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BYU Education Week speaker lineup includes LDS co-founder of controversial conservative group

The Latter-day Saint parental rights activist from Moms for Liberty is one of hundreds to present at the weeklong event.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The statue of Brigham Young on the BYU campus is pictured in February 2024. More than 16,000 are expected to attend this year's BYU Education Week, where some 300 speakers will present on topics ranging from financial literacy to church history. Included in the lineup of lecturers is Latter-day Saint Tina Descovich, co-founder of the parental rights group Moms for Liberty, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled as "extremist" and "far right."