Levi Gregory was about 10 years old when he saw his first Charlie Kirk video and immediately "fell in love with it." He was drawn to Kirk's debate style and the way Christianity informed Kirk's thinking.

This summer, Gregory, now 15, founded the northshore homeschool chapter of Turning Point USA’s “Club America,” the high school wing of the conservative activist’s political group. He was planning to attend Kirk’s college event at Louisiana State University in October.

But after Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, Gregory shifted his approach. On Sept. 25, he organized an event that drew around 100 people to a Pearl River church with the goal of bringing a Turning Point USA Club America chapter to every high school in St. Tammany Parish.

It was the first parishwi

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