Organized for Life

Organized for Life Field Agent in Ohio reports…..

2009-10-10T02:47:41Z

“Indifferent,” was their reaction. INDIFFERENCE- THE BIG BAD WORD WHICH CAUSES SO MUCH SUFFERING! I quickly reached into my car and brought my pro-life material to their attention, showing them the picture of “Baby Malachi,” who was found in pieces after an abortion and was put back together along with other babies who were discarded by an abortion clinic and given a decent burial. The girls sad that it was sad. I gave them some insightful magazines [iCare, a publication of Human Life Alliance] full of stories of abortion and pictures depicting the life stages. I also gave them an invitation to gather for “Prayer On the Town Square” in honor of 40 Days For Life. We spoke about the reality of abortion for a few minutes. I drove away thanking God for the unexpected opportunity to share my beliefs. I have confidence that these young people who are our future will keep this small event in their memory, possibly influencing their future decisions. I am sure they will take their pictures and go back to their dorms or classrooms and discuss the issue of saving the unborn!
- Alayna (Nurse, mom and grandmom)

Field Agent from Florida reports…..

2009-10-08T14:53:17Z

Pro-Life Apologetics Training

2009-10-01T04:30:06Z

Organized for Life - My first time knocking on doors

2009-09-30T05:10:10Z

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The first time I went out knocking on doors I was nervous. I wasn’t sure how the message of life would be received this way since I’d been delivering it in so many other ways for so long. A million thoughts were running through my head. Thoughts such as:

> what if they get angry at me?
> what do I say?
> do I know the message of life good enough to go out there and do this?
> how do I deal with disagreements?
> will this really make a difference?

Well, I can tell you, as soon as you knock on that first door, it’s time to focus and get ready! My first door wasn’t even a door. It was a latino woman who didn’t speak any English & was walking by. I decided to talk to her on my way to the first house, but when I realized she didn’t understand a word I was saying, I handed her one of our flyers & told her to have a nice day…which she seemed to understand.

Finally I get to the door with my partner Bruce. They are my daughter’s neighbors and I am quite certain they are not pro-life. The husband answered the door. I said hi & got right to it.

I asked “Can I talk to you about the message of life?.” Okay, so he knew me & was stunned about what was going on. He nodded & I then asked him “Did you know cloning is legal in America?”. I then explained how the federal government doesn’t allow for federal funding of the procedure, but it is funded by some states, like Missouri. I added “Yep, cloning is legal and state funded, you just aren’t allowed to be born.” They kill the cloned humans and use them for scientific research.”

I drifted into the topic of abortion and how as many as 4,000 people are killed every single day in America. One of the flyers we hand out has statistics on the black abortion rate in America. I went through some of those stats as well, such as how almost 1 in 2 babies in a black mother’s womb end in abortion, and how blacks have 4 times the number of abortions that white women have in America.

I went over a few other stats, thanked him for his time and left him with a flyer. I could have asked him what he thought and continued the conversation, but hey, I was still a little nervous & was grateful that it went so well!

The rest of the day went smoothly, and every door got easier. It’s like anything else, the first time can be a little tough, but after a while, it’s like riding a bicycle…you get better every time you get on.

What is Organized for Life and how do we deliver the message of life to every door in America? Go to oflusa.com for more information, and sign up today!

Peter Shinn
President of Pro-Life Unity and Organized for Life

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2009-09-30T03:52:59Z

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Video - Why Join Organized for Life?

2009-09-28T19:30:41Z

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2009-09-10T02:04:20Z

Organized for Life spreads the message of LIFE to Virginia!

