Category: leadership

These are the Biggest Fears About Starting a Students for Life Group (And We Can Help)
Lori Cascio | August 5, 2021
This July, Students for Life of America hosted online “Claim Your Campus” trainings on the East and West Coasts. Students were taught how to start their own Students for Life groups at their schools. Participants heard from guest speaker Autumn Lindsey, played Kahoot!, and collaborated to problem solve. The “Claim Your Campus” training also spotlighted several student guests who shared their

From Toilet Seats to Congress – One Pro-Life Woman’s Journey
Brenna Lewis | July 29, 2021
One of Students for Life Action (SFLAction, our sister organization)’s new recruits is Brooke Paz, a California native who has been involved with Students for Life since her own school days. This month, Brooke is celebrating SFLAction’s first in-person staff briefing on Capitol Hill since February 2020 (before the coronavirus struck)… and it was a huge success! Brooke

Pro-Choice Sunday School Teacher CHANGES Her Mind After Talking to Us
Brenna Lewis | July 28, 2021
By Mary Carmen Zakrajsek, Indiana Regional Coordinator for Students for Life of America Yesterday afternoon, I took high school students with me to downtown Indianapolis to do some pro-life door knocking. It was hot and humid, and people were just getting home from work. Ben Ice, senior high school student and co-president of Westfield Students for Life, knocked on

“I Couldn’t Have Graduated With My Child Without Students for Life”
Brenna Lewis | July 27, 2021
By Lauren Marlowe, SFLA Northeast Regional Coordinator As a Students for Life group leader at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, my favorite part of wrapping up each semester is hearing comments and thanks such as this from the parenting students that we support. As a part of our commitment to supporting moms throughout and post-pregnancy, we have recruited and organized

Two Students for Life Leaders “Biked for Babies” This Summer – Nearly 700 Miles!
Brenna Lewis | July 23, 2021
Biking for Babies is an organization that uses long-distance bicycling journeys to raise awareness for the pro-life cause and funds for pregnancy resource centers. The first Biking for Babies event consisted of two people who biked 600 miles and raised $14,000 for a pregnancy center. Their work has expanded to national rides with legions of pro-life bicyclists. Over the

Student’s Pro-Life Music Recital Helps Support EIGHT Local Women’s Centers
Brenna Lewis | July 19, 2021
Guest Post by Kathryn Amdahl, SFLA Hildegard Art Fellow My name is Kathryn and I am a junior at Eastern Washington University studying Piano Performance. I was a Hildegard Art Fellow during the 2020-2021 school year. This SFLA Fellowship encourages student artists to incorporate our pro-life values into our art. As part of the Fellowship, each fellow does a special

Pro-Lifers Host Display on the Lawn of South Bend’s Unlicensed Abortion Facility
Brenna Lewis | June 28, 2021
Abortion is the dirtiest business in the nation. Abortion facilities are regularly caught skirting laws, hurting women, and obviously, ending the lives of millions of preborn babies. Women deserve better. That’s why the Pro-Life Generation witnesses outside of abortion facilities, offering hope and help. On Friday, June 25th, pro-life students and community members of Right to Life of Michiana

Pro-Life Students Change 17 People’s Minds about Abortion in Just Two Hours
Brenna Lewis | June 25, 2021
This weekend marks SFLA’s first annual National Leadership Collective, a massive gathering of 200 of the nation’s top pro-life student leaders. These rockstar students will undergo intensive training, formation, and activism opportunities that will prepare them to return to their campuses and make even bigger impacts for Life. On day one of the Leadership Collective, 17 students and 4

Pro-Life Youth Rally Against Pro-Abortion Elders in Texas
Samantha Kamman | June 24, 2021
Earlier this month, Students for Life of America returned to the Lone Star State to celebrate the Texas Heartbeat Act (SB 8), which bans abortions as early as six weeks when a preborn child’s heartbeat is detectable. Signed by Governor Greg Abbott last month, the bill generated substantial media attention after high school valedictorian Paxton Smith criticized it during

Recent High School Graduate Responds to Paxton Smith
Brenna Lewis | June 16, 2021
Guest Post by Rachel Schroder Paxton Smith, a high school valedictorian from Dallas, dedicated her commencement speech to how women should have the right to abortion. As a fellow graduating senior from Texas, I have a different take. I do want to say that, in a way, I admire her boldness to present what was on her heart. It