EXCLUSIVE: Venue Tries To Cancel Girls Sports Event, Organizers Say They’ll Hold It Anyway

The venue for a Santa Fe event celebrating Title IX and girls’ sports canceled at the last minute, accusing organizers of misrepresenting what they claimed was a “partisan political event” and leaving them scrambling.

On Sunday, the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute canceled Independent Women’s Forum’s “Her Game. Her Legacy.” event, which was scheduled to take place at the venue about 24 hours later.

The venue posted on Facebook that the event’s description as a “Celebration for Athletes and Families” was “fundamentally misleading as the event described today in media reports is a partisan political event.”

The venue also said it would be “unable to accommodate” the event’s “levels of security” and press conference, claiming Independent Women’s Forum did not disclose these requirements.

“As much as we support free speech, we want to make it clear that SFFMI is in disagreement with the message and intent of this particular event,” the venue said.

The venue’s abrupt cancelation came after a New Mexico news outlet published a story about the women’s sports event that also said New Mexico has been “doubling down on protecting transgender rights.”

Independent Women’s Forum said they had no idea their event was canceled until they saw the venue’s Facebook post.

The group plans to sue the venue.

“This is not a rally. This is not any type of political event. It’s a non-partisan, non-political celebration,” Beth Parlato, senior legal advisor at Independent Women’s Law Center told The Daily Wire.

“We had a contract. It is a nine-page contract, a legal and binding contract, and it’s pretty solid,” she said. “They don’t agree with their message, so they have canceled us. And it’s illegal. So in our opinion, our legal opinion, they have breached the contract. They have discriminated against Independent Women. And they have violated our First Amendment rights by acknowledging that they don’t agree with their message, so they’re not allowing us on their property. So we will file lawsuits.”

“Our intention is to serve them with a lawsuit because we’re not letting them get away with it. We did not do all of this to get canceled by a small group of people who chooses not to support girls. So it’s unconscionable what they’re doing,” Parlato said.

The group had brought a massive amount of resources to Santa Fe for the event including more than 20 staff, a pink carpet for athletes to walk down, face painters and bounce houses for children, and much more.

Meanwhile, they also had their registered speakers and guests and had been marketing the event heavily for about two weeks, said Victory Coley, the group’s vice president of communications.

“They’re not just canceling our event. They are canceling little girls. They are betraying girls and women, female athletes. They’re canceling all of that,” Coley said.

However, thanks to the general manager of the hotel where Independent Women’s Forum staff was staying, the event now has a new venue and is still full speed ahead.

He met the group in the lobby and asked what he could do to help.

The event is still scheduled for Monday at 1pm but will now be held at the Inn and Spa at Loretto, less than a mile from the original venue.

Monday is the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal funding.

The event also kicks off a bus tour celebrating women’s sports that will visit all 33 New Mexico counties.

Speakers for the event will include Education Secretary Linda McMahon, New Mexico parents, and also female athletes and coaches who have been outspoken in their advocacy for girls’ sports such as Payton McNabb, who was injured by a trans-identifying player and suffered a traumatic brain injury, and Kim Russell, former head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at Oberlin College.

The free family-friendly event will also include games, music, food, and female athletes will still be able to walk down their pink carpet.

The Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute says its mission includes “equity” and, perhaps ironically, “kindness.”

“We demonstrate KINDNESS through our commitment to respectful social interactions with each other and with visitors to the Market,” the Institute says on its website.

State Dept. Issues ‘Worldwide Caution’ Alert Amid Report Iran Threatened Trump With Sleeper Cells

The State Department issued a rare “Worldwide Caution” alert on Sunday amid concerns about a heightened risk of terror attacks by Iranian sleeper cells.

A White House official told The Daily Wire they are staying vigilant and that the Trump administration will use all resources available to protect both the United States and its assets abroad.

A bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Terrorism Advisory System on Sunday warned that the “ongoing Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.” The alert issued on Sunday warns American citizens overseas to “exercise increased caution,” adding that there is “potential for demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad.”

According to NBC, Iran sent a message to Trump through an intermediary at the G7 summit in Canada last week, warning that it could activate sleeper cell terror if he attacked. Trump left the summit early to return to the White House to consider his options amid the escalation between Israel and Iran at the time.

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The Department of Homeland Security cited Iran’s history of launching cyberattacks and targeting United States government officials. It added that there is a possibility of terrorists within the United States mobilizing as part of a response to Trump’s Sunday night strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

“The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland,” it said. “Multiple recent Homeland terrorist attacks have been motivated by anti-Semitic or anti-Israel sentiment, and the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict could contribute to U.S.-based individuals plotting additional attacks.”

It adds that the conflict could motivate “violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators” to attack targets that are Jewish, pro-Israel, or linked to the United States government or military.

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The bulletin expires on September 22.

White House Border Czar Tom Homan said there is a risk posed by the 1,272 Iranian nationals who illegally crossed the border during the Biden administration.

“Over 2 million people crossed that border, we don’t know who they are, where they came from, because they got away, because Border Patrol is so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that Biden created that over 2 million people crossed the border and got away,” Homan told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“That is my biggest concern,” he added. “And that’s what created the biggest national security vulnerability this country’s ever seen.”

TRUMP HAS BEEN CLEAR FOR 14 YEARS THAT IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON

Following the attack on the Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan Iranian nuclear sites, Trump warned that “any retaliation by Iran against the United States of America will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight.”

On Sunday, Trump commented on the possibility of regime change in Iran.

“It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!” he posted.

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