2009-09-01T21:38:56Z

There was nobody home at the first door, so we left some information at the door and continued on to the 2nd house. A hispanic woman answered and wasn’t really interested in talking, but we encouraged her to take some information, which she did. I knew who the people were at the fourth house. I was fairly certain they were “pro-choice”, or as we say in the movement, pro-death or pro-abortion. I gathered up my courage and knocked on the door. “John” answered the door and we said our greetings. Then I told him that we were making the rounds as members of Organized for Life and were bringing the message of life to the homes. John was very kind and listened to what I had to say. I asked him if he knew that cloning was legal in America, to which he responded “No”. I then explained that in Missouri they passed a clone and kill bill 2 years ago which allows them to manufacture people en masse only to slaughter them before they can be born, only to use them for research.

John listened to what I had to say, yes, he was being kind, but I know he really learned something in those few minutes. In the end, we left him some information and moved on to the next house. It went easier than I thought.

In my general neighborhood, I spoke to people I knew, and they didn’t even know about abortion, cloning and embyonic stem cell research. Not one person knew that cloning was legal in America, and in general, I believe citizens of America have little or no understanding of embryonic stem cell research, chimaeras, the mass killing of babies through in vitro fertilization nor many other topics.

It’s up to us to get out the message of LIFE, one person and one door at a time. If you are interested in joining Organized for Life click here to contact us!. We will help you start a door-knocking campaign in your area.

Peter Shinn

Welcome to Organized for Life, the home of pro-life commmunity organizing!

2009-09-01T21:37:26Z

1. Bring the Gospel of Life and crisis pregnancy outreach door to door, family to family, and person to person
2. Distribute pro-life literature and DVDs to every house in a neighborhood
3. Identify and establish relationships with those sympathetic to the unborn
4. Introduce pro-lifers to community efforts to end abortion
5. Organize a strong local pro-life voting block among members of all political parties
6. Dispel the myths put forth by the media and Planned Parenthood
7. Challenge people to think about what they mean by abortion and choice
8. Organize local opposition to Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics
9. Letting the politicians know that there is a critical mass out here of people who care about unborn babies

Across the nation, there are many pro-life leaders who fill the role of community organizer, but there are far too few of them. Just imagine if in communities across the nation we had organizers with the caliber of Joe Scheidler, Chris Slattery, Jill Stanek, and Fr. Frank Pavone - the industry would surely be on its deathbed.

But the reality is that we don’t have an army of door-knockers who can help organize local efforts day in and day out. Why? Because many of those who yearn to be full-time organizers have familial and financial obligations. If we want them to work full time in spreading the Gospel of Life and organizing local opposition to child killing, we have to make sure they can can pay the rent and feed their families.

Pro-life doorknocking is the natural evolution of the effort to stop legalized abortion, and it is probably one of the most effective - and relatively untapped - ways of spreading the Gospel of Life around the local community.

If the movement wants to ratchet up the effort to defend life and hasten the end to legalized abortion, then daily pro-life door knocking is a must.

For more information on becoming an Organzied for Life community organizer, please click here to contact us!

There Ain’t No Stop’n Us Now

2009-09-01T21:37:07Z

Not long ago, my friend and I grabbed some pamphlets and walked to a nearby neighborhood where we knew nobody, braced ourselves for the worst, and hoped for the best. Our goals were to first to educate and second to mobilize. The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is a pressing piece of legislation that removes any and all restrictions on abortion. Even people who consider themselves fervently pro-choice start to look a bit queasy upon hearing that viable babies can be aborted and that they have to pay for abortions. Even people who consider themselves pro-choice get pretty uncomfortable when they learn that conscience rights that protect the choices of objecting medical personnel and facilities are about to disappear if people don’t act. We wanted to share this information with the public (educate!) and then ask them to sign petitions protesting the passage of FOCA and the rescission of conscience rights (mobilize!).

We were successful in our efforts and it felt amazing. The thing about knocking on doors is that it gets significantly easier each time and the person doing it gets a lot better at it. Just like anything, practice makes perfect. My first time out, I had a 33% signature rate. That’s certainly not bad, but I so desperately wanted to do better. The lives of unborn babies hung in the balance so I figured I needed to get a least a passing grade. This last outing, we knocked on 40 doors, spoke to at least 20 people, and got signatures from most of the people we talked to. Not bad for a day’s work!

