 2014 Wilberforce
Leadership
Are you a leader or officer in your campus pro-life group? Do you aspire to work in the pro-life movement
full-time? Do you want to be mentored by a national pro-life leader?
During the 2014-2015 school year, Wilberforce Fellows
will…
- Learn what it takes to be a leader by reviewing various books and publications and participating in bi-weekly webcasts for
discussion and guest speaker lectures
- Apply the skills they learn to their campus pro-life groups by organizing at least 2 activism/educational
events and 1 training event
- Assist Students for Life of America in its mission of equipping the pro-life generation
- Work with their
National Wilberforce Mentor (a leader of an existing national pro-life organization) who will help network them with the national pro-life
movement and assist in completion on their Fellowship Projects
 Group of the Month: Linn Benton Students for Life
Oftentimes, students ask if it is possible to start and grow a pro-life student group at a community college, and the answer is
YES. This month’s Group of the Month is a courageous pro-life group from Linn-Benton Community College of Albany, Oregon.
Linn-Benton
Students for Life are committed to “promoting respect for life at LBCC
and in the surrounding community, educating on life issues,
and helping those in need so life is a promising choice.” This March,
Linn-Benton Students for Life hosted SFLA’s What Has Roe Done
for Us? Display, thereby educating their campus about the risks of
the abortion and the aftermath of Roe v. Wade. A week before the Roe
display, they hosted a panel of post-abortive women, which set the stage
perfectly for the display by sharing the powerful stories of women in
their
community.
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 Pro-Life
& Pregnant: Lessons from an Unplanned Pregnancy
by: Jillian, a Students for Life group member
I
came to college with a mission. I was a Jesus-lovin’, baby-savin’,
praise-music-beltin’ Mother Teresa in training. Of
course, I was naïve and a little silly, but my intention was to share
the joy that had blossomed in my heart with a world that desperately
needs
it. Though I’ve matured and mellowed, I still want to do just that. But,
you know, a little less… jangly.
About 30 seconds
into freshman year, I found the college’s pro-life club and signed up.
By my sophomore year, I was the president. I think that this is due more
to accidents of circumstance than my administrative ability, but it was a
position that I relished and a cause that I cared about deeply. My
now-husband and I spent our free time together doing pro-life work,
performing praise and worship music for college events, and playing
intramural
sports. I got good grades, I didn’t have a drink until I was 21, and I
served as an officer of various honor societies, clubs and councils.
And then, I got pregnant -->
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