Jessica and I drove back into DC and arrived at the office shortly after 10pm last night. What a beautiful day for an 11-hour drive (until we hit torential rains around Strasburg, Virginia) and a perfect way to end this year’s convention with blue skies all around.
Every year we return to DC exhausted from the intense schedule on the convention floor, but invigorated by all the people we have met. Tuesday marked the last day of the convention and exhibition and people were still making their way through the hall as they announced its closure at 4pm. As I mentioned in an earlier post, our entire country has been affected by the destructive legacy of Roe v. Wade, and everyone at NRB is no different. A number of people came up to us to share their own stories, including personal experiences with abortion and the heartbreaking tragedy of miscarriages. All of them had a through-line: their experience made them realize just how wonderful is the gift of life and it jumpstarted their own personal pro-life witness to their communities.
Many people walked away with the latest information from National Right to Life, including our Stop the Abortion Agenda campaign. And several new station partners walked away with demos of Pro-Life Perspective and our entire Perspectives on Life public service announcement series. Olivia also did one last interview with Faith Radio out of Montgomery, Alabama — literally was walking by and the station manager nabbed her from the aisle to do a quick sit-down. It all happened so fast that I didn’t get a picture, but if you’re in Montgomery, chances are you can probably listen to it!
If you’ve been following the blog the past few days, I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at how your National Right to Life staff is working to further our pro-life work and reach out to new people. We truly think of ourselves as working for you — our dedicated grassroots volunteers — when we are at a convention like this. It’s an honor to work on your behalf for our common goal of protecting unborn children and helping their mothers.
As promised, here’s the video presentation which we’re showing at the booth. If your local station isn’t airing Pro-Life Perspective or Perspectives on Life, you should show this to them!
The exhibit hall opened at noon and there has been non-stop traffic at our booth. From other exhibitors, to broadcasters from overseas, to current Pro-Life Perpsective station partners, Olivia, Jessica and I have been sharing our pro-life message. Here’s hoping we brought enough literature!
As promised, pictures from the floor:
Olivia Gans, PLP Co-Host and Jessica Rodgers, NRLC Communications Assistant at the NRLC Booth on the convention floor
The NRLC booth at NRB 2009
We’re running a short DVD that promos the wonderful materials available from National Right to Life, as well as promoting Pro-Life Perspective and Perspectives on Life. If I can get my antiquated laptop to work with me, I’ll upload that here to give you a flavor of what’s going on down here at the Gaylord Opryland!
As you might expect, the National Right to Life Communications Department is the liasion to the mainstream media — fielding calls from reporters across the country (and across the world) who call about the wide range of legislative and educational issues which affect the pro-life movement.
But since 1985, the Communications Department has also been responsible for producing National Right to Life’s five-minute daily radio program, Pro-Life Perspective. The show is hosted by NRLC President Dr. Wanda Franz and Co-Hosted by American Victims of Abortion Director Olivia Gans. The show is aired on nearly 300 radio stations nationwide and is also available via iTunes and the show’s website (www.prolifeperspective.com).
For many years, we have exhibited at the annual National Religious Broadcasters convention — the largest gathering of its kind. Thousands of Christian broadcasters from around the world come together once a year and we’re on the exhibition floor to greet them.
Once again, we’re here (Derrick Jones, communications director, Olivia Gans, PLP Co-Host and Jessica Rodgers, communications assistant) to provide everyone in attendance with the latest educational materials available from National Right to Life as well as copies of our public service announcement series, Perspectives on Life, and to talk to interested broadcasters about expanding their station’s pro-life ministry through Pro-Life Perspective.
We’ll be blogging from the Opryland Hotel in Nashville for the next few days and hope to share with you some tremendous stories from the convention floor.
The CommBlog is the official blog of the National Right to Life Communications Department. You'll find commentary, press releases, media sightings, live-blogging from events and a host of other items. To contact the Communications department, email us at mediarelations@nrlc.org.
