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“Amazing!” “Really inspiring!” “I loved it!”

These are just some of the comments that sum up the reaction of the more than 150 teens and adults who attended TeenSpeak 2013 on February 2 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois—the largest crowd we’ve ever had at a TeenSpeak conference!

The day began with an engaging and enthusiastic presentation titled “Designed to Create,” by Ryan Bomberger of The Radiance Foundation. Drawing from his experience as an Emmy-Award winning creative professional, Ryan explained that in communicating the pro-life message through visual media, certain principles of design must be followed, or else the message will not reach its intended audience.

As examples, Ryan showed several engaging and impactful videos throughout his presentation, including  “We’ve Been Guttmachered,” “Hell Breaks Loose,” “Meet Jonny Moses,” and, last but not least, “Unwanted,” which highlights Ryan’s personal story of having been conceived in rape and placed for adoption in a large, multi-racial family.

The audience thoroughly enjoyed Ryan’s presentation. High school student Therese Starasinich commented, “His talk got me more excited to take on action spreading the truth.” Patrick Lechner noted that Ryan’s talk “makes me want to use my job in the future for the pro-life movement.” (more…)

Will you be at the March for Life in Washington, DC on Friday, January 25? Join us!

The staff of Generations for Life will be marching with our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League, beneath a huge “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” banner.

We’ll meet up at the southeast corner of Madison Drive NW and 7th Street NW [map].

We’ll also be at the March for Life Youth Rally on the Thursday, January 24 from 2:00 to 5:00pm at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill [map]. My co-worker Eric Scheidler will be the M.C. for the rally.

Hope to see you there!

On Saturday, February 2, Generations for Life is excited to bring you TeenSpeak 2013, Illinois’ largest annual pro-life teen conference.

TeenSpeak 2013 will feature The Radiance Foundation’s Ryan Bomberger, who is one of the fastest rising stars in the pro-life movement.

His own personal story gives Ryan a very unique perspective on abortion. He was conceived in rape, but his biological mother courageously chose to place him for adoption with a large, multi-racial family:

Today, Ryan is himself an adoptive father of four children and an Emmy Award winning creative professional who specializes in training pro-lifers to communicate their message through visual media in the most impactful way possible. You won’t want to miss the chance to meet him! (more…)

This past weekend, Eric Scheidler and I traveled to Los Angeles for the second annual International Pro-Life Youth Conference to join hundreds of enthusiastic young pro-lifers and an All-Star cast of speakers, including Lila Rose, Fr. Frank Pavone, Ryan Bomberger, Star Parker, Troy Newman, Bryan Kemper, and Kristan Hawkins.

The conference was hosted by Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust and Priests for Life and co-sponsored by several other including the Pro-Life Action League League, which provided copies of our Sharing the Pro-Life Message handbook to all attendees.

On the first day of the conference, Eric Scheidler delivered a new PowerPoint presentation provocatively titled “First Convince Them You’re Wrong”.

Eric explained that when we talk about abortion with those who are firmly committed to the “pro-choice” ideology, they very often think that the pro-life position doesn’t deserve a hearing, and that we pro-lifers are completely crazy.

Our first step, then, has to be convince our “pro-choice” audience that they need to give the pro-life position a second look. (more…)

Two of the most exciting things going on the pro-life movement right now are:

1. The exploding pro-life youth movement
2. The expanding ties among pro-lifers internationally

These two dynamic forces are coming together next week at the second annual International Pro-Life Youth Conference, November 9-11 in Los Angeles.

The conference is being hosted by Survivors and Priests for Life, with the sponsorship of Ireland’s Youth Defence, Students for Life of America, such cutting-edge pro-life groups as Stand True Ministries, the Radiance Foundation—and Generations for Life’s parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League.

I’m proud to be one of the speakers at the IPLY Conference, along with such pro-life “rock stars” as: (more…)

This weekend, downtown Chicago was rocked by the presence of over 85 college students from 16 Midwestern colleges in the annual Students for Life of Illinois Conference at Loyola University. Keynote speakers shared personal struggles and years of wisdom in their presentations on how we can become effective pro-life leaders.

Students were inspired by Melissa Ohden, a saline abortion survivor who has dedicated her life to showing the trauma of abortion on families. Marko Culjak, a freshman in the UIUC business school, says, “If you’re on the fence about abortion, you would be inspired by Melissa Ohden’s talk.” Ohden and the other speakers brought a powerful personal note to the emotionally charged conference as we were compelled to seriously examine why we are pro-life, and how to spread the message across our campuses. (more…)

Tuesday, October 16 is the ninth annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity.

For one day, people all over the world will give up their voices in solidarity with babies who have had their voices silenced by abortion.

It’s just under two weeks away, and already, students from over 800 schools — along with over 80 homeschools, more than 120 businesses & ministries, and over 400 individuals/non-students — in 33 countries have registered to participate!

Are you willing to give up your voice for a day for those who will never have a voice?

For more information and to register, go here.

When I first heard about National Pro-Life Chalk Day, I thought to myself: “This is a GREAT idea!”

