NRLC 2007
June 14, 15 and 16
Hyatt Regency Crowne Plaza
Kansas City!
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Scenes from
NRL Convention 2006
Motivate and prepare yourself for what lies ahead with
audio tapes from NRLC 2006
General Session Speakers Wow
Enthusiastic Crowds
Prior to NRLC 2006,
the NRLC board honored Geline Williams. Mrs. Williams has served
as chairman of the National Right to Life Committee Board of
Directors for 25 years and with her husband was co-founder of
the Virginia Society for Human Life, the nation’s first pro-life
state organization. |
Fred Barnes gave an extremely well-received
Prayer Breakfast message. |
Banquet speaker Paul
Greenberg enjoying the company of
three of his many admirers. (Left to right) Dr. Carolyn Gerster,
NLRC vice president for medical ethics; Wanda Franz, Ph.D., NRLC
president; and Geline Williams, chairman of the NRLC board of
directors. |
NRLC Political
Director Karen Cross with Paul Greenberg |
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Pollster Kellyanne
Conway (center) opened the convention with an informative and
helpful overview of polls conducted on the issue of abortion.
Shown with Mrs. Conway are NRLC Executive Director David N.
O’Steen, Ph.D., and NRLC President Dr. Wanda Franz. |
Author and pro-life spokeswoman Jennifer O’Neill |
Ramesh Ponnuru
autographed copies of his new book, The Party of Death. |
Author Ramesh Ponnuru
(second from right) discussed his new book with NRLC Executive
Director David N. O’Steen, Ph.D.; NRLC Associate Executive
Director Darla St. Martin; and NRLC President Dr. Wanda Franz. |
Banquet speaker Paul
Greenberg with fellow Arkansans Rose Mimms (left), executive
director of Arkansas Right to Life, and Jacki Ragan, NRLC
convention director and director of NRLC State Organizational
Development. |
A team of pro-life
champions. (Left to right) Brother Paul O’Donnell, fbp; Bobby
Schindler; Erin Brady Worsham; Curry Worsham; Bob Schindler,
Sr.; and Mary Schindler.
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NRL Convention 2006
drew large and enthusiastic audiences.
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Bobby Schindler, shown here with NRLC Political
Assistant Elizabeth Meier, delivered an impassioned general
session address. |
Youth Promise Great Future for
Movement
DeeDee Gatton (Maryland) and Amanda McClone
(Wisconsin) presenting a workshop to the teens gathered at this
year’s
National Teens for Life convention. |
James Wegmann, the
winner of the 2006 Oratory Contest, receiving his award from
NRLC President Wanda Franz, Ph.D.
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Members
of a
large youth contingent from Kentucky RTL. |
NRL Teens for Life had
a great convention, topped off by a successful closing dance. |
This year’s
outstanding state winners of the Oratory Contest. |
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Great Turnout Makes for Great
Spirits
Another outstanding session at the annual
meeting of the
Association for Interdisciplinary Research in
Values and Social Change. (Left to right) Dr. Byron Calhoun;
NRLC President
Dr. Wanda Franz, Ph.D.; Dr. Priscilla
Coleman; and Prof. Michael New. |
A smiling Derrick Jones with his grandmother
(and pro-life mentor),
Mary F. Jones, who is 90. Mr. Jones is NRLC’s
advertising coordinator and administrative assistant. |
Day Gardner (left)
moderated a number of sessions on the Movement’s outreach to
African Americans.
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Brian Harris,
President, Tennessee RTL. |
Enjoying the
festivities at the closing banquet are former NRLC
President Dr. Mildred Jefferson, who is currently an
at-large director of NRLC, and Don Parker, NRLC’s
development director.
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NRLC Treasurer Rev. Dennis Day enjoyed
his duties as Master of Ceremonies and everyone enjoyed
his sense of humor. |
Dr. Gunter
Franz, husband of NRLC President Dr. Wanda Franz |
Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo, Terri
Schindler Schiavo’s sister, shown here with Joleigh
Little, who is Wisconsin RTL’s Teens for Life
director. |
Fr. Jorge
Ramirez of Idaho talks with Richard Doerflinger
after one of the three workshops on embryonic stem
cell research and cloning that Mr. Doerflinger
conducted with Dr. David Prentice. |
Bill and
MaryLou Monitor of Idaho have
provided invaluable
assistance to NRLC
for many years.
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Barbara
and Michael Craig. Mrs. Craig is Oregon’s former
representative on the NRLC board of directors. |
Enjoying
NRLC 2006 are (left to right) Sr. Mary Prisca
Pfeffer, RSM, Louisville, Kentucky; Fr. Bill
Kidwell, Miami Beach, Florida; and Mary F. Jones,
Springfield, Illinois. |
Lori Kehoe
of New York and her new baby, Rowan Blessing. Mrs.
Kehoe is the senior congressional liaison for NRLC’s
Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics. |
Karen
Brukardt, Tennessee RTL’s lobbyist
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Olivia Gans, director of American
Victims of Abortion |
Cathy
McLeod, administrative and outreach director for
Maryland RTL.
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Brother Paul O’Donnell, fbp, held up a copy of
the Schindler family’s new book, A Life That
Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo.
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Minnesota Citizens Concerned for
Life President Leo LaLonde |
Dr.
David Prentice explained the science behind
lethal embryonic stem cell research and cloning.
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