NRLC 2000
"Taking a Stand...Making A Difference!"

By Jacki Ragan
NRLC Convention Director

Great news: Joni Eareckson Tada will be the guest speaker at the closing banquet of NRLC 2000. Mrs. Tada, author of 21 books, is a well-known lecturer and host of the daily radio program Joni and Friends heard on some 500 stations worldwide.

Pro-lifers have particularly enjoyed her passionate, deeply personal book opposing euthanasia entitled When Is It Right to Die? As many readers of NRL News already know from her autobiography Joni, a diving accident in 1967 left Mrs. Tada a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, unable to use her hands. During two years of rehabilitation, she spent long months learning how to paint with a brush between her teeth.

Mrs. Tada fought deep depression and emerged to become a powerful advocate for disabled persons. She uses her inspirational radio program Joni and Friends to deal with a wide range of topics relating to disability awareness, from a biblical perspective. In five short minutes each day she provides a uniquely personal, biblically inspired insight into some of life's tougher questions.

It is by featuring such prominent, highly visible pro-lifers that NRLC's annual convention lives up to its reputation as the educational event of the year. Future issues of NRL News will profile some of the many wonderful speakers.

In addition you can turn to NRLC's daily feature "Today's News & Views" found at www.nrlc.org to read about the latest addition to our roster of speakers.

We plan three full days of motivational "how-to" sessions that will enlighten you to the challenges of 2000 and beyond. (See this page for ways you can be sure that you and/or your chapter is represented.)

NRLC 2000 will provide you with a wealth of knowledge, practical examples, and a background of tried-and-true solutions to assist you to be more productive in your work on behalf of the unborn. We'll offer ideas and suggestions that will save time, avoid frustration, and make it possible for you to be "ahead of the curve."

NRLC 2000 will be held on June 29, 30, and July 1 at the Hyatt Regency, in Crystal City, Virginia, minutes away from our nation's capital. The convention theme "Taking a Stand...Making A Difference!" and will provide keen insights into the challenges and opportunities ahead.

The convention will feature general sessions, a prayer breakfast, a banquet, dozens and dozens of workshop sessions, exhibits, and special teen and college student sessions. It will truly have something for everyone.

Beyond all that there will be thought provoking sessions devoted to fundraising; planning; volunteer recruitment and motivation; avoiding burnout; media relations; chapter activities; meeting management; newsletter development; computers; speaker development; outreach to minorities, churches, and youth; legislation; and much, much more.

Imagine if every chapter in America actually sent at least one individual to attend NRLC 2000! It can be done.

Attending the convention will boost your chapter's effectiveness and strengthen morale. You will bring home a wealth of knowledge to put to work in your local community. Unborn babies across the country will reap the benefits.

We will be happy to work with you in any way possible to assist you in attending NRLC 2000. But don't wait until May or June. Start now.

Read the story below for creative ideas how best to underwrite your trip to NRLC 2000. Do whatever it takes, but make plans now to be there.

It is crucially important that you read each issue of NRL News to get up-to-date information on NRLC 2000. This is one you don't want to be left out of. I look forward to seeing you in June in Crystal City.

*See ad on page nine for registration and hotel information.