On Thursday, September 6, Rock for Life and Students for Life of America are inviting pro-life students everywhere to take part in this very simple, yet very impactful event.

The idea is simple:

1. Pick up some sidewalk chalk
2. Find an area that has a lot of foot traffic
3. Use your chalk to write pro-life messages

If you chalk pro-life messages all around your school campus — or anywhere else — you’re sure to get a lot of discussions started about abortion!

You can find suggested chalkable pro-life messages and other tips on the National Pro-Life Chalk Day website.

Earlier this year at the March for Life, I spent a lot of time talking with New Zealand born pro-life activist Andy Moore, who has started a great website called AbortionWiki.org, a comprehensive database built on the model of Wikipedia that aims to be the reference of choice for all information relating to abortion.

Now Andy has a great opportunity for all pro-lifers, but particularly teens and young adults, who would like to get involved in helping the pro-life movement by working with him on this important project.

The AbortionWiki Internship is a 10 week program which will provide you with an improved understanding of many crucial aspects of the fight to abolish abortion. These will include skills specific to the injustice of abortion, as well as skills which will be applicable in many other fields. The Internship is aimed at pro-life youth, however people of any age are welcome to apply. The internship is FREE and dates are flexible. You will learn a lot and make new friends in the Pro-Life Movement!

Get more details and apply for this great opportunity here!

Although there are certainly some exceptions, high school and college students in the United States are usually able to form pro-life clubs and operate on their campuses with relatively little trouble from the administration.

But students in other countries don’t always have it so easy.

Consider the case of Prolife Auckland, a student club at Auckland University in New Zealand who “embrace a secular pro-life philosophy.”

On May 16, members of the group distributed copies of this leaflet [PDF] titled “Right to Know,” dealing with informed consent and abortion.

The university students association claimed to have received an anonymous complaint about the leaflet, and as a result, tried to have Prolife Auckland banned from campus.

Seriously.

To illustrate the insanity of it all, Prolife Auckland produced this video: (more…)

The Crusaders for Life pro-life club is hosting LIFEapalooza 2012, and you’re invited!

LIFEapalooza 2012 will be held on Saturday, June 30 at Prospect Park in Clarendon Hills, Illinois [see map here].

More details are posted on the LIFEapalooza Facebook page. You can also email the Crusaders at babiesmaketheworldgoround@gmail.com.

The next Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally is still more than a month away, and this week our list of cities taking part reached 101!

The number of cities already on board for June 8 shows that the massive turnout seen at the first Nationwide Rally on March 23 wasn’t just a one-time thing.

Opposition among the American people to the HHS Mandate’s assault on religious freedom is intense—and getting stronger!

From Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and all the way out to Honolulu, Hawaii, Americans of all ages are sending a message that we will not stand idly by while the federal government forces all employer health plans to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs, regardless of any moral or religious objections.

Check out the Locations Page to see all the cities taking part and find a Rally near you.

Nine years ago, American Life League came up with a simple idea: they asked pro-lifers of all ages to wear a Pro-Life T-Shirt for one day in April.

They called it “National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day”.

Since then, the Day has gotten bigger and bigger each year. In fact, it’s so big that National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day has now become National Pro-Life T-Shirt WEEK!

The great thing about wearing a pro-life T-shirt at your school, at work, or wherever, is that it gets people talking about the humanity of the unborn child and the violence of abortion — which a lot of people never think about.

Imagine how many people’s minds can be changed — and babies’ lives can be saved — when we give this witness for 7 straight days from April 24th through 30th!

There’s more information here.

To participate, you can wear one of the official NPLTW shirts (available here), or any other pro-life shirt.

I hope you’ll join me in participating in National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week. Just by wearing a pro-life T-shirt and being out there in public, you’ll be helping to build a Culture of Life!

This Friday, March 23, you have a chance to be a part of history.

The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom is being held this Friday, March 23 at noon, local time, outside federal buildings, Congressional offices and historic sites all across the country.

The theme for the Rally is “Stand Up for Religious Freedom—Stop the HHS Mandate!”

Thousands of Americans of all faiths and of all ages will be participating in these peaceful rallies — organized by our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League, along with Citizens for a Pro-Life Society — to oppose the new mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that requires all employers provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, even in violation of their consciences.

There is going to be a very strong youth representation at the more than 100 Rally sites across the country, and I hope you’ll be a part of it!

You can find the site nearest you here.

We recently received an email from 15-year old Angela Kim, president of the Teenage Life Club, who asked us to promote a very ambitious project their club is sponsoring: the 2012 Pro-Life Letter Campaign.

We’re happy to help!

Here is Angela’s letter:

The Teenage Life Club is hosting The 2012 Pro-Life Letter Campaign, and we need your help, participation, and prayer. We are a small, national group of six teenage girls in five different states. Our goal is to have 1 million letters sent to the White House and the Supreme Court during the month of March.

Why are we doing this and why should you participate? Abortion has been in this country long enough, and The Teenage Life Club has decided to help bring it to an end. 1 million letters won’t stop abortion, but it will make an impact in the pro-life movement. As elections approach, we want to remind this nation that abortion is still present. It is deadly, it is wrong, and we still care. (more…)