America First Women’s Initiative

The America First Women’s Initiative has excelled over the years in producing consistent policy wins around saving girls sports, eliminating child gender modification, school choice, empowering military spouses, and huge efforts in taking back the national narrative around women’s health and reproductive policy.

As we enter AFWI 2.0, we welcome Stacey Schieffelin, our outstanding new Chair, who ushers in a new area of fighting for T.R.U.T.H.: Transparency, Revitalization and Reaffirmation, Unity, Trust, and Health.

Under Stacey’s leadership, we will expand our coalition, create volunteer opportunities, plan impactful events, and equip America First women with every tool they need to become warriors for our Republic.

This is our moment. Our mission. And we will not fail.

Join us today.

Team

Stacey Schieffelin

Chief External Affairs Officer and Chair, America First Women's Initiative

Madison Rosa

Engagement Officer for the America First Women’s Initiative

Lauren Brasher

Project Manager, America First Women’s Initiative and Executive Assistant

Latest

Statement | October 22, 2025

Minnesota Nice? Not for Women: Title IX Protections Undermined

Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following joint statement from Minnesota state chapter Chair, Ryan Wilson, and Stacey Schieffelin, Chair of America First Women’s Initiative in response to the Minnesota state Supreme Court’s decision to undermine the Title IX protections for women and girls.

Statement | August 28, 2025

AFPI Appoints Jessica Hart Steinmann as Vice Chair of the America First Women’s Initiative

Stacey Schieffelin, Chair of the America First Women’s Initiative (AFWI), is proud to announce the appointment of Jessica Hart Steinmann as Vice Chair of AFWI, where she will help lead the initiative’s efforts to advance policies grounded in Transparency, Revitalization and Reaffirmation, Unity, Trust, and Health (TRUTH).

Op-Ed | August 22, 2025

Every Woman in America Should Be Cheering for Pam Bondi Right Now

When President Donald J. Trump nominated Pam Bondi to serve as our Nation’s Attorney General, I knew she’d be a game-changer. She’s always been a fighter: tough on crime, tireless for victims, and fearless when the political winds blow. But in just a few short months in this role, she’s exceeded even those high expectations.

Statement | July 1, 2025

AFPI Applauds Historic University of Pennsylvania Resolution

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Stacey Schieffelin, Chair of America First Women’s Initiative and Jessica Steinmann, Executive General Counsel and co-chair of the AFPI’s Center for Litigation, celebrating the historic resolution reached between the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights & University of Pennsylvania (UPenn):

Op-Ed | June 24, 2025

Beyond Dobbs: It’s Time to Empower Women with Truth, Not Tragedy

Three years ago, the Dobbs decision returned the question of abortion to the American people. It was a long-overdue correction to decades of judicial overreach, but the legal debate was never the whole story. The deeper battle has always been cultural. For far too long, women have been forced into a false and heartbreaking choice: keep your child and sacrifice your future or end the life within you and preserve your freedom. That is not liberation. That is a crisis disguised as a choice and it’s time we call it what it is.