Donovan said.
“Charlie Kirk was a huge inspiration to me, and he modeled a media path to follow on how to talk to people and how to approach different topics,” junior political science major Ricky Andrews said.
The TPUSA meeting began with the six executive members of the club introducing themselves. After introductions, the beginning of Jubilee’s “Liberals and Conservatives Are More Similar Than You Think |Spectrum” YouTube video was played. The group then performed an activity in response to the video.
After the activity, two videos about Charlie Kirk’s legacy were played, and the room opened for discussion about Charlie Kirk.
“He was one of the most impactful people in my life,” freshman psychology major Lucky Springer said. “He was a fire in a dark forest.”
The meeting ended with a devotional about Kirk’s personal motto, Isaiah 6:8, “Here I am! Send me.”
“I don’t want the date of his death to be forgotten,” Donovan said.