The most amazing part of canvassing was watching people change right in front of us. We knocked on the door of a man who was just visiting his family and was sort of hostile when we approached. We were friendly and tried to talk, but he wasn’t quite ready to listen. We kindly understood, but we made sure he took literature from us before we left. We walked away and happened to turn back as we approached the next door. The man we had just spoken with was sitting on his stoop, reading pro-life literature, and nodding along with the points made in it. In that moment, I remembered why I had gone out and knocked on doors that day. We watched a mind change.

We kept going on and knocked on the door of a new mother holding the most beautiful little girl in her arms. We explained what FOCA is and we watched someone who admitted she was pro-choice happily sign a petition when she looked at her little girl and thought about losing her parental rights if her daughter experienced a crisis pregnancy one day. We brought LIFE to her in a way that made it real and it affected her.

Knowing that differences can be made, it’s incredible. Take the plunge, rip off the band-aid, and walk around your neighborhood too so that the message of life can be shared throughout the country and the world. Click here to contact us and to get involved and make a difference. I’m glad I did and I know the approximately 4,000 children that die everyday in this country alone from legal abortion are glad too. After all, don’t they deserve to have us fight for their lives?

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2009-09-01T21:36:12Z

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04/28 Teleconference Recording

2009-09-01T21:35:09Z

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2009-09-01T21:34:51Z

DAVID BEREIT HEADLINED CUTTING-EDGE PRO-LIFE TELECONFERENCE

2009-09-01T21:34:34Z

Organized for Life hosted their first pro-life teleconference to introduce new pro-life strategy as part of its “taking it to the next level” campaign.

May 7, 2009 - On April 28, Organized for Life hosted its first pro-life teleconference to introduce its innovative strategy of taking pro-life community organizing to the next level. The group is developing a national effort to reach people in their homes to personally deliver the message of life to end abortion and human killing research. Organized for Life will mobilize people who have never participated in pro-life action, as well as veterans’ in the movement, through new strategies including knocking on doors and hosting house and church parties.

During the call, Organized for Life Pesident, Ruben Obregon, described to listeners the need for a national effort of community organizers in the pro-life movement and Peter Shinn, National Director of Organized for Life, shared strategies for listeners to become activists in their own communities.

Peter Shinn, National Director of Organized for Life, said, “This teleconference gave average pro-life listeners, those who are interested in making a difference but unsure of how to do so, an understanding of what we are up against in the day-to-day battle for the innocent, and then provided them with some concrete methods on how they will make a difference as a part of the Organized for Life strategy.”

The call also featured prominent pro-life leaders David Bereit, Naional Drector of 40 Days for Life, Jenny Hodges, National Director of Pro-Life Unity, and Jim Sedlak, Vice-President of American Life League and Executive Director of STOPP. All three leaders share their excitement that Organized for Life will step in and fill a clear void in the pro-life movement to directly compete with the army of the pro-abortion opposition. They also explained how Organized for Life directly strengthens their efforts as pro-life leaders and that it would do so for all facets of movement.

As part of it’s “taking it to the next level” campaign, Organized for Life will sponsor “Pro-Life House Party Week” and “Pro-Life Church Party Week” from June 14-21 throughout the country to encourage people to gather in their homes and churches to oppose tax-payer funding of abortions.

Organized for Life will host another conference call to promote these parties and other events on Tuesday, May 19th, at 9:00pm EST. Registration for the teleconference is available at http://oflusa.com/index.php/site/C3/

David Bereit ended the teleconference by saying, “Let’s go out, let’s get organized for life, and let’s go change our world, one heart, one mind and one life at a time.” Visit http://www.oflusa.com/signup to get involved and save lives. You can make a difference, one door and one party at a time.

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Contact: Peter Shinn, National Director, Organized for Life
pshinn@oflusa.com
Tel: 703-953-2134

What Next?

2009-09-01T21:33:48Z