Society for American Civic Renewal

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Society for American Civic Renewal
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Established22 July 2020  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (4 years ago)
Founders Charles Haywood   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Types fraternity, nonprofit organization   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Legal status 501(c) organization   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Headquarters Indiana   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
CountryUnited States  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website sacr.us   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) is an exclusive, men-only fraternal order which aims to replace the US government with an authoritarian "aligned regime". Some experts in Christian Nationalism claim the SACR is rooted in extreme Christian nationalism and religious autocracy. [1]

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SACR is organized as a 501(c)(10) organization, which is a nonprofit organization "with a fraternal purpose". [1] Charles Haywood incorporated the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) in September 2021. According to The Guardian , SACR is an invitation-only exclusively male group that aims for a "civilizational renaissance". The group's website describes it as "'raising accountable leaders to help build thriving communities of free citizens' who will rebuild 'the frontier-conquering spirit of America'" and promises to "counter and conquer" the "poison" of "those who rule today". [2] SACR uses a cross-like insignia, described on the website as symbolizing "sword and shield" and rejection of "Modernist philosophies and heresies". [1]

According to The Guardian, SACR's internal mission statement states: "Our aim is to build and maintain a robust network of capable men who can reverse our society's decline and return us to the successful path off which America has strayed.... [SACR's founders] are un-hyphenated Americans, and we believe in a particular Christianity that is not blurred by modernist philosophies.... We are willing to act decisively to secure permanently, as much as anything is permanent, the political and social dominance [of their beliefs]." [1]

Filings show the group has established lodges in four locations: three in Idaho (Moscow, Boise, and Coeur d'Alene) and another in Dallas, Texas. [1]

SACR excludes from membership women, gay people, and Mormons. [3] SACR membership is by invitation only. [4]

SACR is closely associated with the Claremont Institute. [5]

Key personnel of the SACR include Scott Yenor  [ d ], a professor of political science at Boise State University in Idaho and also the senior director of state coalitions at the Claremont Institute. [1] [3] [6] The president of Claremont Institute, Ryan P. Williams  [ d ], is a member of SACR's board of directors. [1] A key administrative role is played by Skyler Kressin, a tax consultant based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. [5]

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