In order to keep this group alive we need leaders.  We need people who take their pro-life conviction seriously, who can commit to a weekly planning meeting, who want to put their talents to good use (math, speaking skills, creativity, people skills, computer skills, advertising, hospitality/fun people, athletic people, science experts, etc.), and most of all – who are committed to bringing a culture of life to UWF with this group.

We Need You!

What good is a pro-life belief unless it is used?  How can any lives be saved if we don’t use our knowledge, influence, resources, and talent to help change our world to be a better place?  Let’s face it, being pro-life is not enough.   I’m sure a lot of people were against the Nazi death camps during WWII, but only the people who acted to hide Jews, free Jews, and convert Nazis actually made a dent in the culture of death during the Holocaust.  Will you be an abortion abolitionist in our day and age?

Why lead?

You can learn a lot from being active in our group.  Basically you have the opportunity to take what you learn in the classroom and put it into real action in a life-saving event!  What could be better?  (Not to mention the benefit this experience will help with your future career and highlight it can bring to your portfolio.)  Who wouldn’t want to hire an intelligent, go-getter, who cares about life?

The leadership planning meeting is Thursday, 4PM, Rm 255 in the upstairs Commons.

At the meeting, we will sign up for leadership positions.  These positions will be voted on and then the leaders will receive training.  The actual leadership position will not officially begin until the fall, but practice and learning will take place over the spring semester.  Once the leaders have been nominated, they will decide on a planning meeting time that works for the leaders’ schedule.

***If for some reason you want to be considered and cannot attend the meeting, please respond to this email.  You can still apply for a leadership position if you are unable to attend.  Please attend if at all possible- but again, if you can’t, respond to this email.

• This is the authentic, 100% honest story of Abby Johnson’s transformative experience from being pro-abortion to pro-life.

• It unveils the reality of what real abortion workers truly think, believe, and feel about their work.

• The power of the 40 Days for Life peaceful prayer campaign is demonstrated in the life of Abby.

• Most of all this book helps pro-lifers to intimately approach all abortion workers with hearts of understanding and compassion – which is a MUST if we are to help any of them leave abortion and work for life.

If you have never read a pro-life book before, this is a great start.  For us to be successful advocates for life, we must educate ourselves extensively on the issue.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. Do I understand why people choose abortion?
2. Do I know how to help someone who is in a crisis pregnancy?
3. Do I know how to help a post-abortive man or woman?
4. Why do people work for abortion?
5. Why is abortion wrong?

Here are some other suggested pro-life educational materials:

1. abort73.com (Has proof, explanations, and all information about the abortion issue)
2. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments Expanded & Updated by Randy Alcorn (Has answers to every pro-life question)
   
3. The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture by Scott Klusendorf
4. Pro-Life 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively by Scott Klusendorf (Clear, concise explanation on how to make a persuasive pro-life argument.  THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ALL PRO-LIFERS)
5. Ending Abortion; Not Just Fighting It by Father Frank Pavone (essays on how to end abortion)
6. Forbidden Grief by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (understanding women suffering from a past abortion)

Hello everyone and happy Christmas vacation!

Hopefully exams went well…. and now you are all able to relax and enjoy some fun time back at home.  This email is just to let you all know that this January UWF Students for Life will be taking a pro-life pilgrimage to the Washington D.C..  We will march with 400,000+ other young adults like you in the annual March for Life!  This will be UWF Students for Life 2nd trip up there – you can look at our pictures from last year’s trip here.

There is still some space left for any students still interested in coming – so if you want to come we need you to respond to this email by December 20th.  Since our group is applying for a grant to take this trip, the cost of the trip will be very affordable.  So, to save your spot please reply with the following:

Include:

• Full name
• Contact phone number
• UWF year (freshman, sophomore, etc…)
• Why you would like to come

Trip Details:

• Leave January 21st
• Return January 24th
• Saturday we will do sightseeing in the Capitol
• Sunday we will attend the Students for Life Conference, church services available
• Monday we will march to the Supreme Court building with 400,000+ young adults

This event was a time to unite with the community and the university in a celebration of food, culture, knowledge, and craft.  Our group was located next to the stage where our volunteers enjoyed the performances of young musicians, belly dancers, karate, and Native American music.  In this location, many passers-by were caught by the image of our life-like fetal models.

I don’t know if our table would have caught as many as we did otherwise since many other tables were also selling backed goods or painting faces, but our table had something truly unique and beautiful. I cannot tell you how many children loved to hold and rock the little tiny babies!  It was amazing. They kept saying, “I love babies. They’re so cute!”  The fetal models spoke for themselves: Human Life exists in the womb, Life is Beautiful, Life is a Miracle.   It is one thing to imagine and even see a picture of human life in the womb. It is quite another to hold a replica (each being the weight, size, and feel of the fetus at 10, 12, 20, 26, and 30 weeks of development) in your hands.  It’s another step in exploring the mystery of the life.

People of all faiths and cultural backgrounds shared their stories about life, touching our hearts more than we could ever have touched theirs.  Our table was truly the hallmark of the family, and it was a tremendous blessing to be a part of this communal human experience of Life.

Best of all, our group had a chance to reach out to a UWF Student who was pregnant.  Maybe she didn’t need help – I couldn’t tell by her response – but what was more important to us was the chance to give her support, kindness, and hope that if she did need anything, we were here with resources she could count on.   The cool thing was that she also got to touch and feel what the person inside her looks and feels like RIGHT NOW!  I wonder if that stayed with her…  We will never know the impact of our actions, but we can only try to be charitable in love as much as possible!

This event was a SUCCESS for our group. If you are a member, you should be proud because you are a member of a group that is truly touching and caring for the community

Here are some pictures from the event:

Be sure to check out our Media page for pictures from other events.

For this reason UWF Students for Life is hosting Aaron Chatraw, Air Force pilot and Georgia Tech graduate, to give us a 4 week training program to help you to be a calm, conversational, inspirational pro-life ambassador! He has been trained with the well-respected and highly appraised pro-life group: Justice for All, and has  already had significant hands-on experience with engaging positive dialogue on this important issue.

Come learn how you can be a better advocate of the truth about human life. 50 million human lives, along with an additional 1 million per year, have been killed by abortion - can we afford to remain silent any longer?  There is a right way to respectfully discuss abortion and the facts of human life- come find out how!

Training Dates:

Wednesday April 7th 6PM

Wednesday April 14th 6PM

Wednesday April 21st 6PM

Wednesday April 28th 6PM

**Please email me by March 20th to order the handbook for pro-life apologetics that goes along with the pro-life training series.  It is not required, but is helpful to have as a reference and refresher.  The cost is $9.

Preview the style of pro-life ambassadorship Aaron will provide in April

Where: UWF Commons Rm 272 (upstairs)