DeVos-led GR A250 group is offering a class from the National Constitution Center on “Happiness in America’s Founding”

We are roughly two months away from the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. The GR A250 group, which is significantly influenced by the DeVos family, is gearing up for the anniversary celebration and doing everything possible to dictate the narrative around the nation’s founding.

The GR A250 group is using a series of events in the coming months to make sure that people don’t talk about the fact that the US was founded on settler colonialism, genocide and slavery.

On May 11th, the GR A250 group is sponsoring a session on celebrating the history of inventions in the US, followed by a conversation on what it means to practice courageous citizenship on May 19th. In that session the organizers want to get people to not be so divided, but there is no evidence that this will mean coming to terms with a honest assessment of US history.

On May 20th the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is hosting a workshop entitled, “Defund the Police”, which will involve leaders from across perspectives on this topic. I seriously doubt that this will involved the very groups that have been demanding defunding the police in Grand Rapids, such as Defund the GRPD, the Comrades Collective or ACAB. “Through a structured process, participants will explore differing viewpoints, identify shared values and uncover areas of agreement that can inform future collaboration.” Sounds like a highly managed conversation that will steer people away from the Movement for Black Lives call to Defund the Police.

Then on May 30th there will be a “one-day civics camp to prepare middle school and high school youth to join the American adventure as active citizens.” This event will take place in the DeVos Learning Center, which will include “guest speakers”, even though none of these guests are named.

More importantly the GR A250 group is offering a class entitled, the Meaning of Happiness in America’s Founding. The first question that comes to mind for me is who does or is going to feel happiness when learning about the founding of this country?

This class is based on a book by Jeffery Rosen who is the president of the National Constitution Center. It is instructive to note that Doug DeVos, one of the leaders of the GR A250 group, is also a trustee of the National Constitution Center. Not only that, but Doug DeVos has contributed $10 million to the National Constitution Center between 2022 – 2024 from his foundation.

The conclusion is that the most influential co-founder of GR A250, Doug DeVos, has personally given $10 million over a three year period to the National Constitution Center (NCC), where DeVos is also a trustee and has invited the former President of the NCC to facilitate a class on how the founding of the US is akin to happiness. This is some slick Orwellian shit indeed.