Featuring Karen Pennington, CO State Director of Concerned Women for America
Karen Pennington is the Colorado State Director of Concerned Women for America (CWA). Her journey with CWA began in the late 1980s when she attended a Prayer/Action Chapter as a young mother. In 2020, driven by her concerns about the country's direction and the lack of conservative female voices in Colorado, she started her own Prayer/Action Chapter.
Pennington is an active advocate in her community, regularly speaking at county school board meetings on topics such as equity education, critical race theory, and charter schools. She has also developed a collaborative program between local pregnancy centers and churches to educate teens, women, and men on issues related to unplanned pregnancies and sexual health.
With a strong background in nursing, Karen has spent 47 years in the medical field. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois-Chicago, a Master's in Nursing Outcomes, and a Ph.D. in Nursing Research and Philosophy of Science from the University of Colorado. She recently retired after 16 years as a professor and interim dean at Regis University-Denver's School of Nursing. Currently, she teaches as an affiliate professor at Regis University School of Nursing and Colorado Christian University Department of Nursing.
Karen is also deeply involved in legislative advocacy, representing CWA on pro-life and pro-family issues at the Colorado legislature. She is committed to prayer as a powerful tool for spiritual battles and aims to provide a biblical perspective on current political issues in Colorado. Her leadership has served several women and families in Colorado through her prayer and her work, serving God by serving the community and her country.
Knowing that the socio-political landscape is a difficult territory for women to approach, Pennington has encouraged many women to take action in the concerns present in the country, with prayer as her weapon, covered with grace, and guided in wisdom.