Welcome to the official website for the 2009 Ohio Students for Life Conference!

Hello and welcome to the official website for the 2009 Ohio Students for Life Conference!

The conference will be held this year at Franciscan University of Steubenville! Come learn how to be a pro-life leader on your campus, while networking with other pro-life students from Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania!

We have many nationally acclaimed speakers coming to the conference, including Steve Wagner, Bryan Kemper, Lynette Hawrot, Father Michael Scanlon, Kimberly Hahn, Becky Banks, and many more!

The cost for the conference is $10 if you register online HERE. Registration will be $15 at the door.

To get directions to the conference, click HERE.

Please also join our Facebook GROUP and EVENT.

8:00 - 9:00 Set-up/Registration/Check-In
• Packets and name tags will be handed out
o Packets to include map, local food choices for lunch/dinner, educational materials
• People can pre-register or register at the table
o Registration is $15 (if you didn’t register online) $10 online
o Franciscan Students are free

9:00 - 9:15 Opening Session
• Welcome and opening prayer (Fr. Henry)
• Announcements: Emily Espinola

9:15 - 9:45 Ecumenism in the Pro-Life Movement: Fr. Michael Scanlan

9:45 - 10:45 Breakout Session #1:
1) Organization/Events Your Pro-Life Club Can Do: Becky Banks
2) Post-Abortion Syndrome: Get the Facts. Lynette Hawrot (founder of AIM)
3) Bioethical Issues: Stem Cell Research and cloning: Dr. Keubler
4) Euthanasia and Other End of Life Issues: Rita Marker from International Task Force

11:00 - 12:00 Breakout Session #2:
1) Becky Banks: Video activism
2) Sidewalk Counselor Training: Katie Renfer and Clare Girard
3) Alison Paolini.- Women Targeted by Abortion: What it Means to Love Them
4) Lori Kehove from NY RTL: Working with the Opposition: How to Deal with a Liberal Campus and Administration


12:00 - 1:45 LUNCH BREAK: visit booths, network with other students…
• Catering
• Reserved dinning

2:00 - 3:00 Breakout Session #3
1) &nbProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ; Contraception and Its Link to Abortion: Kimberly Hahn
2) History of the Pro-Life Movement: Jennifer Popik
3) Stand True Ministries: Bryan Kemper
4) FOCA: What’s Being Done and How to Fight It: Eileen Crosby
5) Becky Banks, Topic TBA

3:00 - 3:15 Chris Slattery/intern- Expectant Mother Care (EMC) FrontLine in New York City.

3:15 - 3:35 Ohio Right to Life President- Mike Gonidakis(introducing Steve Wagner)

3:40 - 5:20 Defending Your Pro-Life Stance- Steve Wagner

5:30 - 7:00 Activism Panel: Pro-life Strategy, Political Involvement, How to Transform Your Campus:
1) Eileen Crosby-student
2) Justin Aqulia- Susan B. Anthony List
3) Lori Kehove
4) Becky Banks- Students for Life of America
5) Jennifer Popik
6) Allison Paolini- Maggie’s Place

7:00 End of conference