Friday, October 16

(all times in CT)

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5:00–6:00 PM: Arrivals · Registration · Expo setup

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6:30 PM: Dinner of Appreciation Honoring Carol Crossed

Chris Butler, The AND Campaign​

Award Presentation: Tom Brejcha, Thomas More Society

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Saturday, October 17

(all times in CT)

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8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast (provided)

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Optional volunteer opportunity:

8:00–8:45 AM pro-life sidewalk advocacy at the American Women's Medical Center (4-minute drive from venue)

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9:00–10:00 AM: 

• Stage: Immigration and the Consistent Life Ethic

  • Julia Smucker, Consistent Life Network

  • Rosa Bello, Stories of Immigrants​

• Meeting Room 1: Building the Grassroots CLE: Community Organizing, Mutual Aid, & Emergent Strategy

  • Thomas Hill, Virginia for Preborn Justice

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10:00–10:15 AM: Networking Break

 

10:15–11:00 AM: Keynote: Helping Vulnerable People in SWANA

Jason Jones, Vulnerable People Project

 

11:00–11:30 AM:​

• Stage: Be Kind to All Humankind: Human Dignity and Healing After Abortion

  • Angel Pennyman, Support After Abortion

• Meeting Room 1: The Political Landscape: Upcoming Referenda

  • Dr. Rachel MacNair, Consistent Life Network

• Meeting Room 2: Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas and Building a Humane Future

  • Dr. Bill Murphy, Initiative for Social Catholicism and A Better Kind of Politics​

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11:30–11:45 AM: Networking Break

 

11:45 AM-12:45 PM: Panel: Helping Pregnant Women in the Hardest Circumstances

Christopher Bell, Good Counsel Maternity Homes

Karina Breceda, Stellar Shelter and Casa Maris

Emily Berning, Let Them Live

Meeting Room 1: You Are the Bridge: Talking Abortion with Your Pro-Choice Friends

Eric Scheidler, Pro-Life Action League

 

12:45–1:30 PM: Lunch (provided)

 

1:30–2:00 PM:

• Stage: Building a Society that Welcomes Children

  • Matt Yonke, Pro-Life Action League

• Meeting Room 1: Practical Strategies for More Persuasive Conversations

  • Dr. Rebecca Carlson, Equal Rights Institute

• Meeting Room 2: Pro-Life on the Block: Lessons from the Chicago South Side​

  • Nathaniel Stuart, Southside Maternity Home

 

2:00–2:30 PM: Keynote: Reaching Nontraditional Pro-Lifers

Andrew Bair, Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance

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2:30–3:30 PM: 

• Stage: Unexpected Politics Panel

  • Mike Vick, Vote Vick USA

  • Dena Espenscheid, Leadership Institute

  • Jason Jones, Vulnerable People Project​

• Meeting Room 1: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide & Disability: Lessons from the Canadian Experience

  • Taylor Hyatt, disability rights advocate

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3:30–3:45 PM: Networking Break

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3:45–4:35 PM:

• Stage: Surviving the Justice System Panel

  • Shannon Copeland, Florida Coalition of Criminal Justice Advocates

  • Ayana Thomas, Ayana Thomas Initiative

  • Bill Kissinger, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty​

• Meeting Room 1: Beyond the Crisis: Offering Life-Affirming Reproductive Healthcare for Women

  • Allison Daigle, Woman's New Life

  • Shannon McCormick, Woman's New Life

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4:45–5:30 PM: Keynote: Changing My Mind on the Death Penalty

Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action

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5:30–6:30 PM: Dinner Break (on your own)

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7:00–9:00 PM: Create | Encounter Release Party (light hors d'oeuvres provided)

Maria Oswalt, Rehumanize International

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Sunday, October 18

(all times in CT)
 

8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast (provided)​

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9:30–10:15 AM: 

• Stage: More Alike Than Different: Human Dignity in Practice

  • Angel Pennyman, Support After Abortion

• Meeting Room 1: Showcasing the Inhumanity of War

  • Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War

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10:15–11:00 AM: 

• Stage: Improving End-of-Life Care

  • Miles Gloetzner, Inhora Hospice Home

  • Beth Fox, former Rehumanize International board president​

• Meeting Room 1: Anti-Racist Practices for the Consistent Life Ethic

  • Lauren Handy, Rehumanize International​​

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11:00 AM–12:00 PM:

• Stage: Improving Dialogue and Changing Minds

  • Christy Yao Pelliccioni, Consistent Life Network

• Meeting Room 1: Recruiting Pro-Life Volunteers

  • Jackie Appleman, Voices for Life

• Meeting Room 2: The Consistent Life Ethic in Tech

  • Daisy Lavender, Code Bloom

  • Sarah Burchart, Code Bloom​

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12:00–12:15 PM: Networking Break

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​12:15–12:45 PM: Keynote: From Violence Survivor to Thriver

Dr. Riva Brown, gunshot wound survivor

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12:45–1:30 PM:

• Stage: Opposing the Death Penalty from Different Perspectives

  • Brandi Melissa, abortion survivor

  • Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action

  • Hayden Laye, Pro-Life Greenville (SC)

• Meeting Room 1: Whiteness, Roe, and the New Jim Crow: the Southern Strategy Revisited

  • Timothy Kirchoff, Rehumanize Chicago

• Meeting Room 2: Upcoming Ballot Amendments

  • Dr. Michael New​, Charlotte Lozier Institute

 

1:30 PM: Run for Office: You Can Win — and Winning Isn't Everything!

Mike Vick, Vote Vick USA

 

2:00 PM: Closing Remarks and Lunch

Lauren Pope, Rehumanize International

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2:30 PM: Optional volunteer opportunity supporting the Southside Maternity Home

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4:00 PM: Primer on the Consistent Life Ethic en Español

at The Iskali Chapel on the First Floor 

Emiliano Vera, Rehumanize International

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4:30 PM: Interfaith Vigil for Victims of Violence (bilingual English/Español)

at The Iskali Chapel on the First Floor