Category: leadership

What’s an Intolerant Pro-Choice Student’s Weapon of Choice? Cups of Water.
Brenna Lewis | October 29, 2020
Life-affirming sidewalk chalking is a popular and powerful method to communicate the pro-life message. Yet it is sadly it’s become common for such messages to be wiped away by abortion supporters, even if it means silencing those whom they disagree with. These vandals used to be cowards in the night, erasing messages then disappearing. Nowadays, that isn’t always the case.

‘Unplanned’ Movie Shocks Student about the Reality of Abortion
Brenna Lewis | October 28, 2020
The 2019 film ‘Unplanned’ which is about the intense conversion of Abby Johnson from Planned Parenthood director to pro-life activist has changed many minds about abortion. This is, in no small way, because the movie contains scenes of both chemical and surgical abortion – something many people know very little about. This was the case for a student on the

Students for Life Sent 205,000 Texts to Voters in ONE DAY!
Brenna Lewis | October 23, 2020
Students for Life (in partnership with Students for Life Action) buckled down and sent over 205,000 text messages to encourage voters to #VoteProLifeFirst in one day! This amazing feat was a combined effort of SFLA team members and students, and no doubt had a huge impact on voters who haven’t yet decided how big an issue abortion is for

Meet the 2020-2021 Stevens Fellows
Mary Briganti | October 15, 2020
Ten high school students are taking on projects in each of the Five Pillars throughout this school year that will impact campuses and communities across the country, both in person and digitally. Meet these fellows: Aliyah Duran Liberty University Online Centreville, VA 2021 Aliyah is a senior homeschool student, taking courses online and will graduate next May. She is

Meet the 2020-2021 Wilberforce Fellows
Mary Briganti | October 15, 2020
20 college students are taking on projects throughout this school year that will impact campuses and communities across the country, both in person and digitally. Meet four of the fellows and their projects: Max Montana from Boston College will be taking on the “BC Diaper Deck Initiative”. Max noticed his campus doesn’t have diaper changing stations readily available in

Pro-Life Students Harassed on Minnesota Campus During Life Chain Event
Mary Briganti | October 15, 2020
Life Chain Sunday is known for its powerful, prayerful presence by thousands who stand in solidarity across the country to remember the preborn. Although groups are not always met with support, this event is generally a peaceful way to kick off Respect Life Month. Not this year. Winona Students for Life President Jamie Scherdin was interrupted and verbally harassed while making a social media post about the group’s presence at the

Pro-Life Chalk Messages Destroyed by University of New Mexico STAFF!
Jessica Nardi | October 15, 2020
SFLA’s sidewalk chalk messaging was destroyed by staff members at the University of New Mexico (UNM) on October 8. A Facebook video shows the staff members pouring buckets of water on the chalk before sweeping it away. https://www.facebook.com/79125112926/videos/783343189119393/ The students chalked life-affirming messages such as “UNM deserves better than Abortion” and “You don’t need Abortion. UNM SFL can Help”

WHAT? Students for Life Group in Iowa Labeled a “Hate Group”
Brenna Lewis | October 9, 2020
In an act of abysmal discrimination, the NISG (Northern Iowa Student Government) decided to deny the creation of a new Students for Life group. Why? A whole host of biased, untrue reasons. In a virtual vote, pro-choice student senators could not get past their own views in favor of abortion, calling the proposal for a pro-life group “hate speech.”

Pro-life Students and Teachers Harassed in Three Separate Events
Jessica Nardi | October 7, 2020
Across the country, pro-life student activists are organizing for Respect Life month, and these shows of peaceful solidarity have been met with intense backlash. In the past week, students were harassed in-person and online to such a degree that US Senator Marco Rubio came to their defense on Twitter. Pro-Abortion Protestors Crash Peaceful Pro-Life Events On October 4,

Abortion Supporters Protest Pro-Lifers During Their Lunch Break
Brenna Lewis | October 5, 2020
This past weekend at the Prayer March and SCOTUS Nomination announcement in Washington D.C., Liberty Students were eating pizza in between events and protested by a small group of high schoolers with homemade signs that said, “My body, my choice”. Four pro-life students began a conversation with them, and almost immediately they could sense their frustration and miseducation. “You