SAT . ‘LIGHT OF TRUTH’: Erika Kirk honors late husband Charlie’s legacy while speaking at a packed Turning Point USA event on Ole Miss campus.
n the evening of October 29, 2025, at the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) campus at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Erika Kirk — the widow of the late Charlie Kirk — delivered an emotional speech to a packed auditorium. It was her first time on the university stage since her husband’s assassination in September.
Before she spoke, a memorial video for Charlie was shown to the audience. “I haven’t seen that video since the day it happened,” she said.
She expressed gratitude to the students present: “You help me feel a deeper connection to my husband.”
For her, being on the Ole Miss campus was “a retaking of spiritual territory.” “The enemy doesn’t want you,” she said. “He wants your territory. He wants your influence.”
She recalls the image of her husband – every morning he would look up at the words on the wall: “They will be known by the boldness of their faith.” She says: “I slept on his side of the bed.”
She affirms: “This moment can be your breaking point or your awakening — basically the defining point.”
Honoring Charlie Kirk’s Legacy
Erika Kirk spoke not only of her own memory but also of the mission Charlie – the founder of TPUSA – set out to do. She says he always stopped to talk to each student: “He wanted you to know he was investing in you: in the chapter, in your school.”
And she offers a message to the younger generation: “Be worthy of your voice. You are the courageous generation.”
Not Just Loss – But Transformation
Under the lights of the TPUSA stage at Ole Miss, Erika demonstrated that her husband’s death was not the end, but the beginning of a new journey — for the “light of truth” to continue. “The assassination of my husband may have looked like darkness winning, but looking around this stage, you are proof that the light of truth burns bright, very bright,” she said.
The speech at Ole Miss was more than just a speaking event — it was a demonstration of determination, belief, and continued activism. With this speech, Erika Kirk sent a powerful message: despite the loss, the mission continues — and each young person is playing a key role in keeping that light alive.
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